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CCEA GCSE Biology

CCEA GCSE Biology past papers

This collection keeps CCEA Biology papers together so you can revise the right exam-board style and jump to related revision modules when they are available.

馃搫 48 papers 2018-2025

How the exam works

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CCEA GCSE Biology (1010) is assessed in 4 parts. There are Foundation and Higher tiers, and your school enters you for one of them.

Unit 1: Cells, Living Processes and Biodiversity

Time
1h15m (F/H)
Weighting
35%

Unit 2: Body Systems, Genetics, Microorganisms and Health

Time
1h30m (F/H)
Weighting
40%

Unit 3 Practical Skills - Booklet A

Time
2h (F/H)
Weighting
7.5%

Unit 3 Practical Skills - Booklet B

Time
timetabled written exam (F/H)
Weighting
17.5%

Taken from the published specification. Read the specification. Your school confirms which papers and tier you are entered for.

2025 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2025

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2025

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 (Foundation) - Summer 2025

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 (Higher) - Summer 2025

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Foundation) - Summer 2025

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Higher) - Summer 2025

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

2024 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2024

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2024

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 (Foundation) - Summer 2024

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 (Higher) - Summer 2024

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Foundation) - Summer 2024

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Higher) - Summer 2024

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

2023 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2023

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2023

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 -Paper:0 (Foundation) - Summer 2023

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 (Higher) - Summer 2023

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Foundation) - Summer 2023

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Higher) - Summer 2023

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

2022 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2022

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2022

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 (Foundation) - Summer 2022

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 (Higher) - Summer 2022

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet A) (Foundation) - Summer 2022

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Higher) - Summer 2022

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

2021 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2021

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2021

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 (Foundation) - Summer 2021

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 (Higher) - Summer 2021

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet A) (Foundation) - Summer 2021

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Higher) - Summer 2021

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

2019 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2019

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2019

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2F Paper 2 (Foundation) - Summer 2019

1010/2F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/2H Paper 2 Biology (MV18pt) (Higher) - Summer 2019

1010/2H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3F Paper 3 Practical Skills (Booklet B) (Foundation) - Summer 2019

1010/3F 路 Foundation 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/3H Paper 3 Practical Skills Assessment (Booklet A) (Higher) - Summer 2019

1010/3H 路 Higher 路 Question paper

2018 Summer

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1F Paper 1 (Foundation) - Summer 2018

1010/1F 路 Foundation 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

CCEA GCSE Biology 1010/1H Paper 1 (Higher) - Summer 2018

1010/1H 路 Higher 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

How to use these papers

Before you start. Work it with the formula sheet you will actually get in the exam, and nothing else. Finding out which formulas you have to remember is half the point of the exercise.

While you work. Write every line of working, even the ones you could do in your head. Method marks are awarded for the working, and a bare answer that is wrong scores nothing.

Marking it afterwards. Mark schemes here award marks per step, so tick your own working line by line rather than judging the final answer. Most lost marks turn out to be a missing unit or an unrounded value.

Warm up first. Cells and Cell Processes is the shortest activity here, so it is the quickest way back into Biology before you open a paper.

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