OCR GCSE (9-1) Biology A 'Gateway Science' (J247) revision

Free interactive Biology revision for OCR GCSE, matched to the OCR GCSE (9-1) Biology A 'Gateway Science' (J247) specification.

Past papers for this specification

OCR GCSE Biology past papers 90 official documents · 2018-2025

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What the specification covers

B1 Cell level systems

B2 Scaling up

B3 Organism level systems

B4 Community level systems

B5 Genes, inheritance and selection

B6 Global challenges

B7 Practical skills (8 Practical Activity Groups — no additional taught content, PAGs cross-referenced against B1-B6)

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The topic list above is the specification itself, not our summary of it. Work down it and mark every topic you could not explain to someone else: that is your revision plan for Biology.

The past papers for this specification are already here, and they are the most useful thing on the site until the activities land. Try one question, then look up what you could not do.

AQA GCSE Biology (8461) already has 46 interactive activities. The exam board differs, but the content overlaps heavily, so they are worth using while this one is written.

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