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Edexcel International GCSE past papers
Pearson gives its Edexcel International GCSE past papers away free on its own website. We do not copy or list them paper by paper: for each of the 5 subjects below, the button opens Pearson’s own past papers page, where the papers and mark schemes open.
Pearson Edexcel International GCSEs are taken by students aged 14 to 16 in international schools and some UK schools, and are graded 9 to 1.
What is free: Pearson locks papers from roughly the most recent 12 months for teachers. After that, anyone can open them free on Pearson’s site.
What is held back: The most recent series stay locked for teachers at registered schools with an Edexcel Online account until about a year after the exam.
Biology (4BI1)
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Biology
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Biology (4BI1) has two untiered papers. Paper 1 (2 hours, 110 marks) is also sat by Science Double Award students. Paper 2 (1 hour 15 minutes, 70 marks) is for Biology students only and can test the whole course, including the extra Biology-only content. Topics include the variety of living organisms, structures and functions in living organisms, reproduction and inheritance, ecology and the environment, and the use of biological resources.
When it is sat: June and November.
On Pearson’s page: question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for each exam series, free once a series is about a year old. The newest series stay locked for teachers.
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Biology at other boards: Cambridge IGCSE , Cambridge O Level , AQA GCSE , OCR GCSE
Chemistry (4CH1)
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Chemistry (4CH1) has two untiered papers. Paper 1 (2 hours, 110 marks) is also sat by Science Double Award students. Paper 2 (1 hour 15 minutes, 70 marks) is for Chemistry students only and can test the whole course, including the extra Chemistry-only content. The course has four parts: principles of chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry and organic chemistry.
When it is sat: June and November.
On Pearson’s page: question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for each exam series, free once a series is about a year old. The newest series stay locked for teachers.
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Chemistry at other boards: Cambridge IGCSE , Cambridge O Level , AQA GCSE , OCR GCSE
English Language A (4EA1)
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language A
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Language A (4EA1) is untiered. Paper 1, Non-fiction Texts and Transactional Writing (2 hours 15 minutes, 90 marks), has reading questions on an unseen text and a text from Pearson’s anthology, then a writing task such as a letter or article. Paper 2, Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative Writing (1 hour 30 minutes, 60 marks), has an essay on one poem or prose text from the anthology, then an imaginative writing task. Some schools use coursework instead of Paper 2.
When it is sat: June and November.
On Pearson’s page: question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for each exam series, free once a series is about a year old. The newest series stay locked for teachers.
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English Language A at other boards: Cambridge IGCSE , Cambridge O Level , AQA GCSE , OCR GCSE
Maths A (4MA1)
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A (4MA1) has two papers of 2 hours and 100 marks each, at Foundation tier (Papers 1F and 2F, up to grade 5) or Higher tier (Papers 1H and 2H, up to grade 9). A calculator is allowed in both papers. The course covers numbers and the number system; equations, formulae and identities; sequences, functions and graphs; geometry and trigonometry; vectors and transformations; and statistics and probability, with some calculus at Higher tier.
When it is sat: June and November.
On Pearson’s page: question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for each exam series, free once a series is about a year old. The newest series stay locked for teachers.
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Maths A at other boards: Cambridge IGCSE , Cambridge O Level , AQA GCSE , OCR GCSE
Physics (4PH1)
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Physics
Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Physics (4PH1) has two untiered papers. Paper 1 (2 hours, 110 marks) is also sat by Science Double Award students. Paper 2 (1 hour 15 minutes, 70 marks) is for Physics students only and can test the whole course, including the extra Physics-only content. Topics include forces and motion, electricity, waves, energy resources and transfers, solids, liquids and gases, magnetism and electromagnetism, radioactivity and particles, and astrophysics.
When it is sat: June and November.
On Pearson’s page: question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports for each exam series, free once a series is about a year old. The newest series stay locked for teachers.
Open Pearson’s free Physics (4PH1) papers
It opens on Pearson’s website, in a new tab. We do not copy Pearson’s papers.
Physics at other boards: Cambridge IGCSE , Cambridge O Level , AQA GCSE , OCR GCSE