GCSE Maths Past Papers.

Every GCSE Maths past paper and mark scheme, organised by exam board and tier — with a tutor’s guide on how to actually use them. Pick your board below.

Choose your board

GCSE past papers by exam board.

Edexcel GCSE (1MA1)

Foundation and Higher, Papers 1–3, June 2017 to June 2025 including every November resit.

AQA GCSE (8300)

Foundation and Higher, Papers 1–3, June 2017 to November 2024, linked from AQA.

OCR GCSE (J560)

Foundation Papers 1–3 and Higher Papers 4–6, June 2017 to June 2025, linked from OCR.

Edexcel IGCSE (4MA1)

International GCSE Maths A, Foundation and Higher, including R alternative time-zone papers and legacy 4MA0.

Not sure which board? It is printed on the front of any past paper or mock your child has been given. Studying A-Level too? A-Level past papers are here.

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How to actually use past papers.

Past papers are the most powerful revision tool your child has — but most students just "do" them and tick the answers. That barely moves the needle. This is the sequence I take every student through. The full method, in detail →

Topic first, then whole papers

Early on, don't sit full papers — pull questions by topic across many years until each topic is solid. Whole papers come once the foundations hold.

Sit full papers under timing

Once topics hold, work to the clock with no notes. At GCSE, pacing and stamina cost more marks than missing knowledge does.

Mark with the official scheme

Mark it yourself against the real mark scheme. Learning where the method marks sit is how you stop losing marks on questions you could do.

Redo what you dropped

A few days later, redo every question you lost marks on from scratch. That's where the grade actually moves.

GCSE Maths past papers — common questions.

Check the front of any past paper or mock they have been given — the board and specification code are printed on it. Edexcel is 1MA1, AQA is 8300, OCR is J560. If in doubt, the school office will confirm it in a sentence.

Yes. Foundation covers grades 1–5 and Higher covers grades 4–9, and they are separate papers. A student entered for Foundation cannot score above a grade 5, which is why tier choice is worth getting right.

Summer exams in both years were cancelled because of COVID-19. Every board ran an autumn replacement series instead, and those papers are included on each board page.

Yes. I am a full-time online GCSE and A-Level Maths tutor with a First Class Master’s from Bristol, and every lesson works through real past papers from your child’s specific board.

Next step

Papers are the tool. Technique is the grade.

At GCSE most students know more maths than their grade suggests — the gap is exam technique. That is what one-to-one GCSE tuition targets, and what small-group sessions cover at £40 per student.