Edexcel GCSE Biology past papers

Edexcel GCSE Biology June 2025 Paper 1F

  • 1BI0/1F
  • Foundation
  • Topics 1 to 5
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 100 marks

Question paper, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the Pearson Edexcel website.

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  • Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations
  • The nervous system and reflexes
  • Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering
  • Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
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What it tested

  • Inheritance, variation and evolution28 marks
  • Ecology21 marks
  • Cell biology20 marks
  • Homeostasis and response20 marks
  • Organisation11 marks
  1. Q1Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering7 marks
  2. Q2Cells: structure, types and specialisationReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance7 marks
  3. Q3The nervous system and reflexes8 marks
  4. Q4Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineeringReproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance10 marks
  5. Q5Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases9 marks
  6. Q6The nervous system and reflexes12 marks
  7. Q7Communities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptationsProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics12 marks
  8. Q8Health, lifestyle and cancerPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases11 marks
2 more questions
  1. Q9Diffusion, osmosis and active transportDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood13 marks
  2. Q10Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance11 marks

June 2025 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 200.

  • Grade 5130
  • Grade 4111
  • Grade 381
  • Grade 251
  • Grade 122

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