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OCR Gateway GCSE Biology June 2025 Paper 2

  • J247/02
  • Foundation
  • Topics B4 to B6
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

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

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  • Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics
  • Biodiversity, waste and land use
  • Food chains, sampling and material cycles
  • Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteria
  • Health, lifestyle and cancer
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What it tested

  • Infection and response25 marks
  • Ecology24 marks
  • Inheritance, variation and evolution19 marks
  • Organisation12 marks
  • Bioenergetics9 marks
  • Cell biology1 marks
  1. Q1Cells: structure, types and specialisation1 mark
  2. Q2Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  3. Q3Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases1 mark
  4. Q4Digestion, enzymes, the heart and blood1 mark
  5. Q5Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  6. Q6Classifying living organisms1 mark
  7. Q7Global warming and protecting biodiversityBiodiversity, waste and land use1 mark
  8. Q8Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
15 more questions
  1. Q9Protists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics1 mark
  2. Q10Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  3. Q11Reproduction, meiosis, DNA and inheritance1 mark
  4. Q12Discovering and testing drugs1 mark
  5. Q13Inherited disorders and sex determination1 mark
  6. Q14Variation, evolution, selective breeding and genetic engineering1 mark
  7. Q15Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsHealth, lifestyle and cancer1 mark
  8. Q16Health, lifestyle and cancerDigestion, enzymes, the heart and blood11 marks
  9. Q17Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsInherited disorders and sex determination7 marks
  10. Q18Biodiversity, waste and land useFood chains, sampling and material cycles12 marks
  11. Q19Photosynthesis and its rateFood chains, sampling and material cycles9 marks
  12. Q20Fossils, extinction and resistant bacteriaProtists, defences, vaccination and antibiotics11 marks
  13. Q21Pathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseasesPlant tissues and transport7 marks
  14. Q22Protists, defences, vaccination and antibioticsPathogens: viral, bacterial and fungal diseases7 marks
  15. Q23Food chains, sampling and material cyclesCommunities, abiotic and biotic factors, adaptations11 marks

June 2025 Foundation grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Foundation papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 5109
  • Grade 490
  • Grade 366
  • Grade 242
  • Grade 118

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