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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2025 Paper 9

  • J250/09
  • Higher
  • Chemistry 1
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

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

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  • Higher: moles and balancing with moles
  • Acids, salts and pH
  • Ionic and covalent bonding
  • Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model
  • Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles
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What it tested

  • Quantitative chemistry15 marks
  • Bonding and structure14 marks
  • Chemical changes13 marks
  • Atomic structure and the periodic table10 marks
  • Energy changes6 marks
  • Chemical analysis2 marks
  1. Q1Purity, formulations and chromatography1 mark
  2. Q2Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic model1 mark
  3. Q3Diamond, graphite, graphene and fullerenes1 mark
  4. Q4Conservation of mass and relative formula mass1 mark
  5. Q5The periodic table, metals and noble gases1 mark
  6. Q6Ionic and covalent bonding1 mark
  7. Q7Purity, formulations and chromatography1 mark
  8. Q8Higher: redox, strong and weak acids, electrode half equations1 mark
7 more questions
  1. Q9Higher: limits of the particle model1 mark
  2. Q10Concentration of solutions1 mark
  3. Q11Acids, salts and pHHigher: limiting reactants12 marks
  4. Q12Atoms, compounds, mixtures and the atomic modelConservation of mass and relative formula mass8 marks
  5. Q13Exothermic and endothermic reactions, reaction profiles6 marks
  6. Q14Ionic and covalent bondingHigher: bond energy calculations11 marks
  7. Q15Higher: moles and balancing with molesElectrolysis13 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across all six Higher papers, out of 360.

  • 9-9280
  • 9-8266
  • 8-8252
  • 8-7239
  • 7-7226
  • 7-6209
  • 6-6192
  • 6-5175
  • 5-5158
  • 5-4142
  • 4-4126
  • 4-3118

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