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OCR Gateway GCSE Combined Science June 2025 Paper 12

  • J250/12
  • Higher
  • Physics 2
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
  • 60 marks

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

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5 new exam questions, 28 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Distance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs
  • Electrical power, appliances and the National Grid
  • Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life
  • Transverse and longitudinal waves
  • Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atom
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What it tested

  • Forces21 marks
  • Atomic structure14 marks
  • Electricity12 marks
  • Waves9 marks
  • Energy3 marks
  1. Q1Not in our course1 mark
  2. Q2Energy stores, changes and power1 mark
  3. Q3Energy stores, changes and power1 mark
  4. Q4Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-life1 mark
  5. Q5Energy transfers and efficiencyHigher: improving efficiency1 mark
  6. Q6Distance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs1 mark
  7. Q7Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses1 mark
  8. Q8Acceleration and Newton's lawsHigher: momentum and its conservation1 mark
8 more questions
  1. Q9Transverse and longitudinal waves1 mark
  2. Q10Electromagnetic waves, refraction and uses1 mark
  3. Q11Electrical power, appliances and the National GridDirect and alternating p.d., and mains electricity12 marks
  4. Q12Distance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphsForces and elasticity13 marks
  5. Q13Transverse and longitudinal waves6 marks
  6. Q14Stopping distance and reaction timeHigher: velocity-time areas and inertia6 marks
  7. Q15Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atomElectromagnetic waves, refraction and uses6 marks
  8. Q16Radioactive decay, nuclear equations and half-lifeHigher: net decline after several half-lives7 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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