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OCR Gateway GCSE Physics June 2025 Paper 3

  • J249/03
  • Higher
  • Topics P1 to P4
  • 1 hour 45 minutes
  • 90 marks

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

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5 new exam questions, 29 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance
  • Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heat
  • Electrical power, appliances and the National Grid
  • Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atom
  • Higher: velocity-time areas and inertia
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What it tested

  • Electricity30 marks
  • Particle model of matter22 marks
  • Forces14 marks
  • Magnetism and electromagnetism8 marks
  • Atomic structure8 marks
  • Energy1 marks
  1. Q1Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  2. Q2Energy stores, changes and power1 mark
  3. Q3Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  4. Q4Forces and elasticity1 mark
  5. Q5Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motors1 mark
  6. Q6Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  7. Q7Higher: resolving forces, circular motion and tangentsDistance, speed, velocity and distance-time graphs1 mark
  8. Q8Higher: Fleming's left-hand rule and electric motors1 mark
16 more questions
  1. Q9Acceleration and Newton's lawsScalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  2. Q10Series and parallel circuitsCircuit symbols, charge, current and resistance1 mark
  3. Q11Particle motion in gases1 mark
  4. Q12Scalars, vectors, forces and resultants1 mark
  5. Q13Higher: velocity-time areas and inertia1 mark
  6. Q14Not in our course1 mark
  7. Q15Not in our course1 mark
  8. Q16Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistance12 marks
  9. Q17Density and changes of state6 marks
  10. Q18Atoms, isotopes and the model of the atom8 marks
  11. Q19Magnets and magnetic fieldsElectromagnetism6 marks
  12. Q20Circuit symbols, charge, current and resistanceSeries and parallel circuits7 marks
  13. Q21Electrical power, appliances and the National GridElectromagnetism10 marks
  14. Q22Higher: velocity-time areas and inertiaAcceleration and Newton's laws6 marks
  15. Q23Internal energy, specific heat capacity and latent heatElectrical power, appliances and the National Grid15 marks
  16. Q24Not in our course5 marks

June 2025 Higher grade boundaries

Marks needed across both Higher papers, out of 180.

  • Grade 9150
  • Grade 8138
  • Grade 7127
  • Grade 6109
  • Grade 592
  • Grade 475
  • Grade 366

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