Edexcel GCSE Biology past papers

Every Edexcel GCSE Biology question paper and mark scheme, from 2011 to 2025. Free, no sign‑up. Each session is one row, so the paper and its scheme are side by side.

1BI0specification
84papers
164files
2025latest series

GCSE (1BI0)

Edexcel Paper 1 (1BI0) (Foundation)

Session	QP	MS
June 2025	QP	MS
June 2024	QP	MS
June 2023	QP	MS
June 2022	QP	MS
June 2021	QP	MS
June 2020	QP	MS
June 2019	QP	MS
June 2018	QP	MS
Specimen	QP	MS

Edexcel Paper 1 (1BI0) (Higher)

Session	QP	MS
June 2025	QP	MS
June 2024	QP	MS
June 2023	QP	MS
June 2022	QP	MS
June 2021	QP	MS
June 2020	QP	MS
June 2019	QP	MS
June 2018	QP	MS
Specimen	QP	MS

Edexcel Paper 2 (1BI0) (Foundation)

Session	QP	MS
June 2025	QP	MS
June 2024	QP	MS
June 2023	QP	MS
June 2022	QP	MS
June 2021	QP	MS
June 2020	QP	MS
June 2019	QP	MS
June 2018	QP	MS
Specimen	QP	MS

Edexcel Paper 2 (1BI0) (Higher)

Session	QP	MS
June 2025	QP	MS
June 2024	QP	MS
June 2023	QP	MS
June 2022	QP	MS
June 2021	QP	MS
June 2020	QP	MS
June 2019	QP	MS
June 2018	QP	MS
Specimen	QP	MS

Older specifications

Papers from Edexcel’s earlier Biology specifications. Topics overlap, so they’re good extra practice, but check a question is still on your spec before you rely on it.

Legacy specification48 papers

Edexcel Unit 1 (5BI1) (Foundation)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
November 2013	QP	·
June 2013	QP	MS
March 2013	QP	MS
November 2012	QP	MS
June 2012	QP	MS
March 2012	QP	MS
November 2011	·	MS

Edexcel Unit 1 (5BI1) (Higher)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
November 2013	QP	·
June 2013	QP	MS
March 2013	QP	MS
November 2012	QP	MS
June 2012	QP	MS
March 2012	QP	MS
November 2011	·	MS

Edexcel Unit 2 (5BI2) (Foundation)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
June 2013	QP	MS
March 2013	QP	MS
November 2012	QP	MS
June 2012	QP	MS

Edexcel Unit 2 (5BI2) (Higher)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
June 2013	QP	MS
March 2013	QP	MS
November 2012	QP	MS
June 2012	QP	MS

Edexcel Unit 3 (5BI3) (Foundation)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
June 2013	QP	MS

Edexcel Unit 3 (5BI3) (Higher)

Session	QP	MS
June 2017	QP	MS
June 2016	QP	MS
June 2015	QP	MS
June 2014	QP	MS
June 2013	QP	MS

Using past papers

How to get the most out of Edexcel GCSE Biology past papers

01
Sit it like the real thing.
Timed, by hand, with the formula sheet and nothing else. A paper you peek at teaches you the mark scheme, not the topic.
02
Mark it honestly.
Go line by line with the mark scheme. Method marks are where most lost marks hide, so check your working, not just the answer.
03
Go back to what you dropped.
Your board publishes an examiner report for each paper: it says what most students wrote and why it didn’t score. Redo those questions a week later.

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