OCR A level Physics A past papers
Specification H556
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2025 · June
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Modelling physics
H556/01 · 100 marks
Paper correction · Q23(b)
Q23(b): use a Hubble constant of 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁸ s⁻¹, not 2.5 × 10⁻¹⁹ s⁻¹.
Official correctionExploring physics
H556/02 · 100 marks
Paper correction · Q4 & Q8
Q4: use m⁻³ for number density. Q8, option B: replace “resonant” with “fundamental”.
Official correctionUnified physics
H556/03 · 70 marks
2024 · June
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Modelling physics
H556/01 · 100 marks
Paper correction · Q18(a)
Q18(a), table row 9: replace 1.37 with 1.27.
Official correctionExploring physics
H556/02 · 100 marks
Unified physics
H556/03 · 70 marks
2023 · June
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Unified physics
H556/03
Exploring physics
H556/02
Modelling physics
H556/01
2022 · June
About this exam sitting
England’s 2022 exams used pandemic adaptations and transitional grading. Advance information, where supplied, applied to that sitting only. It is historical context, not a topic guide for your next exam.
Official whole-qualification boundaries. These percentages aren't individual-paper grades.
Unified physics
H556/03
Exploring physics
H556/02
Modelling physics
H556/01
2021 · Autumn
About this exam sitting
An exceptional autumn sitting after summer exams were cancelled in England. A smaller, different entry cohort and exceptional grading arrangements make comparisons with ordinary summer results unreliable. Use this paper for practice; its boundaries do not predict a future grade.
Modelling physics
H556/01
Exploring physics
H556/02
Unified physics
H556/03
2020 · Autumn
About this exam sitting
An exceptional autumn sitting after summer exams were cancelled in England. A smaller, different entry cohort and exceptional grading arrangements make comparisons with ordinary summer results unreliable. Use this paper for practice; its boundaries do not predict a future grade.
Modelling physics
H556/01
Exploring physics
H556/02
Unified physics
H556/03
2019 · June
Official whole-qualification boundaries. These percentages aren't individual-paper grades.
Modelling physics
H556/01
Exploring physics
H556/02
Unified physics
H556/03
2018 · June
Modelling physics
H556/01
Exploring physics
H556/02
Unified physics
H556/03
2017 · June
Modelling physics
H556/01
Exploring physics
H556/02
Unified physics
H556/03
Specimen materials
Modelling physics (includes mark scheme)
H556/01
Exploring physics (includes mark scheme)
H556/02
Unified physics (includes mark scheme)
H556/03
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