OCR A level Physics B: Advancing Physics past papers
Specification H557
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2025 · June
Practical skills in physics
H557/03
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesSource bookletAwaiting checks
2024 · June
Practical skills in physics
H557/03
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesSource bookletAwaiting checks
2023 · June
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Practical skills in physics
H557/03
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesSource bookletAwaiting checks
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.
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Practical skills in physics
H557/03
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesSource bookletAwaiting checks
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.
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesPractical skills in physics
H557/03
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.
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Practical skills in physics
H557/03
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesSource bookletAwaiting checks
2019 · June
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesPractical skills in physics
H557/03
2018 · June
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesPractical skills in physics
H557/03
2017 · June
Fundamentals of physics
H557/01
Scientific literacy in physics
H557/02
Supporting filesPractical skills in physics
H557/03
Specimen materials
Fundamentals of physics (includes mark scheme)
H557/01
Practical skills in physics (includes mark scheme)
H557/03
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