This page has links to UK A Level past papers and solutions. The past papers are currently for the legacy specification examined for the last time in Summer 2018. There is of course much material here relevant for the new specification. (See Mapping Documents.)
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From crashMATHS, note the A Level Practice Papers and mark schemes, this looks like a very valuable resource. There are several papers and mark schemes available with more coming. Versions are provided for AQA and Edexcel, these use the style of papers we see from the exam boards. Currently, there is nothing for OCR. For Mathematics the content is the same for all the boards and for Further Mathematics we have a prescribed core that must comprise approximately 50% of its content. This common content as we have with GCSE is very useful indeed as we can use resources from all the examination boards.
Also from crashMATHS, these AS Maths Key Skills checks and 2019 AS & A Level Question Countdown sheets are excellent. See AS Level Question Countdown and/or the A Level Countdown. Each set provides 10 worksheets of mixed questions with 7 questions on each sheet, 5 are pure questions and 2 are applied. Whilst written in the style of Edexcel, the subject content is the same for all examination boards.
I do like the way the pure section of the worksheets includes a mix of basic, problem and modelling questions.
OCR (MEI) Sample Assessment Materials for new specification AS and A Level
Practice papers are also available, these require an OCR interchange login. Exam papers are also available, the June 2018 papers are freely available, 2019 and 2020 require an interchange login.
OCR (MEI) papers & mark schemes for the legacy specification examined for the last time in Summer 2018. There is of course much material here relevant for the new specification. (See Mapping Documents.)
From David Smith:
OCR (MEI) C1, C2 & S1 papers and solutions
OCR (MEI) C3 & C4 papers & worked solutions
OCR (MEI) M1 FP1 FP2 S2 papers & worked solutions
OCR new specification sample assessment materials
Practice papers are also available, these require an OCR interchange login. the June 2018 papers are freely available, 2019 and 2020 require an interchange login.
OCR Legacy Maths papers and mark schemes
AQA Sample Assessment Materials for new specification (for each qualification choose Assessment Resources). The June 2018 papers and mark schemes are freely available, with their typical solutions, these papers have exceptionally clear mark schemes.
Further practice papers are also available, these require an All About Maths login.
AQA – legacy questions by topic – The Chalkface
Edexcel Sample assessment Materials for new specification
Practice papers are also available, these require an Edexcel Online login.
Edexcel new specification Practice Papers (login required)
Edexcel legacy papers and mark schemes
MathedUp! A Level Takeaways and Further Maths Takeaways.
For some excellent PowerPoint resources with A Level questions and mark schemes by topic try Mr Westwater’s resources on TES. (Twitter @westiesworkshop). Though Edexcel questions these are clearly useful for other examination boards also. There are six of these PowerPoint files available:
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Core 1 Core 2
Statistics 1 Mechanics 1
Core 3 Core 4
Worked Edexcel Solutions – Maths Genie
See also MadAsMaths for a brilliant collection of questions at various difficulty levels.
MadAsMaths question & solution
From Underground Maths, to challenge students I find the Review Questions excellent, so many excellent questions from old A Level papers clearly organised and with very full solutions. Note the Mapping Document (scroll down) for the new A Level specification with suggested resources.
Sixth Term Examination Paper (STEP). The Preparing for STEP section includes papers and mark schemes.
STEP Preparation – Resources & Support, Nrich
STEP preparation Archive – Nrich
For any of your students studying for STEP direct them to this excellent portal from stepmaths.co.uk which has (all free) access to STEP questions and solutions. Create an account, login and you have access to a complete library of resources. For further details see Mathematical Miscellany #10
For an extensive collection of Challenging questions for Advanced Level students we can turn to the Oxford Maths Admissions Test, note the menu on the right-hand side of the page, many papers and also solutions are available. For more Oxford MAT questions see this extensive collection on Underground Mathematics. These Underground Mathematics resources will provide so much more than the question in each case. Note the suggestions and solutions.
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