Where can I find information about the OCR specifications and exams?
Specifications and examinations are the responsibility of the awarding body OCR. We cannot answer questions about assessment on this C21 project website. However, here are links to pages where you will find useful material on the OCR website.
Link to OCR documents for each course
These links take you to the OCR documents page for each course. If what you want isn't there, click on the 'Browse all documents' link on the OCR web page.
OCR GCSE Science documents.
OCR GCSE Additional science documents
OCR GCSE Additional Applied Science documents
OCR GCSE Biology documents
OCR GCSE Chemistry documents
OCR GCSE Physics documents
Specifications
See the OCR documents web page above.
Past papers, mark schemes, and examiners' reports
See the OCR key documents web page above.
Teacher support and coursework guidance
This includes skills development and assessment, suggestions for student tasks and guidance in marking them, notes on moderation, guidance for students. See the OCR key documents web page above. Here on this website is, for example, a list of contents for the GCSE Science teacher support and coursework guidance including case studies.
Specimen assessment materials
These are provided on the OCR website - see the link above.
As a one-off exception to OCR material being available from OCR, here are some pilot exam papers for GCSE Science on this project website. Note the health warnings
Pilot exam questions for GCSE Science
Past papers, examiners' reports, and more ...
Here is a page on this website with a link to the OCR web page for each course
OCR past papers, examiners reports, and more
Entry Level Science
Key documents including specification and teacher support & guidance.
OCR Entry Level Science
External training courses available from OCR
Scroll to the bottom of this OCR web page for Twenty First Century Science:
Information about what is available from OCR
Register with OCR for Forum and Science support network
Sign up for access to the OCR Forum and information about Support network groups
Note that the OCR Forum is for conversations among teachers and technicians. Placing a message here does not necessarily mean that your message will reach the OCR subject officer.
Register for forum and network
More about Science support network
Exams officer information from OCR
OCR home page for exams officers
Exams officer training
Registering centres
Registering candidates
Exam timetables
Dates for exam results
Enquiries about results including appeals
Coursework is different for each C21 course. See the information provided by OCR for each one.
OCR exams page for students and parents
http://www.ocr.org.uk/learners/
Contacting OCR
If you have a query about the assessment of Twenty First Century Science please telephone OCR's Customer Contact Centre 01223 553998 and ask to talk to a Twenty First Century Science Officer.
