Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science specification
The specification (1SC0) is Pearson Edexcel's own description of the Combined Science course: what you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. The link below opens the board's PDF on qualifications.pearson.com, so you always get its current version.
Open the 1SC0 specification (PDF) (opens qualifications.pearson.com in a new tab)Everything for Pearson Edexcel GCSE Combined Science, with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.
Revising from the Combined Science specification
Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with Edexcel's past papers and read your marks against the same year’s grade boundaries.
Common questions
Where can I find the Edexcel GCSE Combined Science specification?
The link on this page opens Pearson Edexcel's own copy of the Combined Science specification (1SC0), a PDF on its website, so you always get the current version. We link to it rather than keep a copy.
What is in the Combined Science specification?
A specification is the board's own description of the course: the content you can be examined on, how the exams are set out and how they are marked. It is the most useful single document to revise from, because every exam question has to come from it.
Can I make practice questions from the specification?
Yes. cookie can make exam-style questions from a specification and mark your answers, so you can practise the parts you are least sure of once you run out of past papers.
More specifications: every GCSE specification we link.
cookie is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board. Every paper here is a link to the board's own copy on its own website, and the papers belong to the boards that set them. If a link has stopped working, the board's own past paper page is linked on each course.