OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project) specification
The specification (J411) is OCR's own description of the History B (Schools History Project) 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 ocr.org.uk, so you always get its current version.
Open the J411 specification (PDF) (opens ocr.org.uk in a new tab)Everything for OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project), with the past papers, grade boundaries and the notes and flashcards people have shared.
How OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project) is examined
From OCR's grade boundaries for June 2026. Some boards list every optional paper or time-zone variant, so you sit only the ones for your route; the specification says which.
- The People's Health, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065-108780 marks
- The People's Health, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580-160380 marks
- Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065-108780 marks
- Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580-160380 marks
- Crime and Punishment, c.1250 to present with Britain in Peace and War, 1900-191880 marks
- Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Norman Conquest, 1065-108780 marks
- Migrants to Britain, c.1250 to present with The Elizabethans, 1580-160380 marks
- History Around Us50 marks
- Viking Expansion, c.750-c.1050 with Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest, 1519-153580 marks
- Viking Expansion, c.750-c.1050 with Living under Nazi Rule, 1933-194580 marks
- The Mughal Empire, 1526-1707 with The First Crusade, c.1070-110080 marks
- The Mughal Empire, 1526-1707 with Living under Nazi Rule, 1933-194580 marks
- The Making of America, 1789-1900 with Living under Nazi Rule, 1933-194580 marks
Turn a mark into a grade · OCR GCSE exam dates · Extra time and access arrangements
Revising from the History B (Schools History Project) specification
Work through the specification's content list and mark what you are unsure of, then practise those parts with OCR's past papers and read your marks against the same year’s grade boundaries.
Common questions
Where can I find the OCR GCSE History B (Schools History Project) specification?
The link on this page opens OCR's own copy of the History B (Schools History Project) specification (J411), 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 History B (Schools History Project) 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.