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ENGINEERING
8852/W
Unit 1 Written Paper
AQA GCSE ENGINEERING UNIT 1 WRITTEN PAPER QUESTIONS
JUNE 2025
Mark scheme
June 2025
Version: 1.0 Final
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MARK SCHEME – GCSE ENGINEERING – 8852/W – JUNE 2025
Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the
relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments
made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme
which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the
mark scheme covers the students’ responses to questions and that every associate understands
and applies it in the same correct way.
As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts.
Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for.
If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not
been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Examiner.
It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed
and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about
future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the
guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the
content of a particular examination paper.
No student should be disadvantaged on the basis of their gender identity and/or how they
refer to the gender identity of others in their exam responses.
A consistent use of ‘they/them’ as a singular and pronouns beyond ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’
will be credited in exam responses in line with existing mark scheme criteria.
Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk
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Copyright information
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booklet for their own internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any
material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within the centre.
Copyright © 2025 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.
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Level of response marking instructions
Level of response mark schemes are broken down into levels, each of which has a descriptor.
The descriptor for the level shows the average performance for the level. There are marks in
each level.
Before you apply the mark scheme to a student’s answer read through the answer and annotate
it (as instructed) to show the qualities that are being looked for. You can then apply the
mark scheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
Start at the lowest level of the mark scheme and use it as a ladder to see whether the answer
meets the descriptor for that level. The descriptor for the level indicates the different
qualities that might be seen in the student’s answer for that level. If it meets the lowest
level then go to the next one and decide if it meets this level, and so on, until you have a
match between the level descriptor and the answer. With practice and familiarity you will
find that for better answers you will be able to quickly skip through the lower levels of the
mark scheme.
When assigning a level you should look at the overall quality of the answer and not look to
pick holes in small and specific parts of the answer where the student has not performed
quite as well as the rest. If the answer covers different aspects of different levels of the
mark scheme you should use a best fit approach for defining the level and then use the
variability of the response to help decide the mark within the level, ie if the response is
predominantly level 3 with a small amount of level 4 material it would be placed in level 3
but be awarded a mark near the top of the level because of the level 4 content.
Step 2 Determine a mark
Once you have assigned a level you need to decide on the mark. The descriptors on how to
allocate marks can help with this. The exemplar materials used during standardisation will
help. There will be an answer in the standardising materials which will correspond with each
level of the mark scheme. This answer will have been awarded a mark by the Lead Examiner.
You can compare the student’s answer with the example to determine if it is the same
standard, better or worse than the example. You can then use this to allocate a mark for the
answer based on the Lead Examiner’s mark on the example.
You may well need to read back through the answer as you apply the mark scheme to clarify
points and assure yourself that the level and the mark are appropriate.
Indicative content in the mark scheme is provided as a guide for examiners. It is not
intended to be exhaustive and you must credit other valid points. Students do not have to
cover all of the points mentioned in the Indicative content to reach the highest level of the
mark scheme.
An answer which contains nothing of relevance to the question must be awarded no marks.
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GCSE
ENGINEERING
8852/W
Unit 1 Written Paper
AQA GCSE ENGINEERING UNIT 1 WRITTEN PAPER QUESTIONS
JUNE 2025
Mark scheme
June 2025
Version: 1.0 Final
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MARK SCHEME – GCSE ENGINEERING – 8852/W – JUNE 2025
Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the
relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments
made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme
which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the
mark scheme covers the students’ responses to questions and that every associate understands
and applies it in the same correct way.
As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts.
Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for.
If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not
been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Examiner.
It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed
and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about
future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the
guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the
content of a particular examination paper.
No student should be disadvantaged on the basis of their gender identity and/or how they
refer to the gender identity of others in their exam responses.
A consistent use of ‘they/them’ as a singular and pronouns beyond ‘she/her’ or ‘he/him’
will be credited in exam responses in line with existing mark scheme criteria.
Further copies of this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk
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MARK SCHEME – GCSE ENGINEERING – 8852/W – JUNE 2025
Copyright information
AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered schools/colleges for AQA are permitted to copy material from this
booklet for their own internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any
material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within the centre.
Copyright © 2025 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.
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MARK SCHEME – GCSE ENGINEERING – 8852/W – JUNE 2025
Level of response marking instructions
Level of response mark schemes are broken down into levels, each of which has a descriptor.
The descriptor for the level shows the average performance for the level. There are marks in
each level.
Before you apply the mark scheme to a student’s answer read through the answer and annotate
it (as instructed) to show the qualities that are being looked for. You can then apply the
mark scheme.
Step 1 Determine a level
Start at the lowest level of the mark scheme and use it as a ladder to see whether the answer
meets the descriptor for that level. The descriptor for the level indicates the different
qualities that might be seen in the student’s answer for that level. If it meets the lowest
level then go to the next one and decide if it meets this level, and so on, until you have a
match between the level descriptor and the answer. With practice and familiarity you will
find that for better answers you will be able to quickly skip through the lower levels of the
mark scheme.
When assigning a level you should look at the overall quality of the answer and not look to
pick holes in small and specific parts of the answer where the student has not performed
quite as well as the rest. If the answer covers different aspects of different levels of the
mark scheme you should use a best fit approach for defining the level and then use the
variability of the response to help decide the mark within the level, ie if the response is
predominantly level 3 with a small amount of level 4 material it would be placed in level 3
but be awarded a mark near the top of the level because of the level 4 content.
Step 2 Determine a mark
Once you have assigned a level you need to decide on the mark. The descriptors on how to
allocate marks can help with this. The exemplar materials used during standardisation will
help. There will be an answer in the standardising materials which will correspond with each
level of the mark scheme. This answer will have been awarded a mark by the Lead Examiner.
You can compare the student’s answer with the example to determine if it is the same
standard, better or worse than the example. You can then use this to allocate a mark for the
answer based on the Lead Examiner’s mark on the example.
You may well need to read back through the answer as you apply the mark scheme to clarify
points and assure yourself that the level and the mark are appropriate.
Indicative content in the mark scheme is provided as a guide for examiners. It is not
intended to be exhaustive and you must credit other valid points. Students do not have to
cover all of the points mentioned in the Indicative content to reach the highest level of the
mark scheme.
An answer which contains nothing of relevance to the question must be awarded no marks.
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