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Assessment

  • A Level

  • AS Level

Summer 2021 grading support

  • Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 297KB 11 days ago
  • Grade descriptors DOCX 31KB 11 days ago

Question papers, mark schemes and reports

2020 - November series

  • Question papers H431 - interchange login required
  • Mark schemes H031, H431 - interchange login required

2019 - June series

  • Question papers H031, H431 - interchange login required
  • Mark schemes H031, H431 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - The UK business environment H431/02 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - The global business environment H431/03 - interchange login required

2018 - June series

  • Question paper - Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - PDF 3MB
  • Question paper - Operating in a local business environment resource booklet H431/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Operating in local business environment H431/01 - PDF 670KB
  • Question paper - The UK business environment H431/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The UK business environment resource booklet H431/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The UK business environment H431/02 - PDF 378KB
  • Question paper - The global business environment H431/03 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The global business environment resource booklet H431/03 - PDF 3MB
  • Mark scheme - The global business environment H431/03 - PDF 291KB
  • Examiners' report H431 - PDF 166KB
  • Modified papers H431 - ZIP 9MB

2017 - June series

  • Question paper - Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - PDF 5MB
  • Question paper - Operating in a local business environment resource booklet H431/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - Operating in local business environment H431/01 - PDF 846KB
  • Question paper - The UK business environment H431/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The UK business environment resource booklet H431/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The UK business environment H431/02 - PDF 405KB
  • Question paper - The global business environment H431/03 - PDF 4MB
  • Question paper - The global business environment resource booklet H431/03 - PDF 2MB
  • Mark scheme - The global business environment H431/03 - PDF 298KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 25MB
  • Examiners' report PDF 396KB

Sample assessment materials

  • Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

    We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

  • Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
  • The UK business environment H431/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
  • The global business environment H431/03 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB

Practice papers and mark schemes

  • H431 practice papers and mark schemes set 1 and set 2 (ZIP) interchange login required

Candidate exemplars

2019 - June series

  • Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - interchange login required
  • The UK business environment H431/02 - interchange login required
  • The global business environment H431/03 - interchange login required

2018 - June series

  • Operating in a local business environment H431/01 - PDF 6MB
  • The global business environment H431/02 - PDF 7MB
  • The UK business environment H431/03 - PDF 7MB

2017 - June series

  • Exemplar candidate work with commentary H431/01 - PDF 7MB
  • Exemplar candidate work with commentary H431/02 - PDF 10MB
  • Exemplar candidate work with commentary H431/03 - PDF 8MB
  • Operating in a local business environment – Candidate style answers H431/01 - This resource contains examples of candidate work for A Level component 1 – Operating in a local business environment. PDF 583KB
  • The UK business environment – Candidate style answers H431/02 - This resource contains examples of candidate work for A Level component 2 – The UK business environment. PDF 703KB
  • The global business environment - Candidate style answers H431/03 - This resource contains examples of candidate style work for A Level component 3 – The global business environment. PDF 616KB

Summer 2021 grading support

  • Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 297KB 11 days ago
  • Grade descriptors DOCX 28KB 11 days ago

Question papers, mark schemes and reports

2020 - November series

  • Mark schemes H031, H431 - interchange login required

2019 - June series

  • Question papers H031, H431 - interchange login required
  • Mark schemes H031, H431 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - The local business environment H031/01 - interchange login required
  • Examiners' report - The wider business environment H031/02 - interchange login required

2018 - June series

  • Question paper - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The local business environment resource booklet H031/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 317KB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment resource booklet H031/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 320KB
  • Examiners' report H031 - PDF 148KB

2017 - June series

  • Question paper - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The local business environment resource booklet H031/01 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 307KB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 2MB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment resource booklet H031/02 - PDF 1MB
  • Mark scheme - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 356KB
  • Examiners' report H031 - PDF 326KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 25MB

2016 - June series

  • Question paper - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 759KB
  • Question paper - The local business environment resource booklet H031/01 - PDF 773KB
  • Mark scheme - The local business environment H031/01 - PDF 303KB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 550KB
  • Question paper - The wider business environment resource booklet H031/02 - PDF 588KB
  • Mark scheme - The wider business environment H031/02 - PDF 306KB
  • Examiners' report H031 - PDF 281KB
  • Modified papers ZIP 18MB
  • Modified papers ZIP 9MB

Sample assessment materials

  • Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

    We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

  • The local business environment H031/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
  • The wider business environment H031/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB

Candidate exemplars

  • H031/01 – candidate responses with examiner commentary - June 2016 series This resource contains examples of candidate work for AS Level Component 1 – The local business environment. PDF 2MB
  • H031/02 - candidate responses with examiner commentary - June 2016 series This resource contains examples of candidate work for AS Level Component 2 – The wider business environment. PDF 4MB
  • The local business environment (Component 1) – Candidate style answers This resource contains examples of candidate work for AS Level Component 1 – The local business environment. PDF 704KB
  • The wider business environment (Component 2) – Candidate style answers This resource contains examples of candidate work for AS Level Component 2 – The wider business environment. PDF 646KB
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