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OCR A-level Further Mathematics A H245 past papers
Paper details were checked against OCR’s own H245 specification, Version 2, October 2025, on 21 August 2026. Use the current specification as the definitive source.
Four papers, 300 marks in total.
OCR prints six papers in the table below and you sit four of them, so the marks in the table do not add up to the total you are marked out of. The optional papers are labelled in the table, and the 300 above is the total you are actually marked out of.
Where the papers are: OCR’s own H245 materials.
Ink Learning does not host or reproduce awarding-body papers. Follow the qualification link to the awarding organisation’s official materials page. Links were last checked on 31 August 2026.
The papers
| Paper | Code | Length | Marks | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Core 1 | Y540 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
| Pure Core 2 | Y541 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
| Statistics OPTIONAL | Y542 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
| Mechanics OPTIONAL | Y543 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
| Discrete Mathematics OPTIONAL | Y544 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
| Additional Pure Mathematics OPTIONAL | Y545 | 1 hour 30 minutes | 75 | 25% |
What each paper asks
Y540
Pure Core 1. The whole of the Pure Core, in the context of all of the overarching themes.
Y541
Pure Core 2. The whole of the Pure Core, the same content as Pure Core 1.
Y542
Statistics. The Statistics content, and the Pure Core synoptically.
Y543
Mechanics. The Mechanics content, and the Pure Core synoptically.
Y544
Discrete Mathematics. The Discrete Mathematics content, and the Pure Core synoptically.
Y545
Additional Pure Mathematics. The Additional Pure Mathematics content, and the Pure Core synoptically.
Calculators
OCR’s own words: “Allowable calculators can be used for any function they can perform.”
Which series exist
Seven series, read from OCR’s assessment page for Further Mathematics A H235/H245 on 31 August 2026: June 2019 · November 2020 · November 2021 · June 2022 · June 2023 · June 2024 · June 2025.
No summer series was sat in 2020 and 2021. The summer exams were cancelled and grades were awarded without them. The November 2020 and November 2021 papers were sat by students who chose to take them, so those years only seem to be missing from the list above.
This page is about the exam. For the content, statement by statement, and where we teach each statement, see the OCR H245 specification map.