OCR GCSE Religious Studies Short Course Paper 1 2025 Ms

Get the official OCR GCSE Religious Studies (Short Course) J125/01 June 2025 mark scheme PDF covering Religion, philosophy and ethics in the modern world. This examiner-approved document contains the exact accepted answers, indicative content, assessment-objective guidance, SPaG marking grids, level descriptors, and detailed examiner instructions used to award marks in the June 2025 OCR series.

Use this mark scheme to understand the precise mark allocation for Christianity, Islam and Judaism beliefs and teachings, relationships and families, philosophy and ethics questions, AO1/AO2 expectations, and extended-response evaluation criteria. Pair it with the matching OCR J125/01 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete exam practice and realistic self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade GCSE Religious Studies revision.

This document is designed for GCSE Religious Studies students preparing for the 2026 OCR examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, retake candidates targeting higher grades, independent learners, and home-schooled students studying OCR Religion, philosophy and ethics in the modern world. It is especially valuable for students aiming to improve AO1 knowledge recall, AO2 evaluation structure, and SPaG performance in longer evaluative answers.

It is also ideal for teachers, tutors, revision-course providers, intervention coordinators, and parents supporting GCSE Religious Studies revision at home. The mark scheme can be used for timed mock exams, examiner-style feedback sessions, mark-scheme walkthroughs, comparative moderation across classes, and identifying common weaknesses in extended religious studies responses.