Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 33 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 33 mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/33) covering The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580–c1750. This examiner-approved PDF contains the complete AO1 and AO2 assessment criteria, generic level descriptors, source-analysis guidance, indicative content, and precise examiner expectations used to award marks in the live Summer 2025 examination.

This mark scheme explains the exact analytical standards required for top-band responses on the Bamberg witch trials, the Salem witch hunt, Scottish witch hunts, scepticism towards witchcraft, and the growth of empirical scientific thinking. It includes detailed indicative content on Johannes Junius and the Bamberg confessions, the Earl of Bothwell’s influence on Scottish witch hunts, Increase Mather’s role in ending the Salem trials, John Webster’s The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft, Francis Bacon’s empirical method, Reginald Scot’s scepticism and the impact of the Royal Society. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/33 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and self-assessment practice. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade A-Level History revision.

This document is designed for Year 12 and Year 13 students preparing for the 2026 Pearson Edexcel A-Level History examinations, including retake candidates targeting A and A* grades, sixth-form learners, and home-educated students studying early modern witchcraft beliefs, persecution and intellectual change. It is especially valuable for students aiming to understand how examiners reward source evaluation, thematic analysis, balanced judgement and analytical depth in breadth-and-depth essays.

It is equally useful for teachers, private tutors, revision-course providers and parents supporting advanced History revision at home. The mark scheme can be used to standardise essay marking, run examiner-style feedback sessions, assess AO2 source-analysis skills, moderate high-level responses, and identify weaknesses in scepticism, religious belief, witchcraft persecution and scientific-thinking historical argumentation.