Pearson Edexcel A Level History Paper 35 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official Pearson Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 Option 35 mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series (9HI0/35) covering Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763–1914, and The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918. 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 Dalhousie’s policies in India, the Boer War, Lower Canada, Egypt under Evelyn Baring, Florence Nightingale’s reforms, Western Front leadership, imperial trade, strategic naval bases, Admiral Fisher’s naval reforms and the wartime home front. It includes detailed indicative content on the Doctrine of Lapse, Awadh annexation, Buller and Roberts during the Boer War, Papineau and Lower Canada, Egyptian irrigation policy, the Scutari hospital, the Somme, Cyprus as a naval base, HMS Dreadnought, DORA and wartime rationing. Pair it with the matching Edexcel 9HI0/35 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 British imperial expansion and warfare history. 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 imperial policy, warfare organisation, military leadership and strategic historical argumentation.