GCSE Mathematics 8300/1F Foundation Tier Paper 1 Non-Calculator - June 2021 Mark Scheme

Q: What is the purpose of this mark scheme for GCSE Mathematics 8300/1F?

It provides the official criteria and procedures used to award marks for student answers on the GCSE Mathematics Foundation Tier Paper 1 Non-Calculator.

Q: How are standardisation and alternative answers handled?

Associates analyse scripts, discuss alternatives not covered by the mark scheme, and legislated amendments are incorporated so marking is applied consistently. Unusual answers after standardisation are referred to the Lead Examiner.

Q: What marking categories are used in this mark scheme?

Marks include Method (M), Accuracy (A), Independent marks (B), follow-through (ft), special case (SC), and dependent variants (M dep, B dep), along with guidance for equivalent notation and bracketed work.

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GCSE Mathematics 8300/1F Foundation Tier Paper 1 Non-Calculator mark scheme (June 2021) provides the official guidance for awarding marks across questions and answers. It explains how the standardisation process and associate marking ensures consistent interpretation of student responses, including handling alternative answers and unusual solutions. The scheme details marking principles, glossary definitions for method, accuracy, special case, follow-through, and conditional marks, and gives rules for diagrams, misreads, omitted working, choice marking, and notation such as equivalents and decimal formats.

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Mark scheme overview

Standardisation and marking principles

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Marking guidance for responses and errors

| GCSE
MATHEMATICS 8300/1F
Foundation Tier Paper 1 Non-Calculator | | --- | | Mark scheme
June 2021 | Version: 1.0 Final *216G8300/1F/MS* Mark schemes are prepared by the Lead Assessment Writer and considered, together with the relevant questions, by a panel of subject teachers. This mark scheme includes any amendments made at the standardisation events which all associates participate in and is the scheme which was used by them in this examination. The standardisation process ensures that the mark scheme covers the students’responses to questions and that every associate understands and applies it in the same correct way. As preparation for standardisation each associate analyses a number of students’ scripts. Alternative answers not already covered by the mark scheme are discussed and legislated for. If, after the standardisation process, associates encounter unusual answers which have not been raised they are required to refer these to the Lead Examiner. It must be stressed that a mark scheme is a working document, in many cases further developed and expanded on the basis of students’ reactions to a particular paper. Assumptions about future mark schemes on the basis of one year’s document should be avoided; whilst the guiding principles of assessment remain constant, details will change, depending on the content of a particular examination paper. Further copies of [this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk](this mark scheme are available from aqa.org.uk) Copyright information AQA retains the copyright on all its publications. However, registered schools/colleges for AQA are permitted to copy material from this booklet for their own internal use, with the following important exception: AQA cannot give permission to schools/colleges to photocopy any material that is acknowledged to a third party even for internal use within the centre. Copyright © 2021 AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved. Glossary for Mark Schemes GCSE examinations are marked in such a way as to award positive achievement wherever possible. Thus, for GCSE Mathematics papers, marks are awarded under various categories. If a student uses a method which is not explicitly covered by the mark scheme the same principles of marking should be applied. Credit should be given to any valid methods. Examiners should seek advice from their senior examiner if in any doubt. M Method marks are awarded for a correct method which could lead to a correct answer. A Accuracy marks are awarded when following on from a correct method. It is not necessary to always see the method. This can be implied. B Marks awarded independent of method. ft Follow through marks. Marks awarded for correct working following a mistake in an earlier step. SC Special case. Marks awarded for a common misinterpretation which has some mathematical worth. M dep A method mark dependent on a previous method mark being awarded. B dep A mark that can only be awarded if a previous independent mark has been awarded. oe Or equivalent. Accept answers that are equivalent. eg accept 0.5 as well as 12 [a, b] Accept values between a and b inclusive. [a, b) Accept values a ≤ value < b 3.14… Accept answers which begin 3.14 eg 3. 14, 3. 142, 3.1416 Use of brackets It is not necessary to see the bracketed work to award the marks. Examiners should consistently apply the following principles Diagrams Diagrams that have working on them should be treated like normal responses. If a diagram has been written on but the correct response is within the answer space, the work within the answer space should be marked. Working on diagrams that contradicts work within the answer space is not to be considered as choice but as working, and is not, therefore, penalised. Responses which appear to come from incorrect methods Whenever there is doubt as to whether a student has used an incorrect method to obtain an answer, as a general principle, the b

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What is the purpose of this mark scheme for GCSE Mathematics 8300/1F?

It provides the official criteria and procedures used to award marks for student answers on the GCSE Mathematics Foundation Tier Paper 1 Non-Calculator.

How are standardisation and alternative answers handled?

Associates analyse scripts, discuss alternatives not covered by the mark scheme, and legislated amendments are incorporated so marking is applied consistently. Unusual answers after standardisation are referred to the Lead Examiner.

What marking categories are used in this mark scheme?

Marks include Method (M), Accuracy (A), Independent marks (B), follow-through (ft), special case (SC), and dependent variants (M dep, B dep), along with guidance for equivalent notation and bracketed work.

Sep 5, 2026

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