I'm Rich. I marked IGCSE Physics (0625) and A Level Physics (9702) for Cambridge, and I've read every examiner report Cambridge published for both from 2021 to 2026. I'm not currently contracted as a Cambridge examiner. I mark every paper myself.
Sit a 0625 Paper 6 past paper and send me photos of your attempt. It comes back within two days with every mark placed where you earned or lost it, and a note on every lost mark: what you wrote, what the mark scheme needed, and how to get it in the exam.
Usually £25 £15 Paper 6 only, until your exam
I'm Rich. I marked IGCSE Physics (0625) and A Level Physics (9702) for Cambridge, and I've read every examiner report Cambridge published for both from 2021 to 2026. I'm not currently contracted as a Cambridge examiner. I mark every paper myself.
Most of Paper 6 isn't hard physics. The marks go on reading an instruction exactly, giving a value to the right precision, and describing a technique for the apparatus in front of you. These are from Cambridge's examiner report on the June 2026 paper, variant 62:
"Vague references to avoiding parallax errors, without explaining that both surfaces should be viewed simultaneously at eye level, were insufficient."
"Many candidates calculated the difference between the two density values and were unable to proceed further."
"Many candidates started the stopwatch when the ball was released rather than when it passed the first line marked on the cylinder."
Each of these is easy to miss when you mark your own paper, because you know what you meant. That's what the marking is for: the mark you'd get on the day, and a note on exactly where each lost mark went.
Paper 6 also has the same shape every series. I checked all 39 from March 2021 to June 2026: each one is three experiment questions worth about 11 marks each, then a 7-mark planning question. 36 of the 39 split exactly 11, 11, 11 and 7. So a marked past paper is close to a rehearsal of the real one, and the habits that lose you marks on it are the ones you'd take into the exam.
A real 0625 Paper 6 attempt, exactly as the student got it back, shown with his permission and his name removed. Tap it to open the full PDF.
All four of his ruler readings came out a little short. I asked him to measure the graph grid on his printout: it was 14.5 cm, and on a full-size paper it's 15.0 cm. His printer had shrunk the paper, so his measuring was right, and I marked those readings on his copy.
"I was always wondering why I couldn't quite get the measurements right."
"This paper was printed by my teacher and I was always wondering why I couldn't quite get the measurements right. ... I really appreciate it, especially for the in-text written explanations in the marked paper!"
IGCSE Physics student · marked free · the Paper 6 above
"The marked script actually made me specify my wordings more carefully."
"The marked script actually made me specify my wordings more carefully and provide a more detailed answer regarding the content."
The same student · marked free · his Paper 4, before this one
Paper 6 offer
Usually £25 £15 Until your exam
Your Paper 6 is close, and I'd like to mark as many as I can before it, so it's £15 until then. Send it whenever you're ready.
Your attempt marked mark by mark against the published mark scheme. Every plotted point measured against the grid. For each lost mark: what you wrote, what the scheme wanted, and what to write instead, with the examiner report quoted wherever it commented on that question. Plus the one thing I'd fix before your exam.
Email your paper to rich@cieinsider.com with the subject "Paper 6 marking", from the address you paid with. Photos or a scan are fine. Tell me which paper it is, for example 0625 Paper 6, June 2024, variant 2.
It comes back within two days, so send it at least two days before your exam. If it ever takes longer than a week, ask and I'll refund you, and you keep the marking. The detail is in the terms.
Doing Paper 5 or a different paper? The usual prices are on the main marking page.
Any 0625 Paper 6, Alternative to Practical, from March 2021 to June 2026. I hold the question paper and the mark scheme for every one of them. Sit it timed, in one hour, and send it as you wrote it.
Then you'll get more out of it. Every mark you lose comes back with a note. A messy attempt shows you where your marks go, so don't tidy it up first.
No. Work you pay me to mark is never reused, anonymised or otherwise. The sample above was a free one, shown with the student's permission.
No. It's the mark that paper would get under Cambridge's published mark scheme, and where the rest went. A paper on its own doesn't give a grade, but I'll tell you where that mark sits against that paper's grade boundaries.
If you print it, print at "Actual size" or 100%, not "Fit to page". Paper 6 asks you to measure diagrams with a ruler, and a shrunk printout makes every reading short.
£15 until your exam. Back within two days.
Get my Paper 6 markedNot sure if you sit Paper 5 or Paper 6? Email me first: rich@cieinsider.com