Cambridge 9609 · Paper 4 Business Strategy

A Level Business 9609 Paper 4 Past Papers

Cambridge 9609 Paper 4 (Business Strategy) is 40 marks in 1h 15m. Quanta has mapped 1 sittings from 2025 to 2025, every part tagged to the assessment objective it tests — so the breakdown below is what Paper 4 has actually asked, summed across 1 papers, rather than a guess from the syllabus.

Every sitting has its own page, listed by series below, with its Cambridge code in both forms (9609/43/O/N/25 and 9609_w25_qp_43).

Updated 28 September 2026

At a glance

Paper: Paper 4 Business Strategy
Subject: Cambridge A Level Business 9609
Marks: 40
Time: 1h 15m
Questions: 2 (2 parts)
Sittings mapped: 1 (2025–2025)

What Paper 4 tests, by assessment objective

Summing the assessment-objective grids of every question across all 1 sittings gives the split below. How the grids work →

AO3 Analysis

16 mk · 40%

AO4 Evaluation

14 mk · 35%

AO1 Knowledge and understanding

6 mk · 15%

AO2 Application

4 mk · 10%

Every sitting sets the same question sizes, and the size fixes the grid — so the technique for each one carries from paper to paper:

2 × 20-mark20-mark essays (Paper 4) →

Revision guides for Paper 4

How A Level Business essays are markedAO3 Analysis · 40% of Paper 4 marks

9609 Paper 4 grade boundaries, every session

The raw mark each variant of Paper 4 needed for each grade, for every session Cambridge has published. Grades stop at A: Cambridge sets A* only on the overall qualification. Work out what you need overall.

Session	Paper	A	B	C	D	E
May/June 2026	9609/41 / 40	27	25	22	19	16
	9609/42 / 40	27	25	23	21	19
	9609/43 / 40	29	25	21	18	15
Feb/March 2026	9609/42 / 40	27	24	20	16	13
Oct/Nov 2025	9609/41 / 40	27	24	20	16	13
	9609/42 / 40	26	24	21	19	17
	9609/43 / 40	29	27	24	21	19
May/June 2025	9609/41 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
	9609/42 / 40	23	21	19	17	16
	9609/43 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
Feb/March 2025	9609/42 / 40	27	24	20	16	13
Oct/Nov 2024	9609/41 / 40	26	23	19	15	12
	9609/42 / 40	23	20	17	15	12
	9609/43 / 40	30	28	25	23	21
May/June 2024	9609/41 / 40	31	29	26	23	20
	9609/42 / 40	22	20	18	16	14
	9609/43 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
Feb/March 2024	9609/42 / 40	28	25	21	17	14
Oct/Nov 2023	9609/41 / 40	30	28	25	23	21
	9609/42 / 40	30	28	23	19	15
	9609/43 / 40	30	28	25	23	21
May/June 2023	9609/41 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
	9609/42 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
	9609/43 / 40	30	28	24	20	17
Feb/March 2023	9609/42 / 40	27	24	21	18	15

All 9609 Paper 4 sittings

October/November 2025

9609/43/O/N/25 · 9609_w25_qp_43Paper 4 · Sarah's Headsets (SH)

Practise A Level Business 9609 Paper 4 against real mark schemes

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Common questions

What grade is 29 out of 40 on 9609 Paper 4?

In May/June 2026, 29/40 was an A on every variant. Across the 11 sessions Cambridge has published for this paper out of 40, the same mark ranged from a B to an A — boundaries move every series. The table above has every session.

How many marks for an A on 9609 Paper 4?

In May/June 2026, an A needed between 27 and 29 out of 40, depending on the variant you sat. It is set again after every series.

What is Cambridge 9609 Paper 4?

Paper 4 of Cambridge A Level Business 9609 — Business Strategy. It is 40 marks in 1h 15m, with 2 questions. Quanta has mapped 1 sittings from 2025 to 2025.

How long is 9609 Paper 4?

1h 15m for 40 marks — about 1.9 minutes per mark, which is the pacing to hold.

Where can I get 9609 Paper 4 past papers?

Cambridge publishes past papers and mark schemes through its own site and through schools; they are © Cambridge University Press & Assessment, so the pages here describe each paper rather than reproduce it. Inside Quanta, every sitting listed above is practised online question by question and marked per assessment objective against the published scheme.