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AQA A Level Sociology past papers
18 AQA A Level Sociology papers from 2020 to 2025, 18 with a mark scheme and 17 with an examiners' report. Every link opens the document on AQA's own website; we list them in one place and show which topics each series tested.
Which topics come up most
The topics that have carried the most marks across the AQA A Level Sociology papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health: Concepts of Health, Illness and the Medicalisation of Society | 12 | 960 | 4 of 12 |
| Inequality by Gender, Ethnicity and Age | 3 | 450 | 2 of 12 |
| Labelling Theory and Crime | 2 | 240 | 2 of 12 |
| The Social Construction of Identity | 10 | 130 | 4 of 12 |
| Researching Education: Methods in Context | 4 | 80 | 4 of 12 |
| Crime Patterns by Class, Ethnicity and Age | 4 | 76 | 4 of 12 |
| Functionalist and New Right Perspectives on the Role of Education | 4 | 70 | 4 of 12 |
| Gender Differences in Educational Achievement | 3 | 66 | 3 of 12 |
| Primary and Secondary Data, Quantitative and Qualitative Data | 5 | 60 | 5 of 12 |
| Globalisation and Crime in a Global Age | 3 | 60 | 2 of 12 |
| Education Policy: Selection, Marketisation and Privatisation | 5 | 54 | 4 of 12 |
| Internal Factors in Class Differences in Educational Achievement | 4 | 46 | 3 of 12 |
| Crime Statistics and the Media | 3 | 44 | 2 of 12 |
| Functionalist and Marxist Explanations of Crime | 3 | 44 | 3 of 12 |
| Ethnic Differences in Educational Achievement | 2 | 40 | 2 of 12 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 12 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total. Showing the top 15 of 44 topics.
All AQA A Level Sociology papers by year
June 2025
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark scheme |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2024
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2023
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2022
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
November 2021
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
November 2020
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Education with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Topics in Sociology | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
| Paper 3: Crime and Deviance with Theory and Methods | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
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