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AQA GCSE English Language past papers
18 AQA GCSE English Language papers from 2020 to 2025, 18 with a mark scheme and 18 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 GCSE English Language papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | 25 | 400 | 5 of 9 |
| Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | 20 | 320 | 4 of 9 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 9 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total.
All AQA GCSE English Language papers by year
June 2025
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2024
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
June 2024
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2023
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives (Modified paper) | Question paperMark schemeExaminers' report |
June 2023
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2022
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
June 2022
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2021
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
November 2020
| Paper | Official documents (AQA) |
|---|---|
| Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
| Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | Question paperMark schemeInsertExaminers' report |
Revise before you sit one
GCSE English Language past papers from other boards
- CCEA GCSE English Language25 papers
- Edexcel GCSE English Language42 papers
- Eduqas GCSE English Language30 papers
- OCR GCSE English Language16 papers
- WJEC GCSE English Language37 papers
Other AQA GCSE past papers
- Biology25 papers
- Business12 papers
- Chemistry30 papers
- Combined Science138 papers
- Computer Science15 papers
- Economics12 papers
- English Literature16 papers
- French37 papers
- Further Maths10 papers
- Geography18 papers
- History97 papers
- Maths90 papers
- PE12 papers
- Physics29 papers
- Psychology12 papers
- Religious Studies110 papers
- Sociology12 papers
- Spanish36 papers
- Statistics27 papers
Practise the questions, not just the papers.
The past-paper tool lists every indexed English Language question by topic, with its paper, question number, marks and page, so you can sit only the ones you need.