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AQA GCSE PE past papers

12 AQA GCSE PE papers from 2020 to 2025, 12 with a mark scheme and 8 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 PE papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.

Topic	Questions	Marks	Papers
Components of Fitness: Endurance, Strength, Flexibility and Fitness Testing	4	131	3 of 8
Movement Analysis: Agonist and Antagonist Muscle Roles	3	76	3 of 8
Movement Analysis: Joint Actions and Joint Types	3	72	3 of 8
Principles of Training, FITT and Target Heart Rate Zones	3	70	2 of 8
Sport Psychology: Classification of Skills	7	69	4 of 8
Musculoskeletal System: Bones, Joints and Muscles	8	66	4 of 8
Socio-cultural Influences: Ethical and Socio-cultural Issues in Sport	2	63	2 of 8
Sport Psychology: Arousal and the Inverted-U Theory	3	61	2 of 8
Synovial Joints: Ligaments, Tendons and Cartilage	3	58	3 of 8
Socio-cultural Influences: Sponsorship in Sport	3	52	3 of 8
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Diet, Body Composition and Matching Nutrition to Sport	2	44	2 of 8
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing: Physical, Emotional and Social Health and Wellbeing	2	44	2 of 8
Socio-cultural Influences: Conduct of Performers - Rules, Officials and Fair Play	4	24	4 of 8
Sport Psychology: The Information-Processing Model, Guidance and Feedback	5	16	3 of 8
Sport Psychology: Motivation, Intrinsic and Extrinsic	1	14	1 of 8

Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 8 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 39 topics.

All AQA GCSE PE papers by year

June 2025

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2024

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2023

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2022

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

November 2021

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme

November 2020

Paper	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: The Human Body and Movement in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 2: Socio-Cultural Influences and Well-Being in Physical Activity and Sport	Question paper Mark scheme

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