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WJEC A Level Sociology past papers
30 WJEC A Level Sociology papers from 2016 to 2025, 30 with a mark scheme. Every link opens the document on WJEC'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 WJEC 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 | 8 | 880 | 7 of 28 |
| Inequality by Gender, Ethnicity and Age | 11 | 760 | 8 of 28 |
| Theories of Social Stratification | 12 | 720 | 7 of 28 |
| Global Development: Theories of Development, Underdevelopment and World Systems | 7 | 680 | 7 of 28 |
| Feminist Explanations of Crime and Gender Patterns | 6 | 620 | 6 of 28 |
| Crime Statistics and the Media | 6 | 595 | 6 of 28 |
| Social Class and Life Chances | 8 | 530 | 6 of 28 |
| Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Age: Patterns of Religiosity | 6 | 510 | 6 of 28 |
| Family Forms and Diversity | 6 | 450 | 6 of 28 |
| The Media: Representations of Age, Class, Gender, Ethnicity and Disability | 6 | 430 | 6 of 28 |
| The Social Construction of Identity | 7 | 405 | 5 of 28 |
| Crime Patterns by Class, Ethnicity and Age | 3 | 330 | 3 of 28 |
| Pluralist and Elite Theories of Power | 3 | 330 | 3 of 28 |
| Power and Authority | 3 | 330 | 3 of 28 |
| Interviews: Structured, Unstructured and Group | 8 | 305 | 8 of 28 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 28 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 45 topics.
All WJEC A Level Sociology papers by year
Summer 2025
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2024
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2023
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2022
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2019
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2018
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2017
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Power and Control | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 4: Social Inequality & Applied Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2016
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Acquiring Culture | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 2: Understanding Society and Methods of Sociological Enquiry | Question paperMark scheme |
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Practise the questions, not just the papers.
The past-paper tool lists every indexed Sociology question by topic, with its paper, question number, marks and page, so you can sit only the ones you need.