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WJEC GCSE Sociology past papers
14 WJEC GCSE Sociology papers from 2019 to 2025, 14 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 GCSE Sociology papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inequality by Gender, Ethnicity and Age | 13 | 156 | 7 of 14 |
| Poverty and Wealth | 12 | 150 | 7 of 14 |
| Crime Patterns by Class, Ethnicity and Age | 5 | 150 | 5 of 14 |
| The Role and Functions of Education | 8 | 147 | 5 of 14 |
| Gender and Educational Achievement | 5 | 129 | 5 of 14 |
| Family Forms and Diversity | 6 | 124 | 5 of 14 |
| Formal and Informal Social Control | 6 | 120 | 6 of 14 |
| Changing Patterns of Marriage, Divorce and Cohabitation | 5 | 120 | 4 of 14 |
| Criticisms of the Family, Including the Dark Side | 5 | 120 | 4 of 14 |
| Feminist Explanations of Crime and Gender Patterns | 7 | 106 | 7 of 14 |
| Social Class and Life Chances | 7 | 102 | 6 of 14 |
| Functionalist and Marxist Explanations of Crime | 5 | 98 | 4 of 14 |
| Labelling and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Schools | 4 | 94 | 4 of 14 |
| Culture, Norms, Values and Socialisation | 11 | 87 | 6 of 14 |
| Sampling Methods in Sociological Research | 7 | 77 | 6 of 14 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 14 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 47 topics.
All WJEC GCSE Sociology papers by year
Summer 2025
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2024
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2023
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2022
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Autumn 2021
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Autumn 2020
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2019
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Understanding Social Processes | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Understanding Social Structures | Question paperMark scheme |
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