About School Ninja

School Ninja in numbers

Counted from the live site on 21 October 2026.

• 56,183 past papers. 52,474 of them (93%) have their official mark scheme.
• 16,455 papers for UK GCSE, AS and A Level from AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC and Eduqas, across 575 courses.
• 978 courses in 99 subjects from 7 exam boards, at GCSE, IGCSE, AS, A Level and International A Level.
• 21,396 examiner reports, plus 15,890 inserts and 8,545 grade boundary documents.
• 49,281 single exam questions, split out of 4,807 papers. 98.8% show the mark scheme right under the question.
• 34,951 questions matched to a numbered point in the exam board's own specification, across 67 courses and 1,528 topics.
• 19 courses with a Foundation and Higher switch, including AQA GCSE Maths (8300), AQA Combined Science (8464) and Edexcel GCSE Maths (1MA1).
• Papers from 2001 to June 2026. A typical course has 8 exam sittings; the longest has 61.

Filed by the course you actually take

Every paper is filed under the exam board's own course code, like AQA 8300 or Edexcel 1MA1, not just a subject name. Two courses with the same name at one board get two separate pages. If we do not know a course's code, we show no code rather than guess one.

Past paper questions by topic

For 67 courses, School Ninja splits past papers into single questions and matches each one to a numbered point in the board's specification. You can practise every past question on one topic on one page, with the mark scheme under each question. On tiered GCSEs you can show Foundation or Higher questions only. The topic names come straight from 81 of the exam boards' own specification documents.

Every split is checked before it goes live. A paper that fails a check stays as the whole paper. If a question looks wrong, use "Report a problem with this question" so we can check it.

Where the papers come from

Question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports are published by the awarding bodies: Cambridge International, Pearson Edexcel, AQA, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas and OxfordAQA. A paper is read from the board's own website wherever the board still publishes it, and otherwise from a copy of the board's paper held by another public past paper archive. The papers stay the boards' work; see copyright.

Questions students ask

Is School Ninja free?
Yes. All past papers, mark schemes, topic questions, notes and flashcards are free, with no account needed.

Which exam boards does it cover?
AQA, Pearson Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, Eduqas, Cambridge International and OxfordAQA. It does not have CCEA papers yet.

Do the papers have mark schemes?
93% do. Where the board published one, it opens next to the paper.

Can I practise past paper questions by topic?
Yes, on 67 courses. Each question sits on its own with the mark scheme underneath, grouped under the board's own topic headings.

Can I see Foundation or Higher questions only?
Yes, on 19 tiered courses, including GCSE Maths and Combined Science.

How recent are the papers?
Up to the June 2026 series where the board has released them. The newest UK board papers on the site are from 2025.

Is School Ninja the same as Exam Ninja?
No. School Ninja (school.ninja) is a free past paper website. It is not connected to Exam Ninja or any other site with a similar name.

Does School Ninja mark my answers?
No. Each question shows the exam board's official mark scheme underneath, so you can mark your own work.

Who runs it

School Ninja is independent. It is not run by, affiliated with or endorsed by any awarding body. For corrections, missing papers or anything else, email hello@school.ninja.