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GCSE English Language past papers and mark schemes

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AQA GCSE English Language

8700 · 2017 to 2025

Edexcel GCSE English Language

1EN0 · 2017 to 2025

OCR GCSE English Language

J351 · 2017 to 2025

WJEC GCSE English Language

3700 · 2017 to 2025

Eduqas GCSE English Language

C700 · 2017 to 2025

CCEA GCSE English Language

5030

No CCEA GCSE English Language papers in the archive yet. The CCEA page › carries the specification, the papers you sit and the years examined.

The boards

About GCSE English Language

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 8700 is AQA, 1EN0 is Edexcel, J351 is OCR, 3700 is WJEC, C700 is Eduqas and 5030 is CCEA.

AQA (8700), Edexcel (1EN0), OCR (J351), WJEC (3700), Eduqas (C700) and CCEA (5030) set GCSE English Language, and the code is printed on the front of your paper. Each board below shows its newest papers and its questions by topic; the board's own page holds the full list.

AQA8700

Since 2015

Also 4700, 4705, 3701, 3702, 3703

623,000 a year

AQA's own site

Since 2015

Also 2EH01, 1EN2

90,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
OCRJ351

Since 2015

Also J355, J350, 1900

5,000 a year

OCR's own site
WJEC3700

Since 2015

37,000 a year

WJEC's own site
EduqasC700

Since 2015

104,000 a year

Eduqas's own site
CCEA5030

Since 2017

Also G29

CCEA's own site

At a glance

220papers from 6 exam boards, January 2011 to June 2025.
1,024documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
24topics classified across 306 questions.

GCSE English Language is examined in January, June and November. Each board's own page holds its full list, back to its first exam.

Memes

Certified English Language memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Then pick your board and do a past paper.

Craft a gripping opening line
Write ‘The rain fell’ and pray
Me with 45 minutes for creative writing
Using a full stop
Using a semicolon
Using a semicolon correctly
Finding sibilance in your mum’s shopping list
Language enlightenment, ranked

Mum 💖

how's english going sweetie?? 🥰

practising descriptive writing

describe a tidy room then 💖

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It was a dark and stormy night