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OCR GCSE English Literature past papers and mark schemes

OCR GCSE English Literature past papers

June 2025 Latest

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMSER
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMSER

June 2024

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMSER
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMSER

June 2023

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMSER
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMSER
2022June

June 2022

Paper 11
Paper 12
Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
Paper 21
Paper 22
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
2021November

November 2021

Paper 11
Paper 12
Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Paper 21
Paper 22
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS
2020November

November 2020

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS
2019June

June 2019

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS
2018June

June 2018

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS
2017June

June 2017

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS

Specimen material

Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
J352/01QPMS
Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
J352/02QPMS

Paper by year

  • Exploring modern and literary heritage textsAll years
  • Exploring poetry and ShakespeareAll years

OCR GCSE English Literature

CodeJ352

At a glance

The course
OCR GCSE English Literature J352, Ofqual QAN 601/4872/X, was first examined in 2015. It has 2 papers: Exploring modern and literary heritage texts and Exploring poetry and Shakespeare, each 2 hours and 80 marks.
The papers
  • Exploring modern and literary heritage texts, J352/01: 50% weighting.
  • Exploring poetry and Shakespeare, J352/02: 50% weighting.
What we hold
We hold 26 papers from 9 sittings, June 2017 to June 2025, and the specimen papers.
Full title
Cambridge OCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in English Literature Β· QAN 601/4872/X Β· 2015 onwards

Not OCR? Same subject, other boards.

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The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

Find a mock or past paper from school. The board's name is at the top of the front cover, and the course code is printed next to it, like J352. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Also on this page J352 601/0566/5 1901

Other courses, no papers held

OCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in English LiteratureOCR Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in English Literature 1901

Memes

Certified English Literature memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Analyse the language
Write β€˜this shows emotion’
Me with one quote and three essays
Saying the weather is bad
Saying it's pathetic fallacy
Linking it to the context of the time
Arguing the rain is a metaphor for capitalism
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English Lit starter pack

Copy of the text, unopenedAnnotations in five coloursβ€œIt's pathetic fallacy, miss”This website
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