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AQA GCSE Spanish

8698 · 2020 to 2025

Past papers

Paper 1:ListeningPaper 3:ReadingPaper 2:SpeakingPaper 4:Writing
Jump to20252024202320222021
All AQA past papers

Topic questions

Travel and tourism45 questionsJobs, career choices and ambitions38 questionsCharity/voluntary work35 questions
All AQA topics

Edexcel GCSE Spanish

1SP0 · 2011 to 2025

Past papers

Paper 1FPaper 1HPaper 3FPaper 3HPaper 4FPaper 4H
Jump to20252024202320222021
All Edexcel past papers

WJEC GCSE Spanish

3810 · 2019 to 2025

Past papers

Unit 1FUnit 1HUnit 2FUnit 2HUnit 3FUnit 3H
Jump to20252024202320222019
All WJEC past papers

CCEA GCSE Spanish

5750

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

The boards

About GCSE Spanish

Not sure which board? Look at the front of any past paper. It names the board and carries a code: 8698 is AQA, 1SP0 is Edexcel, 3810 is WJEC and 5750 is CCEA.

AQA (8698), Edexcel (1SP0), WJEC (3810) and CCEA (5750) set GCSE Spanish, 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.

AQA8698

Since 2018

Also 8692, 3691, 3697

75,000 a year

AQA's own site
Edexcel1SP0

Since 2016

Also 1SP1, 2SP01

57,000 a year

Edexcel's own site
WJEC3810

Since 2016

2,000 a year

WJEC's own site
CCEA5750

Since 2017

CCEA's own site

At a glance

184papers from 4 exam boards, January 2011 to June 2025.
637documents - question papers, mark schemes and examiner reports.
24topics classified across 508 questions.

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

Foundation or Higher

FoundationPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LF
HigherPaper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading, Paper 4: Writing.
Code ends in LH

The code on the paper says which: 8698/LF is Foundation and 8698/LH is Higher.

Higher or Foundation, ‘me gusta’ still does the heavy lifting.

Spanish at other levels

International GCSE Spanish687 International A Level Spanish667 Cambridge O Level Spanish115 GCE A Level Spanish111 GCE AS Level Spanish60 International AS Level Spanish50

Memes

Certified Spanish memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

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

Use the subjunctive
Say ‘me gusta’ with confidence
Me in the speaking exam, minute two
Saying ‘hola’
Knowing ser from estar
Using the subjunctive on purpose
Inventing a whole family for the speaking exam
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