GCSE past papers.
Every AQA, Edexcel and OCR paper the boards still publish for Maths, English Language and Computer Science, back to 2017, with its mark scheme, examiner report and the marks each grade took. Every link opens the board’s own file.
AQA GCSE English Language 8700
9 sittings, November 2020 to June 2025. A 4 took between 68 and 73 of 160 marks.
Every link opens a file on the board’s own site, all checked on 3 October 2026; AQA’s full list is in AQA’s past paper finder. The marks for a grade are the board’s published boundaries for the whole sitting.
Turn a whole sitting into a grade.
Add up the marks from all 2 papers, then move the score. Each year has its own line.
June 2025
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025. A boundary gives the grade, not the reason. A tutor marks a real paper and shows where the marks went: paper marking.
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- Grade boundariesSee how many marks each GCSE grade took in 2026.
- Exam timetableSee when the 2027 GCSE exams are, which day each paper sits, and when results come out.
- Paper markingGet a real GCSE paper marked and see where the marks went.
- Exam PlanSee what the free Exam Plan gives my child before starting it.