AQA GCSE English Literature past papers

Every AQA GCSE English Literature question paper and mark scheme AQA publishes, with examiner’s reports, from 2020 to 2025. Free, no sign‑up. Each session is one row, so the paper and its scheme are side by side.

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GCSE (8702)

AQA Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel (8702/1)

Session	QP	MS	ER
June 2025	QP	MS	ER
June 2024	QP	MS	ER
June 2023	QP	MS	ER
November 2020	QP	MS	ER

AQA Paper 1M: Modern prose or drama (8702/1M)

Done	Session	QP	MS	ER
	June 2022	QP	MS	ER
	November 2021	QP	MS	ER

AQA Paper 1N: The 19th-century novel (8702/1N)

Done	Session	QP	MS	ER
	June 2022	QP	MS	ER
	November 2021	QP	MS	ER

AQA Paper 1P: Poetry anthology (8702/1P)

Done	Session	QP	MS	ER
	June 2022	QP	MS	ER
	November 2021	QP	MS	ER

AQA Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry (8702/2)

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