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CCEA GCSE English Language

CCEA GCSE English Language past papers

This collection keeps CCEA English Language papers together so you can revise the right exam-board style and jump to related revision modules when they are available.

馃搫 26 papers 2018-2025

2025 November

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - November 2025

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts - November 2025

5030/4 路 Question paper

2025 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to access Non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2025

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts - Summer 2025

5030/4 路 Question paper

2024 November

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - November 2024

5030/1 路 Question paper

2024 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2024

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts - Summer 2024

5030/4 路 Question paper

2023 November

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - November 2023

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts - November 2023

5030/4 路 Question paper

2023 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2023

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts - Summer 2023

5030/4 路 Question paper

2022 November

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - November 2022

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-fiction Texts - November 2022

5030/4 路 Question paper

2022 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2022

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts (ML) - Summer 2022

5030/4 路 Question paper

2021 November

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - November 2021

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts - November 2021

5030/4 路 Question paper

2021 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2021

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts - Summer 2021

5030/4 路 Question paper

2020 January

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - January 2020

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Literary and Non-fiction Texts - January 2020

5030/4 路 Question paper

2019 January

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - January 2019

5030/1 路 Question paper

2019 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2019

5030/1 路 Question paper

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/4 Paper 4 Personal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non-Fiction Texts - Summer 2019

5030/4 路 Question paper

2018 Summer

CCEA GCSE English Language 5030/1 Paper 1 Writing for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-Fiction and Media Texts - Summer 2018

5030/1 路 Mark scheme, Question paper

How to use these papers

Before you start. Check the mark allocation before you write anything. A 4-mark question and a 16-mark question want different shapes of answer, and the commonest mistake is writing the same paragraph for both.

While you work. Answer the question that was asked rather than the topic it came from. Examiner reports say more about irrelevant knowledge than about missing knowledge.

Marking it afterwards. The level descriptors matter more than the indicative content: the content list is examples, not a checklist. Find the level your answer sits in, then read the one above it.

Same subject and level, other exam boards

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