Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/01 Paper 1 - June 2025
1DR0/01 · Examiner report
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GCSE Drama past papers
Use these Drama papers to practise exam timing, check mark schemes and compare how different exam boards assess the same subject.
📄 82 papers
2018-2025
2025 June
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/02 Paper 2 - June 2025
1DR0/02 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3A Paper 3 Paper 3A - June 2025
1DR0/3A · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3B Paper 3 Paper 3B - June 2025
1DR0/3B · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
OCR GCSE Drama J316/03 Paper 3 Presenting and performing texts - June 2025
J316/03 · Examiner report
OCR GCSE Drama J316/04 Paper 4 Performance and response - June 2025
J316/04 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2025 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding of Drama - Summer 2025
5210/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/1 Paper 1 - Summer 2025
C690/1 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2025
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2024 June
OCR GCSE Drama J316/03 Paper 3 Presenting and performing texts - June 2024
J316/03 · Examiner report
OCR GCSE Drama J316/04 Paper 4 Performance and response - June 2024
J316/04 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2024 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding of Drama - Summer 2024
5210/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/1 Paper 1 - Summer 2024
C690/1 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2024
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2023 June
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/01 Paper 1 - June 2023
1DR0/01 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/02 Paper 2 - June 2023
1DR0/02 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3A Paper 3 Paper 3A - June 2023
1DR0/3A · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3B Paper 3 Paper 3B - June 2023
1DR0/3B · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
OCR GCSE Drama J316/03 Paper 3 Presenting and performing texts - June 2023
J316/03 · Examiner report
OCR GCSE Drama J316/04 Paper 4 Performance and response - June 2023
J316/04 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2023 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding of Drama - Summer 2023
5210/3 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/1 Paper 1 - Summer 2023
C690/1 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2023
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2022 June
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/01 Paper 1 - June 2022
1DR0/01 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/02 Paper 2 - June 2022
1DR0/02 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3A Paper 3 Paper 3A - June 2022
1DR0/3A · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/3B Paper 3 Paper 3B - June 2022
1DR0/3B · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
OCR GCSE Drama J316/04 Paper 4 Performance and response - June 2022
J316/04 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2022 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding of Drama - Summer 2022
5210/3 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/1 Paper 1 - Summer 2022
C690/1 · Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2022
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2021 Autumn
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Autumn 2021
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2021 November
OCR GCSE Drama J316/04 Paper 4 Performance and response - November 2021
J316/04 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2021 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding of Drama - Summer 2021
5210/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2020 Autumn
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Autumn 2020
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2020 November
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/03 Paper 3 - November 2020
1DR0/03 · Mark scheme
2019 June
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/01 Paper 1 - June 2019
1DR0/01 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/02 Paper 2 - June 2019
1DR0/02 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/03 Paper 3 - June 2019
1DR0/03 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2019 Summer
CCEA GCSE Drama 5210/3 Paper 3 Knowledge and Understanding - Summer 2019
5210/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2019
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
2018 June
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/01 Paper 1 - June 2018
1DR0/01 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/02 Paper 2 - June 2018
1DR0/02 · Examiner report
Edexcel GCSE Drama 1DR0/03 Paper 3 - June 2018
1DR0/03 · Examiner report, Mark scheme, Question paper
2018 Summer
Eduqas GCSE Drama C690/3 Paper 3 - Summer 2018
C690/3 · Mark scheme, Question paper
How to use these papers
Before you start. Work out which questions are recall and which ask you to justify a decision. The justification questions are where the marks concentrate, and they are hardest to revise for by reading.
While you work. Name the specific material, technique or component rather than describing it. Marks go to the precise term, and a description that avoids the word rarely gets there.
Marking it afterwards. Mark schemes accept a range of valid answers here, so check whether yours is on the list before deciding you were wrong. If it is not, work out what made the listed ones acceptable.
Warm up first. Characteristics of Performance Texts is the shortest activity here, so it is the quickest way back into Drama before you open a paper.
Revise this subject
Analysing and Evaluating Live Theatre
Roles, staging and design; evaluating live theatre
Characteristics of Performance Texts
Characteristics of performance texts and dramatic works
Choosing Your Devising Stimuli
Component 1: Devising Drama (NEA)
Choosing Your Production and Using Your Notes Allowance
Component 3, Section B — Live Theatre Evaluation (AO4, 15 marks)
Design Fundamentals: Set, Costume, Lighting and Sound
How meaning is interpreted and communicated
Devising Theatre: The Process
Devising theatre (Component 1 process knowledge)
DNA: Original Context and Themes
Component 3, Section A — Set Text: DNA (Dennis Kelly)
DNA: Plot and Characters
Component 3, Section A — Set Text: DNA (Dennis Kelly)
Drama past papers by exam board
Schools enter the same subject with different boards, and the papers are not interchangeable. Check the code on your own paper before you revise from these.
Common questions
Are these GCSE Drama past papers free?
Yes. DoRevision links to official exam-board documents and keeps the revision page free to browse.
Can I use these for Year 10 and Year 11 mocks?
Yes. Past papers are useful for GCSE mocks, timed practice and checking answers against the mark scheme.