Statement regarding changes to the International GCSE English Literature (9275) Short Stories anthology for effect from November 2025.
Due to an ongoing copyright issue, from the November 2025 exam series onwards, we will be removing ‘A Real Durwan’ as one of the short story options from the Short Stories anthology for OxfordAQA GCSE English Literature (9275) Paper 1 – Prose and Drama.
November 2025 exam series
We will introduce this change in the November 2025 exam series. This means that from the November 2025 exam series onwards, extracts from ‘A Real Durwan’ will not appear in question papers.
However, to ensure consistency and prevent any student from being disadvantaged, in the November 2025 and May/June 2026 exam series only, examiners will credit responses that refer to ‘A Real Durwan’ (in questions 11 and 12).
References to ‘A Real Durwan’ will not be accepted from the November 2026 exam series onwards.
