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On this page you will find an extensive collection of planning, teaching and assessment resources available for your subject area and qualification(s). 

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International GCSE English Language
Assessment

Additional past paper resources

View and download past papers for AQA’s UK GCSE English Language qualification to test your students’ understanding of key areas of English Language. As these papers are aligned to the AQA English Language specification, please note there may be content or contexts not included in the OxfordAQA specification. Teachers should ensure they have checked each past paper for suitability before use in teaching.
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AQA Past Papers: GCSE English Language
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment

Candidate record forms

We produce candidate record forms for all coursework and controlled assessment components. They are for students and teachers to authenticate the work, and teachers to record their assessments and supporting information.
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International GCSE English Language
Planning

CEFR equivalency grid

CEFR is an internationally recognised benchmark for language proficiency, used by educational institutions and employers across the world. Students can use our International GCSEs in English Language and English as a Second Language as evidence of English proficiency, with the grades they receive being equivalent to specific CEFR levels.
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment

Centre declaration sheets

Centre declaration sheets are for schools/colleges to authenticate students' internally-assessed work and confirm the internal standardisation of marking.
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International GCSE English Language
Teaching

Classroom activity sheets

Access worksheets developed by teachers for teachers, providing a useful set of practical resources to use in the classroom.
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Making Links Between Texts
Creative Writing: Challenges
Creative Writing: Setting and Atmosphere
EARS Paragraphs: Sentence Stems
Information Retrieval: Emma by Jane Austen
Argumentative and Persuasive Techniques
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment

Data Insights

Let Data Insights do your analysis and reporting for you. Access Data Insights as soon as you receive your exam results and throughout the year. Featuring updated graphs and visualisations for quicker and easier trend analysis, Data Insights enables you to dig deeper into your learners’ results. 
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International AS/A-level English LanguageInternational AS/A-level English LiteratureInternational GCSE English LanguageInternational GCSE English Literature
Teaching

English Language and English Literature training

To understand the specification and our assessment approach, you can register for all upcoming sessions and watch the webinar recordings.
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International GCSE English Language
Assessment

Marked exemplars

Prepare your students in exam technique with the help of exemplar student answers and examiner commentaries that show how examiners interpret the mark scheme.
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Exemplar Responses
Writing: Teaching Guidance and Exemplar Responses
NEA Exemplar Responses
Additional Specimen Questions and Exemplar Responses: Paper 1, Section A (literary non-fiction)
Exemplar Responses with Commentary: Paper 1 (literary non-fiction and composition)
Exemplar Responses with Commentary: Paper 2 (source-based reading and directed writing)
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