AQA GCSE

AQA GCSE Maths past papers

89 AQA GCSE Maths (8300) papers from 15 series, June 2017 to June 2025, with mark schemes and examiner reports. Every link opens the PDF on AQA’s website.

What is free: AQA releases each June series one year later: the June 2025 papers went public in July 2026.

What is held back: The newest series, June 2026, is for teachers at schools registered with AQA until AQA releases it, about a year after the exam.

June 2025

Paper 1 (Foundation) Question paper for Paper 1 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 1 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 1 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 1 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)
Paper 1 (Higher) Question paper for Paper 1 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 1 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 1 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 1 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)
Paper 2 (Foundation) Question paper for Paper 2 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 2 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 2 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 2 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)
Paper 2 (Higher) Question paper for Paper 2 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 2 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 2 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 2 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)
Paper 3 (Foundation) Question paper for Paper 3 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 3 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 3 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 3 (Foundation), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)
Paper 3 (Higher) Question paper for Paper 3 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Insert for Paper 3 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Mark scheme for Paper 3 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website) Examiner report for Paper 3 (Higher), June 2025 (PDF, opens on AQA’s website)

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November 2024

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June 2024

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November 2023

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June 2023

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November 2022

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June 2022

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November 2021

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November 2020

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November 2019

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June 2019

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November 2018

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June 2018

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November 2017

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June 2017

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What the Maths exam contains

AQA GCSE Mathematics (8300) has three papers of 1 hour 30 minutes and 80 marks each, sat at Foundation tier (grades 1 to 5) or Higher tier (grades 4 to 9). Paper 1 is sat without a calculator; Papers 2 and 3 allow one. Any paper can test any topic: number, algebra, ratio and proportion, geometry and measures, probability and statistics. AQA also runs a November series, open only to students who were at least 16 on the previous 31 August.

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