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June 2025
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2024
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2023
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2022
Paper 1 - Modern prose or drama
Paper 1 - 19th-century prose
Paper 2 - Poetry across time
Paper 2 - Shakespeare
November 2021
Paper 1 - Modern prose or drama
Paper 1 - 19th-century prose
Paper 2 - Poetry across time
Paper 2 - Shakespeare
November 2020
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2019
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2018
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare
June 2017
Paper 1 - Exploring modern and literary heritage texts
Paper 2 - Exploring poetry and Shakespeare