OCR A-Level English Literature Past Papers

About these OCR A-Level English Literature papers

OCR A-Level English Literature is specifications H072, H472. This page links 18 question papers (18 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2021 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 4 papers were:

• H472/01 Drama and poetry pre-1900 (A-level)
• H472/02 Comparative and contextual study (A-level)
• H072/01 Shakespeare and poetry pre-1900 (AS)
• H072/02 Drama and prose post-1900 (AS)

Sit each paper under timed conditions, then mark it against the official mark scheme. To turn a raw mark into a grade, use OCR grade boundaries for the same series, because boundaries change every year. OCR's examiner reports for each series explain where candidates most often lost marks.

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