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Your AQA GCSE English pathway

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AQA: English Language 8700 and English Literature 8702. Same LADDER method, AQA's paper structure.

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English Language

AQA 8700

  • Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing 1 hour 45 minutes
  • Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives 1 hour 45 minutes
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English Literature

AQA 8702

  • Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel 1 hour 45 minutes
  • Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry 2 hours 15 minutes
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Timed sittings use only AQA-format papers and AQA timings. Papers from other boards are never mixed in.

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The LADDER method does not change

Your exam board changes the papers and the question structure — not how you learn.

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AQA assessment facts

  • Closed book: you do not take set texts into the Literature exams.
  • All Language sources are unseen; every LADDER source is original.
  • Spoken Language endorsement: A presentation with questions, reported separately as Pass, Merit or Distinction.

Core skills for every board

Board-neutral

These LADDER lessons teach the skill itself — vocabulary, techniques, structure and PRTEE paragraphs — so they apply whichever board you sit. They are not AQA exam questions.

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