November 2024 exam series: pre-results support for GCSE English Language 2.0

Tell us what you thought

> Complete the feedback survey on the November 2024 English papers.

Access to assessment materials

We published the November 2024 question papers on 19 November. The mark schemes will be published on 10 December.

Results and post results key dates

• Results will be issued to students on Thursday 9 January 2025.
• Reviews of marking are available until 13 February 2025.
• Free access to scripts until 3 April 2025.

Autumn term support

We hope you’ve found the following support and resources useful:

• Exemplars, including enhanced exemplars and Grade 4 exemplars, demonstrating Grade 4 performance against assessment objectives.
• Exam insights training for colleges and schools and how to apply the mark scheme training
• A new scheme of learning covering 10 lessons
• A new anthology of 19th-century texts
• New training on each assessment objective

>Access the support

There’s also a great new 2.0 Student Workbook available to buy, alongside the
existing Revision Guide and Workbook. 

Review the new 2.0 Student Workbook.

Access links to all the training offered this term. 

Order hard copies of the November 2024 2.0 exam papers for your mocks

Access instructions for ordering exam papers (11.12.24 to 17.1.25).

We have completed the marking of student scripts from the November 2024 exam series.

Senior examiners are now reviewing the quality of student work over a range of marks and recommending grade boundaries based on all the available evidence. As in the summer, for additional assurance, this will include a comparison of the quality of work (the performance standard) on the 2.0 specification with the national performance standard exemplified by our established 1EN0 specification.

The grade boundaries proposed by senior examiners may vary each exam series. Some variations in the level of demand of assessment are inevitable, particularly as we continually review the performance of our assessments to improve accessibility. Such improvements are aimed at enabling students to access questions appropriately, enhance their experience and build confidence. Equally, the ability of the cohort will vary from series to series and grade boundaries may be different to secure fair and appropriate grading standards.

In 2025, there will be opportunities for teachers to gain further insights into awarding approaches.