OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Paper 22 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Roman City Life (J199/22) June 2025 mark scheme — the examiner-approved document used to award marks across the 2025 OCR GCSE series. This downloadable PDF includes the exact accepted answers, indicative content, assessment-objective guidance, level-of-response grids, and examiner annotations covering Roman theatre, slavery, patronage, baths, housing, entertainment, Horace, Juvenal, and the Colosseum.
Use this OCR J199/22 June 2025 mark scheme to understand examiner expectations, identify common mistakes, and improve essay structure for the 2026 GCSE Classical Civilisation exams. Pair it with the matching OCR J199/22 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete exam-style revision and timed practice. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, optimised for mobile and desktop, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net — your fastest route to top-grade GCSE Classical Civilisation revision.

This document is designed for OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 candidates, resit learners targeting top grades, independent learners, and home-educated students studying Roman City Life. It is especially valuable for students aiming to improve AO1 knowledge recall and AO2 source-analysis skills using authentic examiner guidance from the June 2025 series.

It is also ideal for teachers, revision-course providers, private tutors, intervention leaders, and parents supporting GCSE Classical Civilisation revision at home. The mark scheme can be used to run timed mock exams, standardise marking across classes, teach essay structure, model examiner-approved answers, and identify recurring weaknesses in source evaluation and extended-response questions.