OCR GCSE English Language Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme

Download the official OCR GCSE English Language Exploring Effects and Impact (J351/02) June 2025 mark scheme — the examiner-approved document used to award marks in the OCR GCSE English Language Summer 2025 examination series. This downloadable PDF contains official AO1–AO6 assessment criteria, examiner annotations, language-analysis guidance, comparison and evaluation criteria, transactional-writing descriptors, and detailed mark allocations used during live OCR marking.

The mark scheme includes detailed guidance for Questions 1–6, covering language analysis, structural analysis, evaluative responses, comparison skills, descriptive and narrative writing, and assessment-objective weighting. It explains how OCR examiners award marks for AO2 analysis of language and structure, AO3 comparison between texts, AO4 evaluation of writers’ methods, and AO5/AO6 creative-writing accuracy and organisation. The document also includes annotation systems, subject terminology expectations, level descriptors, and examiner commentary guidance.
Students can use this OCR J351/02 June 2025 mark scheme to understand exactly how marks are awarded for language analysis, comparison, evaluation, and creative-writing tasks. It is ideal for improving exam technique, learning how top-band responses are structured, understanding OCR examiner expectations, and preparing effectively for the 2026 GCSE English Language examinations. Pair this mark scheme with the matching OCR J351/02 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete GCSE English Language revision and exam preparation.

This document is designed for OCR GCSE English Language students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, resit students, tutors, home-educated candidates, and independent learners studying language analysis, evaluation, comparison, and creative writing.

It is also ideal for English teachers, intervention coordinators, revision providers, and schools looking for official OCR examiner guidance on AO2 analytical writing, AO3 comparison skills, AO4 evaluative responses, and AO5/AO6 narrative and descriptive-writing techniques.