OCR A Level Classical Civilisation Paper 33 2025 Mark Scheme

Get the official OCR A-Level Classical Civilisation H408/33 Politics of the Late Republic mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series. This examiner-approved PDF contains the exact mark allocations, assessment-objective breakdowns, indicative content, source-analysis expectations, historiographical guidance, essay criteria, and level-of-response descriptors used during live Summer 2025 OCR marking.

This mark scheme provides detailed examiner guidance for questions covering Cicero’s prosecution of Verres in In Verrem, senatorial corruption, Verres’ exile, Hortensius’ defence of Verres, Cato the Younger and the optimates, Pompey’s constitutional role, Roman republican values, the First Triumvirate, Cicero’s political ideals, Caesar’s reforms and popularity, and Cicero’s political correspondence. It includes accepted answers, AO1 and AO2 assessment guidance, source-analysis criteria, scholarly-evaluation expectations, level descriptors, and examiner principles used during the live 2025 marking process. Section B guidance explains how candidates are assessed on their use of classical evidence, historiographical debate, secondary scholarship, and sustained evaluative argument in essays about Caesar’s reforms and Cicero’s letters. Pair it with the matching OCR H408/33 June 2025 question paper on markscheme.net for complete examiner-style revision and essay-planning preparation. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, mobile-friendly, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net.

This document is designed for OCR A-Level Classical Civilisation students preparing for the 2026 examination series, Year 13 learners studying Politics of the Late Republic, retake students targeting A/A* grades, and home-schooled candidates seeking examiner-level insight into OCR marking expectations.

It is also essential for teachers, private tutors, revision-course providers, and parents supporting Classical Civilisation revision at home. The mark scheme can be used for mock-exam grading, source-analysis assessment, essay-structure planning, historiographical interpretation practice, and identifying weaknesses in OCR Classical Civilisation exam technique.