OCR A Level Latin Paper 1 2025 Question Paper

Access the official OCR A Level Latin H443/01 Unseen Translation June 2025 question paper PDF. This examiner-produced OCR paper contains the exact unseen prose and unseen verse translation questions sat by candidates during the June 2025 A Level Latin examination series.

The prose section features a historical passage adapted from Livy describing Scipio Africanus defending himself against accusations of financial misconduct before the Roman assembly while redirecting public attention to his military victories over the Carthaginians. Students are tested on advanced translation accuracy, syntax, indirect statement, rhetorical phrasing, and contextual interpretation.

The verse section contains a poetic extract from Ovid’s Ex Ponto involving Orestes, Pylades, and a priestess of Diana preparing a ritual sacrifice. Candidates complete both unseen verse translation and Latin scansion tasks, testing metrical analysis, poetic vocabulary recognition, elegiac rhythm, and stylistic interpretation.

This OCR H443/01 June 2025 question paper is ideal for timed mock examinations, advanced unseen translation practice, OCR examiner-style preparation, scansion training, and independent revision. Fully updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, the PDF is optimised for desktop, tablet, and mobile study.

This document is designed for OCR A Level Latin students preparing for the 2026 examination series, including Year 13 Classics students, tutors, independent learners, resit candidates, and home-school students studying unseen translation and Latin verse scansion.

It is especially valuable for students seeking to improve advanced translation accuracy, grammatical analysis, poetic interpretation, metrical understanding, and examiner-focused Latin comprehension skills. Teachers, Classics departments, and revision-course providers can also use the paper for mock examinations, classroom assessment, scansion workshops, and OCR exam-practice sessions.