AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Paper 2a 2025 Question Paper

Download the official AQA GCSE Religious Studies A Paper 2A Thematic Studies question paper for the June 2025 exam series (8062/2A). This authentic AQA exam paper contains the full set of live GCSE thematic studies questions used during the summer 2025 examination series, including AO1 knowledge questions, AO2 evaluation essays, SPaG-assessed responses, and structured extended-answer tasks across ethics, philosophy, religion, and social issues.

The paper includes Theme A: Relationships and families, Theme B: Religion and life, Theme C: The existence of God and revelation, Theme D: Religion, peace and conflict, Theme E: Religion, crime and punishment, and Theme F: Religion, human rights and social justice. Students will encounter questions on same-sex relationships, abortion, stewardship, miracles, holy war, forgiveness, greed and crime, discrimination, wealth, women in religion, and poverty.

Students can practise real 1-mark, 2-mark, 4-mark, 5-mark, and 12-mark questions exactly as they appeared in the live June 2025 GCSE Religious Studies A examination. The paper also includes authentic AQA formatting, official timing guidance, structured answer spaces, and exam presentation identical to the real assessment experience.

The evaluation questions focus on issues such as sexual relationships before marriage, caring for the environment for afterlife reward, whether scripture is the best way to learn about God, whether war should ever be described as holy, greed as the worst motive for crime, and whether religious believers can stop discrimination. Ideal for timed practice, mock exams, intervention work, revision sessions, and preparation for the 2026 GCSE Religious Studies exams.

This document is designed for Year 10 and Year 11 students studying GCSE Religious Studies A under the AQA 8062 specification, including students preparing for the 2026 exams, retake candidates, private candidates, and home-schooled learners targeting grades 7–9.

It is also highly useful for teachers, tutors, intervention coordinators, revision centres, and parents who require authentic AQA exam material for timed assessments, AO1 and AO2 practice, structured revision, mock moderation, and exam-technique improvement using official June 2025 thematic studies questions.