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GCSEAQA8552

AQA GCSE Design and Technology past papers

AQA has published 7 question papers for Design and Technology (8552) from 2020 to 2025, each with its mark scheme. They are listed newest first, and each one opens the PDF on aqa.org.uk in a new tab. The grade boundaries for 6 series are on their own page, in our own tables. The specification (8552) is linked below as well.

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June 2025

2 papers · grade boundaries

June 2024

2 papers · grade boundaries

June 2023

2 papers · grade boundaries

June 2022

3 papers · grade boundaries

November 2021

1 paper

November 2020

1 paper

Specimen

1 paper

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Where can I find Design and Technology past papers from AQA?

This page links every Design and Technology paper AQA publishes for everyone to download, newest first, starting with June 2025. Each link opens the PDF on AQA's own website. The most recent series is usually released a year or so after the exam, and it will appear here once AQA makes it public.

Are there mark schemes for these Design and Technology papers?

Yes, every question paper here has a mark scheme, and 9 have an examiner report as well, which is worth reading for the mistakes that cost the most marks.

What were the Design and Technology grade boundaries in June 2026?

In June 2026, a grade 7 needed 151 out of 200 and a grade 4 needed 100. The grade boundaries for every series from June 2019 to June 2026 are on this course's grade boundaries page, and each series of papers here links to its own year's table, so you can mark a paper and read your grade.

Where is the Design and Technology specification?

It is linked at the top of this page: AQA's own Design and Technology specification (8552), a PDF on its website, which sets out what you can be examined on and how the exams are marked. According to AQA's grade boundaries for June 2026, the course is examined in 2 papers, of 100 marks each.

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cookie is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board. Every paper here is a link to the board's own copy on its own website, and the papers belong to the boards that set them. If a link has stopped working, the board's own past paper page is linked on each course. The grade boundaries are copied from the boards’ own published documents, each linked under its table.