Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1)
In English Literature (1ET0)
Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914
Literature
1
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body.
We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational
and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications
websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with
us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by
working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our
commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P79574
Publications Code 1ET0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
2
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they
have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• In some cases details of what will not be accepted for a marking point will be identified below
the phrase ‘do not accept’.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used
appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always
award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners
should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of
credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which
marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s
response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
• Plans (in the lined response area of the question paper/answer booklet) should not
be marked unless no other response to the question has been provided. This applies
whether the plan is crossed out or not.
3
, Marking Guidance - Specific
• The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
the Assessment Objective being targeted by the level descriptors.
• When deciding how to reward and answer, examiners should consult both the indicative
content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels-based mark scheme, the
‘best fit’ approach should be used.
• Examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the answer and
place it in that level.
• The mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of the answer and
will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at that level.
• In cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be placed
in the level that best describes their answer according to the Assessment Objective
described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the top or bottom of that level
depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor bullet points.
• Indicative content is exactly that – it consists of factual points that candidates are likely to
use to construct their answer. It is possible for an answer to be constructed without
mentioning some or all of these points, as long as they provide alternative responses
to the indicative content that fulful the requirements of the question. It is the
examiner’s responsibility to apply their professional judgement to the candidate’s
response in determining if the answer fulfils the requirements of the question.
4
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1)
In English Literature (1ET0)
Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914
Literature
1
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s largest awarding body.
We provide a wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational
and specific programmes for employers. For further information visit our qualifications
websites at www.edexcel.com or www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with
us using the details on our contact us page at www.edexcel.com/contactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress
in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people,
wherever they are in the world. We’ve been involved in education for over 150 years, and by
working across 70 countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our
commitment to high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
out more about how we can help you and your students at: www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P79574
Publications Code 1ET0_01_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
2
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the first
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded for what they
have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
• In some cases details of what will not be accepted for a marking point will be identified below
the phrase ‘do not accept’.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme should be used
appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners should always
award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners
should also be prepared to award zero marks if the candidate’s response is not worthy of
credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles by which
marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to a candidate’s
response, the team leader must be consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has replaced it with an
alternative response.
• Plans (in the lined response area of the question paper/answer booklet) should not
be marked unless no other response to the question has been provided. This applies
whether the plan is crossed out or not.
3
, Marking Guidance - Specific
• The marking grids have been designed to assess student work holistically. The grids identify
the Assessment Objective being targeted by the level descriptors.
• When deciding how to reward and answer, examiners should consult both the indicative
content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a levels-based mark scheme, the
‘best fit’ approach should be used.
• Examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely matches the answer and
place it in that level.
• The mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the quality of the answer and
will be modified according to how securely all bullet points are displayed at that level.
• In cases of uneven performance, the points above will still apply. Candidates will be placed
in the level that best describes their answer according to the Assessment Objective
described in the level. Marks will be awarded towards the top or bottom of that level
depending on how they have evidenced each of the descriptor bullet points.
• Indicative content is exactly that – it consists of factual points that candidates are likely to
use to construct their answer. It is possible for an answer to be constructed without
mentioning some or all of these points, as long as they provide alternative responses
to the indicative content that fulful the requirements of the question. It is the
examiner’s responsibility to apply their professional judgement to the candidate’s
response in determining if the answer fulfils the requirements of the question.
4
