AQA Eng Lang 2026 Assessment Tracker

Comprehensive AQA GCSE English Language 2026 Excel assessment tracker with question-level marks, AO breakdowns, paper grades and overall GCSE grades.

Designed for teachers and English departments using the AQA GCSE English Language specification (8700), this tracker provides detailed assessment tracking across both examination papers.

The tracker includes:

• Paper 1 – Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
• Q1: AO1 – Identifying Information and Ideas
• Q2: AO2 – Language
• Q3: AO2 – Structure
• Q4: AO4 – Evaluation
• Section A total and grade
• Q5: AO5 – Content and Organisation
• Q5: AO6 – Technical Accuracy
• Section B total and grade
• Paper 1 total and grade

• Paper 2 – Writers’ Viewpoints and Perspectives
• Q1: AO1 – Identifying Information and Ideas
• Q2: AO1 – Synthesis of Ideas
• Q3: AO2 – Language
• Q4: AO3 – Comparison of Methods
• Section A total and grade
• Q5: AO5 – Content and Organisation
• Q5: AO6 – Technical Accuracy
• Section B total and grade
• Paper 2 total and grade

• Combined Paper 1 and Paper 2 mark out of 160
• Automatically calculated overall GCSE grade
• Grade-boundary lookup tables
• Speaking and Listening field

The tracker also includes student information fields for student name, UPN, English class, gender, SEND, FSM, EAL, disadvantaged status, reading age and KS2 English and Maths scaled scores.

Simply enter the marks achieved for each question or assessment component and the spreadsheet automatically calculates the relevant totals and grades.

Suitable for mock examinations, internal assessments, departmental tracking and monitoring student progress towards GCSE outcomes.

This is an Excel spreadsheet resource designed for use with AQA GCSE English Language.