Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1) in English Language (1EN0)
Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results) Summer
2024
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
in English Language (1EN0)
Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
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 2024
Question Paper Log Number P74797 Publications
Code 1EN0_02_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
2
, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first.
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.
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/indicative content will
not be exhaustive.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, a senior examiner must be consulted before a mark is
given.
Crossed out work should be marked unless the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
Plans (whether in the planning box provided for writing questions, or 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.
Specific Marking Guidance
When deciding how to reward an 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.
Indicative content is exactly that – they are 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 fulfils the requirements of the question. It is
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Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2024
Mark Scheme (Results) Summer
2024
Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9–1)
in English Language (1EN0)
Paper 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
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 2024
Question Paper Log Number P74797 Publications
Code 1EN0_02_2406_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2024
2
, General Marking Guidance
All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the last
candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the first.
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.
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/indicative content will
not be exhaustive.
When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme to
a candidate’s response, a senior examiner must be consulted before a mark is
given.
Crossed out work should be marked unless the candidate has replaced it
with an alternative response.
Plans (whether in the planning box provided for writing questions, or 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.
Specific Marking Guidance
When deciding how to reward an 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.
Indicative content is exactly that – they are 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 fulfils the requirements of the question. It is
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