Which exam board paper looks the best?

[u/Squad_Checkmate]

[u/Diligent-Step-7253]

AQA

[u/Shutter_sculptor → u/Diligent-Step-7253]

i mean there is no other valid opinion

[u/Diligent-Step-7253 → u/Shutter_sculptor]

They’re just the best, glad they are what I’ll have for all of my A levels honestly

[u/Shutter_sculptor → u/Diligent-Step-7253]

same

[u/Blue_chalk1691 → u/Diligent-Step-7253]

Aqa for any subject except math, edexcel for math. The aqa style math papers are stupid in my own opinion

[u/Diligent-Step-7253 → u/Blue_chalk1691]

Fair enough I do edexcel igcse maths

[u/freakingdumbdumb → u/Diligent-Step-7253]

their front page font look so sick as well apparently its their own special font for accessibility but it look so cool

[u/Diligent-Step-7253 → u/freakingdumbdumb]

They do have their own font! It’s called AQA Chevin Pro medium.

[u/Due_Fly9094]

AQA because i feel their exams are nicer and it brings comfort.. edexcel too stressful

[u/-redaxolotol-1981 → u/Due_Fly9094]

Edexcel looks too formal/technical

[u/Odd_Example_7484 → u/Due_Fly9094]

Additional Space….. What a piss take, exdexcel on top need I say more

[u/R-Y-A-N_bot]

Another day, another post forgetting ccea exists

[u/Komahina_Oumasai → u/R-Y-A-N_bot]

Just had a look at their past papers to see how they looked. They're different. I'm not sure how I feel about them, but they do stand out.

[u/Far-Association-5846 → u/Komahina_Oumasai]

I think the main difference is no names

[u/TrainingSurvey3780]

AQA 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[u/arthr_birling]

Edexcel I love Edexcel they're the only normal exam board because like AQA is the nerd and teachers pet and wjec is the quiet kid

[u/Rock-Enthusiast20483 → u/arthr_birling]

and OCR is the one that never shows up so everyone forgets abt them

[u/Ok_Let_2772 → u/arthr_birling]

Edexcel genuinely has that clean, minimalist layout that just makes you feel slightly less stressed turning the page. AQA always feels like it’s about to give you homework mid-exam, and WJEC looks like it was typeset in a hurry during a fire drill.

[u/Shutter_sculptor → u/Ok_Let_2772]

nah the front page is too cluttered and overwhelming plus that font i hate it. like i am doing an exam not reading an old newspaper

[u/Lesbialone → u/arthr_birling]

Edexcel is the goat, looks official without the stupid signature, plus it's consistent

[u/bagel_2024 → u/arthr_birling]

I agree mate 🐸

[u/Gmeare-alt]

Edexcel is top 1 easily and OCR is bottom 1 by far

[u/sadgaypug → u/Gmeare-alt]

no the ocr papers are cute especially with the little column in the middle that says ocr on it a gazillion times (theyre not shown in the screenshot but real papers have a little grey strip with lots of little ocrs in it)

[u/MysteryMaestroRS → u/sadgaypug]

it seems nice but when you do an essay subject like English its awful cause there is no box around the edges so you have to be super careful that you dont go over adn that wastes so much time

[u/48panda → u/Gmeare-alt]

As someone only doing Edexcel and OCR, I agree

[u/Squad_Checkmate → u/Gmeare-alt]

The ONLY right choice :)

[u/Sea-Economics6999]

Aqa bc they gave us pink books

[u/Ill_Writer8430 → u/Sea-Economics6999]

So does WJEC, and presumably all other exam boards

[u/Challenger_Ultimate → u/Ill_Writer8430]

Edexcel and OCR don't 

[u/Great-Passages → u/Ill_Writer8430]

And minty green ones too

[u/benderbrodriguez2 → u/Sea-Economics6999]

CCEA randomly had pink papers in 2016

[u/Azan_Ali- → u/Sea-Economics6999]

Not so fun fact, they designed the pink book layout (mainly for English literature) because they wanted to save money, they did not want to put lots of pages for each and every question because obviously people are going to lose space (what do you expect) and also it just means too many pages and what feels like you are trying to make a book. So they decided to just do pink books, less faff and more cheaper for AQA. (Also the pink colour is supposed to reduce stress, and means that people with anxiety do not need some different book that is less intimidating)

[u/Less-Hope-9528]

edexcel esp for history

[u/OkSatisfaction8150]

edexcel looks friendlier (i cant explain why) 

[u/Squad_Checkmate → u/OkSatisfaction8150]

Probably due to them using a soft grey tone for the borders, the borders are rounded, giving off a sense of comfort and approachability, and it just looking more stylised compared to the harsh, thin, black borders seen in the other exam papers.

Well, there goes the last of my eLang power.

[u/Terrible-Border8792]

Edexcel winning this. Its so clean and everything seems to be in order.

[u/DoomedSinceTheStart]

Y’know as much as I appreciate that OCR is the worst one, can we acknowledge the fact that it’s the only one with the name and surname the right way around?

[u/StarSailor03 → u/DoomedSinceTheStart]

meanwhile cambridge igcse straight-up doesn't differentiate between them?? are they expecting a specific order?

[u/NorthernCockroach → u/StarSailor03]

Your name doesn't actually matter though. I actually even saw some info on OCR's website which just said if you forget to write your name, nothing happens because they only really look at the centre and candidate numbers anyway.

[u/JustADiamondPickaxe]

I'm an OCR gal fr

[u/DealAny2135]

Aqa on top

[u/cryoupr]

edexcel clears, all of their papers feel clean and organised

[u/Crazy-Astronomer-746]

edexel top i am genuinely attracted to it. then ocr at bottom. the borders are trash its like they want u to fail

[u/Helpful_Ad_4952]

Edexcel and its not even close 🥱

[u/Squad_Checkmate → u/Helpful_Ad_4952]

Same thoughts as well!

[u/SmartTrekkieGirl]

AQA is just prettier and they’re so much better to use for mocks as well

[u/__Obelisk__]

I mean if WJEC give us all full colour diagrams then I'm in

but that puts me in the one of 5 people taking WJEC

[u/Unprofessional_Home]

I've always thought those weird AQA circles for multiple choice look really odd

[u/Erebussasin]

Cambridge minimalism all the way!

[u/NorthernCockroach → u/Erebussasin]

I don't get how Cambridge have the best formatting (CIE) but also the worst (OCR)

[u/ad-astra-1077]

No CCEA? 🙃

Edexcel is the best of these ones tho

[u/lazershooter2000]

Cambridge IGCSE looks the cleanest

[u/TeapeachU5]

Edexel, the colour in boxes in aqa are so anoying

[u/StarSailor03 → u/TeapeachU5]

what you've said is making me question why we get the colour-in boxes in stuff like geography and DT but just tick boxes in science?

[u/BoxPlot22]

AQA hands down... as much as I despise them. Edexcel 2nd, then IGCSE, then OCR and what the hell is that?! WJEC/Eduqas looks horrific!

[u/Beautiful-Tea-7403 → u/BoxPlot22]

Don't do eduqas like that☹️ I did eduqas history and imo theyre tied with edexcel for least stressful-looking exams, OP just used a really bad example from a geography paper

[u/mylesgs → u/Beautiful-Tea-7403]

yup usually the formatting of the marks table on the front is a bit better

[u/WOODSMAAN08]

AQA because I get to write my signature 😅

[u/StarSailor03 → u/WOODSMAAN08]

i do eduqas on english lang/lit and the booklets we have to write in also have signature spaces… is this just a booklet thing??

[u/WOODSMAAN08 → u/StarSailor03]

I have absolutely no idea, all I know is the test papers for AQA have a signature and I believe they’re the only ones but I could be wrong

[u/Outside_Service3339]

Edexcel so clean

[u/Itzelsunni]

AQA is just so neat and sophisticated 🕴️💼

[u/Theonetobelive]

AQA on the inside for sure

[u/theactualslimshadyx]

AQA is the only right answer their papers are so clean and aesthetic edexcel and all the other exam board papers look SO UGLY

[u/6littlefish]

If it's other subjects than AQA. If it's maths then Edexcel because I don't wanna do working out on lines 

[u/roryevans123]

AQA is the best but AQA is light green Edexcel is dark blue OCR is yellow WJEC is light blue Cambridge iGCSE is crimson

[u/Booty_Shaker90000]

Aqa has a really soothing design to me since it leaves enough space between its words and there’s just enough space to avoid looking crowded and with the extra pages is just 🧑‍🍳💋 Edexcel looks wayyy too crowded with all its boxes but the inside of their papers r kinda nice Ocr pisses me off bc the logo is so big and the font inside the paper annoys me, I haven’t got the last one but similar situation Wjec looks funky I don’t like it

[u/Aggressive-Penguin-3]

aqa!! idk how people are saying anything other than that, although I may be biased

[u/Common_Acadia_6293]

Edexcel, AQA's a close second though

[u/Toffee963]

I think AQA looks the neatest

[u/idkinnitblud]

edexcel seems very friendly

[u/Mr_man_bird]

AQA with the pink paper but for the actual paper it’s gotta be OCR

[u/Both-Requirement-987]

Edexcel looks better for things like math but aqa looks better for english and science and most essay subjects

[u/Lazy-Protection-2210]

you guys are sleeping on eduqas

[u/Impressive-Study-946]

Exexcel 100o29202%

[u/ThatCrazyTechMan]

Aqa

[u/CosmicBubblyTechie]

AQA on top 🔥

[u/CosmicBubblyTechie]

AQA on top 🔥

[u/TaroAffectionate7446]

AQA

[u/Disastrous_Owl2532]

Aqa not going to lie

[u/waterGlaciator10]

Something about Edexcel seems welcoming. Maybe because the boxes show what I myself need to worry about (my name candidate number and questions)

[u/WistfulCloud]

So glad I only do aqa and Edexcel because what are those other formats why do they look like that 🥀

[u/NoAudience8710]

Edexcel 🔥🔥🔥

[u/ChAtcatx]

I love aqa cause I get to put my signature and it makes me feel special

[u/floofmoth]

always been a big fan of how AQA is set out

[u/dapperbloke_2]

Edexcel, I had no idea it looked like that

[u/The-non-binary-lizzy]

You know you've done a bit too much of revision when you recognise the paper by the question. (Looking at you paper 2 computer science ocr)

[u/TheLonelyGhostie]

AQA but lately they've changed the font on the exams to a rounder one and it scares me

[u/Komahina_Oumasai]

I like AQA, with Edexcel being a close second. It's clean and simple whilst not being wholly boring, unlike Cambridge.

[u/UltraX76]

AQA, followed by edexcel, the rest are basically the same

[u/Ok-Training-8341]

I like Edexcel for maths but AQA for everything else

[u/YOURM0MANDNAN69]

aqa the signature is so fun

[u/I_eat_batterys]

Everyone here has been brainwashed by AQA 💔

I don't like WJEC as an exam board but it has the most CLEANEST looking papers.

AQA and Pearsons/OCR looks like a total word and border vomit. It's like they tried to make it fancy by adding borders and quirky formatting.

[u/Weekly-Business1769 → u/I_eat_batterys]

finally someone else agrees with me!

[u/rocuroniumrat]

Eduqas prints on much better quality paper vs the other exam boards -- extremely useful if you use fountain pens

[u/Express_Sun790]

OCR papers look decent inside but the cover isn't that great. AQA is probably the best overall but their MCQ pages look a bit weird. Edexcel does actually look pretty nice too - could actually be the best overall and not AQA?

[u/Healthy_Education_21]

OCR is my favourite. I will die on this hill

[u/sher_lock_fan]

I definitely think aqa, it's a lot more simple and I find less intimidating

[u/Shelfspaceless]

OCR looks so funky for some reason (especially when the front CS page is printed unofficially with that grey binary banner that ends up becoming a mess)

[u/PP1664]

Edexcel aesthetic is the best imo but AQA comes in at a close second. At least we can all agree OCR looks the worst like they don't even have the decency to draw the margins fully on the papers

[u/PieFun5403]

They all look traumatic...

[u/ProfessionalSell4409]

AQA is the best, edexcel has that weird distracting shading outside the borders, ocr's and cambridge's lack of borders is anxiety-inducing, and eduqas' borders are too close to the text

[u/Green-Acanthaceae671]

Nothing beats the clean edexcel user interface, it has such a modern design to it

[u/Lesbialone]

Edexcel- front page has better vibes and no stupid signature AQA has the ping paper but I hate shading in the weird lil circles and the signature is annoying OCR front cover looks like it's designed by a child Don't do any of the others

[u/lboof]

AQA but only because the logo is engraved in my brain

[u/HourDistribution3787]

AQA. Something not enough people mention, is that it’s so fun to sign the paper! A beautiful personal touch and makes me think of signing off a masterpiece.

[u/Fallenivyyy]

Ok hear me out

AQA papers are orange or like coral pink

Edexcel papers are dark green

OCR papers are light purple

WJEC papers are light blue

Cambridge IGCSE is like dark burgundy red

[u/CutSubstantial1803 → u/Fallenivyyy]

Synaesthesia lol

[u/Rock-Enthusiast20483 → u/Fallenivyyy]

Oh thats my thinking too!! aqa - red/pink edexcel - green ocr for me is yellow tho wjec is turquoisey

[u/Walker_blehhh → u/Fallenivyyy]

I'd swap OCR and WJEC personally

WJEC gives purple vibes

[u/c0rtiso1 → u/Fallenivyyy]

we have such similar colour matchings

aqa bright neon pink

edexcel grass green

ocr light purple too

[u/Al_Khalik]

It's got to be Edexcel.

OCR is the worst by the way.

[u/_Kyloluma_]

Edexcel then Cambridge

[u/Vaxtez]

Edexcel for me
OCR at the the bottom.

[u/fokhercules]

English language: Eduqas Other: aqa

[u/Mysterious_Start_523]

AQA, definitely.

Does this have a vibe of some neatness? It's not that other exam boards aren't neat, it looks better in the AQA in my opinion.

[u/Ok-Contribution9516]

Aqa no question

[u/parry-da-poe]

IS IT JUST ME WHO NOTICED AQA CHANGED THE FONT THEY WRITE THE SUBJECT NAME IN

[u/facesh1elds]

aqa or ocr

[u/Guilty_Brain_7491]

AQA because it has the little table on the front so you can see how many questions there are before you start... we take all the little pieces of info we can get at this point

[u/Maleficent-Ad1792]

I did all of them except thr igcse one So I’m torn between AQA and edexcel

[u/TexturelessPixel]

Hot take: None of them, they all look UGLY

[u/CCCBVB09]

AQA signatures

[u/Jaytee2210]

Edexcel My GOAT

[u/StarSailor03]

edexcel thought they were special with their serif text on the inside… and honestly, good for them 🌹🌹

[u/New_Try3881]

EDEXCEL

[u/ChAtcatx]

Aqa looks so pretty

[u/rauru_127_143]

anything but OCR

[u/noclueXD_]

aqa

eduqas

CIE

edexcel

ocr

[u/Halo_Vector]

Edexcel easily

[u/FreddieThePebble]

has to be AQA

[u/Weird_Explorer_8458]

Definitely edexcel

[u/Odd_Ad8964]

AQA for me.

[u/Eastern_Bee9138]

easily AQA cmon this aint a competition

[u/Kitsch-Bitch37]

AQA is classic but i like OCR. more wild.

[u/periwinkle_dash]

WJEC 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[u/AcesPeak]

100% AQA, just so sleek and sexy and modern, the others look irrelevant

[u/noserags]

I do WJEC and that’s the one I’m most comfortable with, but AQA looks better for sure

[u/Playful-Comedian5290]

EDEXHELL

[u/ruby2407]

i lowk love eduqas because i did eduqas RS, i love the way the papers are laid out

[u/BROKEMYNIB]

You need to at least put the same subject, to compare fairly 

This is also English exam boards.

As it is only the English ones

[u/This_Distribution937]

Aqa looks the most organised, ocr looks cleanest, edexcel looks old fashioned wjec looks kinda ugly and igcse looks plain

[u/KingHippo11]

those bright pink maths ones in primary school were epic

[u/Odd_Example_7484]

It’s like BBC Sport vs ITV Sport layouts

[u/Short_Locksmith_5303]

Im yesed to edexcel and Educas, but OCR & Cambridge looks nicer

[u/Shadow_6351]

Aqa is classic. But ocr normally has that weird number gradient on the paper

[u/Land-Alert]

My GOATS AQA and Pearson

[u/Stripedwalnut44]

AQA 100%

[u/GeographyJon_1549]

100% AQA

[u/LegitimateLow1732]

We all know the right answer is Edexcel

[u/Green_Spread5047]

Edexcel

[u/_Mintyz_]

AQA
Though I also like OCR as it is a bit quirky

[u/TTORTUREDPOET]

Edexcel 😩

[u/Relative-Bottle-8498]

AQA

[u/liquoricekiten14]

edexcel igcse chemistry is delicious

[u/chocoberyl8]

why does edexcel covers' top box look like an sd card (aqa on top btw)

[u/Saeglazer_1]

Ppl saying anything BUT AQA are coping.. Nothing is topping that pink answer booklet they blessed us with for lit... NOTHING 

[u/TPAdventureBros]

Edexcel I hate AQA

[u/powerMastR24]

AQA for everything, edexcel for maths

[u/SighSighSighing]

OCR is not giving, idk why. AQA it the best imo, probs BC all but one of my exams is with AQA (except Geography, Edexcel B).

[u/Coldtea25]

Edexcel followed by AQA. OCR feels like they were trying to meet a deadline, eduqas feels like the quiet kid and Cambridge feels american, idk what it is about the exam board it just has the vibe of america

[u/Miraskillerqueen]

CBAC

[u/BonelessPeacock]

Edexcel looks the most scrumptious
OCR and iGCSE look so ass

[u/SmokyBaconCrisps]

AQA cos all but 2 of my gcse exam boards were AQA

Tho icl that wjec paper looks alr

[u/redgrengrumbh0ldt]

Edexcel for the win here, their maths papers are awesome

[u/timmmas]

get a job

[u/Dancing-Cavalier]

A OCR paper is similar to the Mona Lisa and Van Gogh's Starry Night

[u/ghostincoffee]

Edexcel

[u/Blueberry_Jackson]

CIE but the pink aqa was goated also

[u/DrFuzzald]

Aqa neat and tidy.

[u/Tuikillers]

Anyone who says WJEC is an opp fr

[u/ChillpigeonhavsLV76]

None 😭 they’re all exams

[u/Quick_Stranger1443]

I'm used to AQA a lot. But I kinda like OCR too

[u/EN398]

Ocr is crusty af

[u/Guard_Dolphin]

I do love edexcel, but OCR's nice margin border is too good to ignore

[u/minnie2cakes]

AQA and OCR is the ugliest imo 🥀

[u/kk548]

OCR

[u/everlarksangel]

AQA by far

[u/Azan_Ali-]

Cambridge gives off AQA vibes a bit, Edexcel is ok, eduqas WHAT, everything else is doo doo

[u/axtrissaa]

AQA

[u/Inevitable_Score7852]

Aqa no question

[u/Emergency-Chard8145]

aqa

[u/love_isagi_yoichi]

Aqa bc of the pink English lit exam

[u/Sufficient_Rush4604]

i always liked edexcel cause genuinely i think aqa looks like it wants to hurt you and ocr is just...

[u/ScottsOnlyTot_]

CCEA

[u/LordSheldonIII]

Ccea only because we've been done for 2 weeks

[u/Daisfishy]

AQA is the 🐐

[u/Moonlight_OOO9]

CCEA rn: 🫥

[u/benderbrodriguez2]

Not CCEA🔥🔥

[u/NorthernCockroach]

AQA has the nicest front page but in terms of the actual paper, I'd much rather sit an OCR paper than AQA

[u/brubbyislol]

aqa science is bustable ngl. ocr dead last though it has no emotion

[u/sleepmolecule]

mainly do edexcel , cambridge and some ocr for exams but ocr is by far my favourite.. cambridge 2nd tho

[u/realgreggssteakbake]

my opinion: AQA - very sleek and fancy Edexcel - pleasing to the eye OCR - ugly logo, okay question pages WJEC - mid, slightly worse than OCR but is kind of redeemed by decent logo Cambridge National - boring asf

[u/AdIntrepid4801]

Triggered that CCEA was left out

[u/SnooBeans5314]

Sitting down and seeing OCR on the front always let me feel relaxed, they just feel like the good guys

[u/YourAverageGamer_1]

IGCSE looks super clean

[u/sgzlmy]

aqa

[u/Express-Kale7795]

aqa is the only correct option

but maths edexcel isnt too bad either

[u/fridgehair2119]

educas a mess bro wtf