What are students are allowed to bring into the exam room for the 0475/0992 Drama open text exam?

For syllabus years 2026 and 2027:

Candidates should take their set texts into the exam room for Paper 3 

Invigilators must check that candidates use original published books only, not photocopies, unless our Compliance team has approved this. Invigilators must also make sure the texts do not contain notes, underlining, highlighting or anything else the candidate has added. Invigilators must report any of these.

For syllabus years 2028 - 2030:

For examination from 2028 onwards, centres may allow candidates to take in their annotated prose texts and poetry anthologies Songs of Ourselves: alternatively, where candidates have studied the option of the ‘named poet’ instead of poems from the anthology, candidates may take their copies of the named poet’s work.

We have updated the syllabus and there are a number of significant changes which, for Paper 1 and Paper 2, allow candidates to use texts with highlighting, underlining or brief handwritten notes to make it easier for them to navigate to the essential elements of the text. The intention of bringing in highlighted and/or underlined copies is that candidates can navigate to the evidence they need to write an effective response during the exam.