And yeah it is much better. People seem to think that us English people get super easy exams because we all get better grades just because grade boundaries can lower, but to be honest that's how it should be! If everyone did badly, then that's most definitely because it was a difficult exam, so you shouldn't blame the students... It is a bit nicer though anyway haha, although I guess if we had teachers setting our exams that'd be nice too since they would want to set questions they know we'd do well in. To be honest though, my poetry question in my English Lit exam was asking how identity was presented by a certain poet, and I swear we had already done that question before for a mock exam or something?! xD I do think the teachers see the paper beforehand or get a rough idea on what it's going to be on, so it makes life a bit easier for us since the teachers prepare us a bit better. And yeah I guess that's good because it doesn't really affect you much at all!! 