Grade Boundaries for A Level and GCSEs

This page gathers together the grade boundaries for the subjects listed below, at GCSE and A Level, for exam boards including AQA, Edexcel and OCR.

Each year the exam boards endeavour to make sure that exam papers are designed to be no easier or harder to achieve a particular grade than previous years. This does mean that each year the percentage required for each grade changes slightly depending on how hard the exam paper is. And so, Oxford Revise has collected some grade boundaries for the last 5 years of exams, giving you an idea of what percentage will need to be achieve to get a specific grade.

Grade boundaries for your subject are not published before the exams take place. Boundaries are set after exams have been completed and papers have been marked.

Check below for AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas or OCR exam boards and see what was required in previous years for the subjects listed below.

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GCSEs

GCSE Science Grade Boundaries

These grade boundaries are for the following GCSE Science Qualifications:

- - AQA GCSE Biology
  - AQA GCSE Chemistry
  - AQA GCSE Physics
  - AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Foundation
  - AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy Higher

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GCSE Mathematics Grade Boundaries

These grade boundaries are for the following GCSE Mathematics Qualifications:

- - AQA GCSE MATHEMATICS: Foundation (2nd Edition)
  - AQA GCSE MATHEMATICS: Higher (2nd Edition)
  - EDEXCEL GCSE MATHEMATICS: Foundation (2nd Edition)
  - EDEXCEL GCSE MATHEMATICS: Higher (2nd Edition)

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GCSE English Language Grade Boundaries

These grade boundaries are for the following GCSE English Qualifications:

- - AQA GCSE English Language
  - EDEXCEL GCSE English Language
  - EDUQAS GCSE English Language

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GCSE Geography Grade Boundaries

These grade boundaries are for the following GCSE Geography Qualifications:

- - AQA GCSE Geography
  - EDEXCEL GCSE Geography B
  - OCR B GCSE Geography B

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A Level

A level Science Grade Boundaries

These grade boundaries are for the following A level Qualifications:

- - AQA A LEVEL Chemistry
  - AQA A LEVEL Biology
  - AQA A LEVEL Physics
  - OCR A LEVEL Chemistry
  - OCR A LEVEL Biology
  - OCR A LEVEL Physics

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