A grade boundary is the lowest total mark that earns a grade. Exam boards set them after the exams, once marking is nearly complete, and they change from year to year with how demanding the papers were (Ofqual). To use them with a past paper, add up your child's marks across all of that year's papers and compare the total with that year's row, which is out of the same maximum. Each year links to its papers.
June 2026, board by board
The marks needed for grade C and A in June 2026, as a share of each board's maximum. Each board writes its own papers and sets boundaries for them, so a lower boundary doesn't mean a board's exam is easier to pass.
The same figures as a table
| Board | Out of | Grade C | Grade A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearson Edexcel | 400 | 20551% | 30175% |
| Eduqas | 200 | 11658% | 15779% |
AQA
AQA past papersSpecification 7652, French.
AQA's documents give the boundaries for each paper.
AQA, June 2026 · AQA, June 2025 · AQA, June 2024 · AQA, June 2023
Pearson Edexcel
Edexcel past papersSpecification 9FR0, French.
Grade C needed 205 out of 400 marks (51%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2019 to 2025 it ranged from 42% (2022) to 52% (2024).
June 2026 out of 400
- A*
- 348 87%
- A
- 301 75%
- B
- 253 63%
- C
- 205 51%
- D
- 157 39%
- E
- 109 27%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2019 46%, June 2022 42%, June 2023 49%, June 2024 52%, June 2025 50%, June 2026 51%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2019 69%, June 2022 66%, June 2023 74%, June 2024 73%, June 2025 74%, June 2026 75%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 400 | 34887% | 30175% | 25363% | 20551% | 15739% | 10927% |
| June 2025 | 400 | 34085% | 29574% | 24762% | 19950% | 15138% | 10326% |
| June 2024 | 400 | 33484% | 29173% | 24962% | 20752% | 16642% | 12531% |
| June 2023 | 400 | 33985% | 29774% | 24762% | 19749% | 14737% | 9724% |
| June 2022 | 400 | 31479% | 26466% | 21554% | 16642% | 11830% | 7018% |
| November 2021 | 280 | 18867% | 14451% | 11641% | 8932% | 6222% | 3513% |
| November 2020 | 280 | 20071% | 15455% | 12444% | 9434% | 6423% | 3513% |
| June 2019 | 400 | 32982% | 27469% | 22957% | 18446% | 13935% | 9524% |
Raw marks for the whole qualification, with the share of the maximum.The chart shows June series only; November and January sittings, mostly resits, are in the table.No exams were sat in 2020 or 2021, when grades were assessed by teachers, so those years are blank. From Pearson Edexcel's A level grade boundary documents: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019.
Eduqas
Eduqas past papersSpecification A800, French.
Grade C needed 116 out of 200 marks (58%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2018 to 2025 it ranged from 51% (2022) to 59% (2024).
June 2026 out of 200
- A*
- 174 87%
- A
- 157 79%
- B
- 136 68%
- C
- 116 58%
- D
- 96 48%
- E
- 76 38%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 52%, June 2019 55%, June 2022 51%, June 2023 57%, June 2024 59%, June 2025 59%, June 2026 58%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 74%, June 2019 76%, June 2022 72%, June 2023 79%, June 2024 80%, June 2025 80%, June 2026 79%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 200 | 17487% | 15779% | 13668% | 11658% | 9648% | 7638% |
| June 2025 | 200 | 17688% | 16080% | 13970% | 11859% | 9749% | 7638% |
| June 2024 | 200 | 17688% | 16080% | 13970% | 11859% | 9749% | 7638% |
| June 2023 | 200 | 17588% | 15779% | 13568% | 11357% | 9146% | 7035% |
| June 2022 | 200 | 16583% | 14472% | 12362% | 10251% | 8141% | 6131% |
| November 2021 | 140 | 10374% | 8661% | 7251% | 5841% | 4532% | 3223% |
| November 2020 | 140 | 10776% | 9064% | 7453% | 5841% | 4230% | 2719% |
| June 2019 | 200 | 17085% | 15176% | 13065% | 11055% | 9045% | 7035% |
| June 2018 | 200 | 16884% | 14774% | 12563% | 10352% | 8241% | 6131% |
Raw marks for the whole qualification, with the share of the maximum.The chart shows June series only; November and January sittings, mostly resits, are in the table.No exams were sat in 2020 or 2021, when grades were assessed by teachers, so those years are blank. From Eduqas's A level grade boundary documents: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019, June 2018.
WJEC
WJEC past papersSpecification 1800, French.
WJEC awards this qualification on its uniform mark scale (UMS), so there is no raw-mark total for the whole qualification. Its documents give the raw marks for each unit.
WJEC, June 2026 · WJEC, June 2024 · WJEC, June 2023 · WJEC, June 2022