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 | 19449% | 30075% |
| Eduqas | 200 | 11960% | 16382% |
AQA
AQA past papersSpecification 7662, German.
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 9GN0, German.
Grade C needed 194 out of 400 marks (49%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2019 to 2025 it ranged from 43% (2022) to 47% (2023).
June 2026 out of 400
- A*
- 340 85%
- A
- 300 75%
- B
- 247 62%
- C
- 194 49%
- D
- 142 36%
- E
- 90 23%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2019 45%, June 2022 43%, June 2023 47%, June 2024 47%, June 2025 47%, June 2026 49%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2019 70%, June 2022 67%, June 2023 71%, June 2024 71%, June 2025 71%, June 2026 75%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 400 | 34085% | 30075% | 24762% | 19449% | 14236% | 9023% |
| June 2025 | 400 | 33383% | 28471% | 23559% | 18647% | 13835% | 9023% |
| June 2024 | 400 | 33383% | 28471% | 23559% | 18647% | 13835% | 9023% |
| June 2023 | 400 | 33484% | 28571% | 23659% | 18747% | 13935% | 9123% |
| June 2022 | 400 | 31779% | 26867% | 21955% | 17143% | 12331% | 7519% |
| November 2021 | 280 | 19770% | 14050% | 11441% | 8831% | 6222% | 3713% |
| November 2020 | 280 | 21677% | 15756% | 12846% | 9935% | 7025% | 4115% |
| June 2019 | 400 | 33383% | 28070% | 23058% | 18145% | 13233% | 8321% |
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 A820, German.
Grade C needed 119 out of 200 marks (60%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2018 to 2025 it ranged from 54% (2022) to 59% (2019).
June 2026 out of 200
- A*
- 182 91%
- A
- 163 82%
- B
- 141 71%
- C
- 119 60%
- D
- 97 49%
- E
- 76 38%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 58%, June 2019 59%, June 2022 54%, June 2023 58%, June 2024 58%, June 2025 58%, June 2026 60%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 81%, June 2019 81%, June 2022 74%, June 2023 80%, June 2024 80%, June 2025 80%, June 2026 82%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 200 | 18291% | 16382% | 14171% | 11960% | 9749% | 7638% |
| June 2025 | 200 | 18090% | 16080% | 13869% | 11658% | 9548% | 7437% |
| June 2024 | 200 | 18090% | 16080% | 13869% | 11658% | 9447% | 7337% |
| June 2023 | 200 | 18090% | 16080% | 13869% | 11658% | 9447% | 7337% |
| June 2022 | 200 | 16985% | 14774% | 12764% | 10754% | 8744% | 6734% |
| November 2020 | 140 | 11784% | 9769% | 8359% | 6949% | 5539% | 4129% |
| June 2019 | 200 | 18090% | 16181% | 13970% | 11759% | 9548% | 7437% |
| June 2018 | 200 | 18191% | 16281% | 13970% | 11658% | 9447% | 7236% |
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 2020, June 2019, June 2018.
WJEC
WJEC past papersSpecification 1820, German.
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