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.
AQA
AQA past papersSpecification 7272, Music.
Grade C needed 169 out of 300 marks (56%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2018 to 2025 it ranged from 50% (2018) to 56% (2025).
June 2026 out of 300
- A*
- 247 82%
- A
- 223 74%
- B
- 196 65%
- C
- 169 56%
- D
- 142 47%
- E
- 116 39%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 50%, June 2019 53%, June 2023 53%, June 2024 53%, June 2025 56%, June 2026 56%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 70%, June 2019 71%, June 2023 71%, June 2024 71%, June 2025 74%, June 2026 74%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 300 | 24782% | 22374% | 19665% | 16956% | 14247% | 11639% |
| June 2025 | 300 | 24983% | 22274% | 19465% | 16756% | 14047% | 11338% |
| June 2024 | 300 | 24281% | 21471% | 18762% | 16053% | 13445% | 10836% |
| June 2023 | 300 | 24381% | 21471% | 18762% | 16053% | 13445% | 10836% |
| November 2020 | 120 | 7966% | 6050% | 5042% | 4033% | 3025% | 2017% |
| June 2019 | 300 | 24682% | 21471% | 18662% | 15853% | 13043% | 10334% |
| June 2018 | 300 | 24281% | 20970% | 17960% | 14950% | 12040% | 9130% |
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 AQA's A level grade boundary documents: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, November 2020, June 2019, June 2018.
Pearson Edexcel
Edexcel past papersSpecification 9MU0, Music.
Grade C needed 135 out of 250 marks (54%) in June 2023; in the June series from 2018 to 2022 it ranged from 48% (2022) to 54% (2018).
June 2023 out of 250
- A*
- 203 81%
- A
- 183 73%
- B
- 159 64%
- C
- 135 54%
- D
- 111 44%
- E
- 88 35%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 54%, June 2022 48%, June 2023 54%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 74%, June 2022 66%, June 2023 73%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | 250 | 20381% | 18373% | 15964% | 13554% | 11144% | 8835% |
| June 2022 | 250 | 18875% | 16566% | 14257% | 11948% | 9739% | 7530% |
| November 2021 | 100 | 5252% | 3939% | 3232% | 2525% | 1818% | 1212% |
| November 2020 | 100 | 5757% | 4444% | 3535% | 2727% | 1919% | 1111% |
| June 2018 | 250 | 21084% | 18674% | 16064% | 13554% | 11044% | 8534% |
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 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2018.
OCR
OCR past papersSpecification H543, Music.
Grade C needed 164 out of 300 marks (55%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2018 to 2025 it ranged from 50% (2022) to 56% (2018).
June 2026 out of 300
- A*
- 245 82%
- A
- 218 73%
- B
- 191 64%
- C
- 164 55%
- D
- 137 46%
- E
- 110 37%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 56%, June 2019 55%, June 2022 50%, June 2023 55%, June 2024 55%, June 2025 56%, June 2026 55%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 74%, June 2019 73%, June 2022 68%, June 2023 74%, June 2024 73%, June 2025 74%, June 2026 73%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 300 | 24582% | 21873% | 19164% | 16455% | 13746% | 11037% |
| June 2025 | 300 | 24983% | 22274% | 19565% | 16856% | 14147% | 11438% |
| June 2024 | 300 | 24782% | 22073% | 19364% | 16655% | 13946% | 11237% |
| June 2023 | 300 | 24983% | 22174% | 19364% | 16655% | 13946% | 11237% |
| June 2022 | 300 | 23277% | 20568% | 17859% | 15150% | 12441% | 9732% |
| June 2019 | 300 | 25585% | 22073% | 19364% | 16655% | 13946% | 11237% |
| June 2018 | 300 | 25184% | 22374% | 19665% | 16956% | 14247% | 11538% |
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 OCR's A level grade boundary documents: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, June 2019, June 2018.
Eduqas
Eduqas past papersSpecification A660, Music.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2021 | 144 | 9667% | 7552% | 6042% | 4531% | 3122% | 1712% |
Raw marks for the whole qualification, with the share of the maximum. From Eduqas's A level grade boundary documents: November 2021.
WJEC
WJEC past papersSpecification 1660, Music.
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.
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