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% | 29774% |
| Eduqas | 200 | 12060% | 17085% |
AQA
AQA past papersSpecification 7692, Spanish.
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 9SP0, Spanish.
Grade C needed 205 out of 400 marks (51%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2019 to 2025 it ranged from 41% (2022) to 53% (2025).
June 2026 out of 400
- A*
- 335 84%
- A
- 297 74%
- B
- 251 63%
- C
- 205 51%
- D
- 159 40%
- E
- 113 28%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2019 49%, June 2022 41%, June 2023 50%, June 2024 51%, June 2025 53%, June 2026 51%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2019 73%, June 2022 65%, June 2023 75%, June 2024 73%, June 2025 75%, June 2026 74%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 400 | 33584% | 29774% | 25163% | 20551% | 15940% | 11328% |
| June 2025 | 400 | 33985% | 29975% | 25664% | 21353% | 17043% | 12832% |
| June 2024 | 400 | 32882% | 29273% | 24862% | 20551% | 16241% | 11930% |
| June 2023 | 400 | 34185% | 30075% | 24962% | 19950% | 14937% | 9925% |
| June 2022 | 400 | 30677% | 26165% | 21253% | 16341% | 11529% | 6717% |
| November 2021 | 280 | 20071% | 16358% | 12946% | 9534% | 6222% | 2910% |
| November 2020 | 280 | 21175% | 17563% | 13849% | 10136% | 6523% | 2910% |
| June 2019 | 400 | 33183% | 29273% | 24461% | 19649% | 14837% | 10025% |
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 A810, Spanish.
Grade C needed 120 out of 200 marks (60%) in June 2026; in the June series from 2018 to 2025 it ranged from 51% (2022) to 58% (2024).
June 2026 out of 200
- A*
- 184 92%
- A
- 170 85%
- B
- 145 73%
- C
- 120 60%
- D
- 95 48%
- E
- 70 35%
Grade C as a share of the maximum: June 2018 53%, June 2019 57%, June 2022 51%, June 2023 57%, June 2024 58%, June 2025 58%, June 2026 60%. Grade A as a share of the maximum: June 2018 79%, June 2019 81%, June 2022 73%, June 2023 81%, June 2024 83%, June 2025 83%, June 2026 85%.
Every mark, every series
| Series | Out of | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 200 | 18492% | 17085% | 14573% | 12060% | 9548% | 7035% |
| June 2025 | 200 | 18392% | 16683% | 14171% | 11658% | 9146% | 6734% |
| June 2024 | 200 | 18392% | 16683% | 14171% | 11658% | 9146% | 6633% |
| June 2023 | 200 | 18191% | 16281% | 13869% | 11457% | 9045% | 6633% |
| June 2022 | 200 | 16985% | 14673% | 12362% | 10151% | 7940% | 5729% |
| November 2021 | 140 | 10776% | 8359% | 6949% | 5539% | 4129% | 2719% |
| November 2020 | 140 | 11481% | 9165% | 7554% | 5942% | 4331% | 2719% |
| June 2019 | 200 | 18191% | 16181% | 13769% | 11357% | 9045% | 6734% |
| June 2018 | 200 | 17990% | 15779% | 13166% | 10553% | 7940% | 5427% |
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 1810, Spanish.
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