AQA GCSE Science grade boundaries

Real AQA boundaries, Higher tier, June series 2018–2025 — Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Combined Science. See exactly what each grade needs per paper and overall, and how the boundaries have moved year to year.

No exams were sat in 2020 or 2021, so there are no official boundaries for those years.

Points needed — Biology 2025

Grade	Paper 1 /100	Paper 2 /100	Overall /200	Final %
9	72–100	69–100	141–200	71–100%
8	65–71	61–68	127–140	64–70%
7	59–64	54–60	113–126	56–63%
6	49–58	44–53	94–112	47–56%
5	40–48	34–43	75–93	38–47%
4	31–39	25–33	56–74	28–37%
3	26–30	20–24	46–55	23–28%

Boundaries over time

Each line is a grade boundary as a % of the max. No exams were sat in 2020 or 2021.

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Grade 6

Grade 5

Grade 4

Grade 3

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