Each year, the grade boundaries for the GCSE English Language exams change. This is because the difficulty of each paper varies slightly and so changing the grade boundaries is a fair way to combat this.

You can use the links below to find the grade boundaries for past exams – and we will even update it as soon as we can to reflect the newest grade boundaries for 2023!

• Edexcel
• AQA
• Eduqas
• OCR

Looking for exam papers? We’ve got you covered:

GCSE English Past Papers – Revision for AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas Exams

GCSE English Language Grade Boundaries

Edexcel

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	127	117	108	97	87	77	57	38	19
Jun 22	127	117	108	97	87	77	57	38	19
Nov 21*	130	119	109	97	85	74	52	31	10
Nov 20*	132	121	111	99	87	75	53	31	10
Nov 19	135	125	116	105	95	85	62	39	17
Jun 19	135	125	116	105	94	83	62	41	20
Nov 18	135	127	119	106	93	80	58	36	15
Jun 18	133	122	111	99	87	75	54	33	12
Nov 17	134	125	116	103	90	77	56	35	15
Jun 17	134	123	112	99	86	74	52	30	9

AQA

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	120	110	101	91	81	71	52	34	16
Jun 22	119	109	100	90	80	70	52	34	16
Nov 21*	121	111	101	90	79	68	50	32	14
Nov 20*	123	113	103	91	79	68	49	30	12
Nov 19	131	121	111	100	89	79	58	37	16
Jun 19	127	117	108	97	86	76	56	36	16
Nov 18	134	125	117	105	93	81	59	37	16
Jun 18	128	118	108	97	86	76	56	36	16
Nov 17	132	123	114	102	91	80	58	37	16
Jun 17	123	113	104	93	82	72	53	34	16

Eduqas

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	143	130	117	102	88	74	57	40	23
Jun 22	143	130	117	102	88	74	57	40	23
Nov 21*	138	125	112	97	82	67	49	32	15
Nov 20*	138	125	112	97	82	67	49	32	15
Nov 19	144	130	116	102	89	76	57	38	20
Jun 19	141	127	114	100	86	72	54	37	20
Nov 18	150	133	116	103	90	77	56	35	15
Jun 18	159	146	134	120	106	92	72	52	33
Nov 17	148	130	113	99	85	72	52	33	14
Jun 17	142	129	116	102	88	75	53	31	10

OCR

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	123	111	100	88	76	65	51	37	24
Jun 22	126	114	102	90	78	6	53	39	25
Nov 21*	125	112	99	85	72	59	43	28	13
Nov 20*	124	111	99	86	73	60	44	28	12
Nov 19	132	121	111	97	83	69	51	33	16
Jun 19	131	119	107	94	82	70	52	34	16
Nov 18	135	126	118	103	88	74	54	35	16
Jun 18	129	117	105	92	89	67	50	33	16
Nov 17	145	125	111	98	85	72	53	34	16
Jun 17	130	118	106	92	76	66	49	32	16

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