Another year, another set of GCSE English Literature grade boundaries.

You’ve heard it before. Varying paper difficulties means your marks will equate to something different depending on the year. The system aims for fairness but you just need to know what you’re up against!

And so, the following tables provide an easy-to-read breakdown of the grade boundaries for past exams. We’ll even update the newest boundaries for 2023 as soon as the information is available!

• Edexcel
• AQA
• Eduqas
• OCR

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

GCSE English Literature Grade Boundaries

Edexcel

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Jun 22	101	92	83	72	61	51	37	24	11
Nov 21*	97	87	78	67	57	47	35	23	11
Nov 20*	129	117	106	91	77	63	45	27	9
Jun 19	132	120	109	95	82	69	51	34	17
Jun 18	133	121	109	95	81	67	49	31	13
Jun 17	140	127	115	99	84	69	48	27	6

AQA

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Jun 22	112	100	88	75	62	49	35	22	9
Nov 21*	113	101	89	76	64	52	38	25	12
Nov 20*	138	123	109	93	77	61	43	26	9
Jun 19	141	127	113	98	83	68	50	33	16
Jun 18	135	120	106	91	76	61	45	29	14
Jun 17	141	127	114	98	82	66	49	32	16

Eduqas

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Jun 22	124	113	103	92	81	71	57	43	30
Nov 21*	122	112	102	91	80	69	52	35	19
Nov 20*	147	134	121	106	91	77	56	35	15
Jun 19	150	137	125	111	98	85	66	47	28
Jun 18	159	146	134	120	106	92	72	52	33
Jun 17	160	146	132	117	102	87	63	39	15

OCR

YEAR	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Jun 22	100	89	78	65	52	39	28	18	8
Nov 21*	99	86	74	61	48	36	27	18	9
Nov 20*	135	118	102	84	66	49	36	24	12
Jun 19	136	121	106	89	72	55	42	29	16
Jun 18	142	126	110	91	73	5	42	29	16
Jun 17	140	122	105	86	67	48	37	26	15

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