Each year, the grade boundaries for the GCSE Maths 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 Foundation
• Edexcel Higher
• AQA Foundation
• AQA Higher
• OCR Foundation
• OCR Higher

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

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

Edexcel Foundation

Year	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	173	135	100	66	32
Jun 22	173	135	100	66	32
Nov 21*	166	134	100	66	32
Nov 20*	165	136	99	63	27
Nov 19	166	142	104	67	30
Jun 19	184	149	111	73	36
Nov 18	167	132	96	61	26
Jun 18	169	136	101	66	31
Nov 17	145	113	83	53	23
Jun 17	158	122	90	58	26

Edexcel Higher

Year	9	8	7	6	5	4	3
Nov 22	194	165	137	104	71	38	21
Jun 22	194	165	137	104	71	38	21
Nov 21*	187	154	122	93	65	37	23
Nov 20*	189	157	126	96	66	37	22
Nov 19	197	165	133	103	73	43	28
Jun 19	198	167	137	108	80	52	38
Nov 18	194	159	125	95	66	37	22
Jun 18	202	170	139	109	79	50	35
Nov 17	189	150	112	85	58	32	19
Jun 17	190	157	124	96	68	41	27

AQA Foundation

Year	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	167	130	97	64	31
Jun 22	172	135	101	67	33
Nov 21*	145	108	79	51	23
Nov 20*	146	116	86	56	26
Nov 19	162	134	98	62	27
Jun 19	157	122	89	57	25
Nov 18	153	121	88	56	24
Jun 18	161	125	92	59	27
Nov 17	157	127	93	59	25
Jun 17	156	124	91	59	27

AQA Higher

Year	9	8	7	6	5	4	3
Nov 22	201	172	143	111	79	48	32
Jun 22	214	185	156	121	86	51	33
Nov 21*	192	155	119	90	62	34	20
Nov 20*	194	159	124	95	67	39	25
Nov 19	199	168	137	107	78	49	34
Jun 19	206	171	136	105	74	43	27
Nov 18	194	160	126	96	66	37	22
Jun 18	201	169	138	107	77	47	32
Nov 17	194	159	124	96	68	40	26
Jun 17	189	157	125	98	72	46	33

OCR Foundation

Year	5	4	3	2	1
Nov 22	168	117	84	51	19
Jun 22	170	119	85	52	19
Nov 21*	155	121	87	53	20
Nov 20*	158	123	88	53	18
Nov 19	176	139	102	65	28
Jun 19	189	144	104	64	24
Nov 18	180	154	113	72	31
Jun 18	187	146	105	64	24
Nov 17	149	117	85	54	23
Jun 17	174	126	93	60	28

OCR Higher

Year	9	8	7	6	5	4	3
Nov 22	244	202	160	123	86	49	30
Jun 22	242	200	158	120	82	45	26
Nov 21*	239	193	147	115	83	51	35
Nov 20*	241	195	150	117	84	52	36
Nov 19	245	204	163	131	100	69	53
Jun 19	256	213	171	136	102	68	51
Nov 18	239	193	147	118	90	62	48
Jun 18	256	210	164	129	94	60	43
Nov 17	238	191	145	111	77	44	27
Jun 17	248	203	159	121	83	46	27

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