Grade boundaries

AQA A-level Biology 7402 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Biology 7402

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	199 of 260
A	174 of 260
B	146 of 260
C	118 of 260
D	90 of 260
E	63 of 260

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

199 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
174 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
146 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
118 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
90 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
63 out of 260 on AQA 7402 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

10 series, newest first. Each mark is the least that reaches the grade, out of the total under the column’s name.

June 2026

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	199	70	70	59
A	174	61	62	51
B	146	51	51	43
C	118	42	40	35
D	90	33	29	28
E	63	24	18	21

June 2025

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	192	66	69	57
A	165	56	60	49
B	139	47	50	42
C	113	38	40	35
D	88	29	30	28
E	63	21	20	22

June 2024

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	192	67	67	58
A	165	58	57	50
B	140	49	48	43
C	115	40	39	36
D	91	31	30	29
E	67	23	21	23

June 2023

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	180	63	66	51
A	153	53	58	42
B	125	43	47	34
C	98	34	36	27
D	71	25	25	20
E	44	16	15	13

June 2022

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	173	62	62	50
A	142	51	51	40
B	115	41	41	32
C	89	31	31	25
D	63	22	22	18
E	37	13	13	11

November 2021

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	168	59	58	51
A	136	48	47	41
B	113	40	38	34
C	91	32	30	28
D	69	24	22	22
E	47	17	14	16

November 2020

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	170	59	59	51
A	138	48	48	42
B	114	39	39	35
C	90	31	30	28
D	67	23	21	22
E	44	15	13	16

June 2019

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	178	62	62	54
A	149	52	52	45
B	125	43	43	38
C	101	35	34	31
D	77	27	25	24
E	53	19	16	18

June 2018

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	166	56	61	49
A	138	46	52	40
B	116	38	43	33
C	94	30	35	27
D	72	23	27	21
E	50	16	19	15

June 2017

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 260	7402/1out of 91	7402/2out of 91	7402/3out of 78
A*	174	61	60	54
A	147	51	50	46
B	124	43	42	39
C	101	35	34	32
D	78	27	26	25
E	56	19	18	19

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in AQA A-level Biology 7402?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 174 out of 260 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in AQA A-level Biology 7402?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 118 out of 260 in total.

Which series of AQA A-level Biology 7402 grade boundaries are there?

10 series, from June 2017 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019, June 2018 and June 2017.

Do AQA A-level Biology 7402 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 10 series here, a grade A in total needed from 136 out of 260 (November 2021) to 174 out of 260 (June 2026).

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A series, or the safe rule

A paper is graded against the boundaries of the series it was sat in. Choose that series and the grade is the one the board’s boundaries gave that sitting. Where a series published more than one set of boundaries for the whole subject, one for each combination of papers, each grade takes the highest of them, and the line under the grade says so.

The safe rule is for a mark with no series of its own, such as a mock. For each grade it takes the highest boundary in the board’s most recent summer series, up to three of them and leaving out 2020 to 2022, or the course’s main series where it has no summer one. A grade it gives would have been enough in each of them. The line under the grade names the series it counted.

In the app you log a paper in one line, or question by question where asterisk has its questions, and each grade comes from these same boundaries. Open the app.

Not here

CCEA, AS level, IB and AP: the app holds no grade boundaries for them, so they are not offered.

Where these numbers come from

Boards publish their grade boundaries after each series, and that is all this page holds: each grade’s boundary mark and what the subject or paper is out of, as the board printed them. The papers stay on the boards’ own sites; nothing here reproduces a question or a mark scheme.