Grade boundaries

AQA A-level Design and Technology 7552 grade boundaries

The newest summer series is shown first. Type a mark to see its grade, or choose another tier, series or paper.

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	319 of 400
A	292 of 400
B	252 of 400
C	212 of 400
D	172 of 400
E	133 of 400

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

319 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
292 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
252 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
212 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
172 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
133 out of 400 on AQA 7552 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

7 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 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	319	86	57	88
A	292	75	49	84
B	252	64	42	73
C	212	53	35	62
D	172	42	28	51
E	133	32	21	40

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	317	86	55	88
A	291	76	47	84
B	250	64	39	73
C	209	52	32	62
D	168	40	25	51
E	127	29	18	40

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	315	86	53	88
A	287	75	44	84
B	245	62	37	73
C	204	50	30	62
D	163	38	23	51
E	122	26	16	40

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	304	74	55	88
A	277	61	48	84
B	235	49	39	73
C	193	38	30	62
D	151	27	22	51
E	110	16	14	40

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/CEout of 85
A*	291	72	51	71
A	258	58	42	67
B	216	48	34	56
C	174	38	27	45
D	133	29	20	35
E	92	20	13	25

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80
A*	126	78	48
A	105	66	39
B	84	53	30
C	63	40	22
D	42	28	14
E	22	16	6

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	311	83	52	88
A	281	71	42	84
B	241	60	35	73
C	201	49	28	62
D	162	39	21	51
E	123	29	14	40

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in AQA A-level Design and Technology 7552?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 292 out of 400 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in AQA A-level Design and Technology 7552?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 212 out of 400 in total.

Which series of AQA A-level Design and Technology 7552 grade boundaries are there?

7 series, from June 2019 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2020 and June 2019.

Do AQA A-level Design and Technology 7552 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade A in total needed from 258 out of 400 (June 2022) to 292 out of 400 (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.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	319	86	57	88
A	292	75	49	84
B	252	64	42	73
C	212	53	35	62
D	172	42	28	51
E	133	32	21	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	317	86	55	88
A	291	76	47	84
B	250	64	39	73
C	209	52	32	62
D	168	40	25	51
E	127	29	18	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	315	86	53	88
A	287	75	44	84
B	245	62	37	73
C	204	50	30	62
D	163	38	23	51
E	122	26	16	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	304	74	55	88
A	277	61	48	84
B	235	49	39	73
C	193	38	30	62
D	151	27	22	51
E	110	16	14	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/CEout of 85
A*	291	72	51	71
A	258	58	42	67
B	216	48	34	56
C	174	38	27	45
D	133	29	20	35
E	92	20	13	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	311	83	52	88
A	281	71	42	84
B	241	60	35	73
C	201	49	28	62
D	162	39	21	51
E	123	29	14	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	319	86	57	88
A	292	75	49	84
B	252	64	42	73
C	212	53	35	62
D	172	42	28	51
E	133	32	21	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	317	86	55	88
A	291	76	47	84
B	250	64	39	73
C	209	52	32	62
D	168	40	25	51
E	127	29	18	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	315	86	53	88
A	287	75	44	84
B	245	62	37	73
C	204	50	30	62
D	163	38	23	51
E	122	26	16	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	304	74	55	88
A	277	61	48	84
B	235	49	39	73
C	193	38	30	62
D	151	27	22	51
E	110	16	14	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/CEout of 85
A*	291	72	51	71
A	258	58	42	67
B	216	48	34	56
C	174	38	27	45
D	133	29	20	35
E	92	20	13	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 400	7552/1out of 120	7552/2out of 80	7552/Cout of 100
A*	311	83	52	88
A	281	71	42	84
B	241	60	35	73
C	201	49	28	62
D	162	39	21	51
E	123	29	14	40