Grade boundaries

AQA A-level Media Studies 7572 grade boundaries

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Level

Subject

Board

Course

A-level Media Studies 7572

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	207 of 240
A	185 of 240
B	157 of 240
C	130 of 240
D	103 of 240
E	76 of 240

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

207 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
185 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
157 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
130 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
103 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
76 out of 240 on AQA 7572 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 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 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	207	71	71	55
A	185	62	62	51
B	157	53	52	43
C	130	44	42	35
D	103	36	33	27
E	76	28	24	20

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	203	69	69	54
A	184	62	61	51
B	156	53	51	43
C	129	44	42	35
D	102	35	33	27
E	75	27	24	20

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	203	69	69	54
A	183	61	61	51
B	152	51	50	43
C	122	41	39	35
D	92	31	28	27
E	62	21	17	20

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	204	70	70	54
A	185	62	62	51
B	156	52	51	43
C	127	43	40	35
D	98	34	30	27
E	69	25	20	20

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	197	68	66	52
A	179	61	59	49
B	149	51	48	41
C	119	42	37	33
D	90	33	26	25
E	61	24	15	18

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 168	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84
A*	133	67	66
A	116	59	57
B	95	49	46
C	74	39	35
D	53	29	24
E	32	19	13

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 168	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84
A*	135	69	66
A	116	60	56
B	93	49	44
C	71	38	32
D	49	27	21
E	27	17	10

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	208	72	70	55
A	186	64	61	51
B	155	54	50	43
C	125	44	39	35
D	95	34	28	27
E	65	24	17	20

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in AQA A-level Media Studies 7572?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 185 out of 240 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in AQA A-level Media Studies 7572?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 130 out of 240 in total.

Which series of AQA A-level Media Studies 7572 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do AQA A-level Media Studies 7572 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade A in total needed from 179 out of 240 (June 2022) to 186 out of 240 (June 2019).

Media Studies at other boards

Other AQA A level courses

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 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	207	71	71	55
A	185	62	62	51
B	157	53	52	43
C	130	44	42	35
D	103	36	33	27
E	76	28	24	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	203	69	69	54
A	184	62	61	51
B	156	53	51	43
C	129	44	42	35
D	102	35	33	27
E	75	27	24	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	207	71	71	55
A	185	62	62	51
B	157	53	52	43
C	130	44	42	35
D	103	36	33	27
E	76	28	24	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	7572/1out of 84	7572/2out of 84	7572/Cout of 60
A*	203	69	69	54
A	184	62	61	51
B	156	53	51	43
C	129	44	42	35
D	102	35	33	27
E	75	27	24	20