Grade boundaries
AQA A-level English Literature A 7712 grade boundaries
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The boundaries
June 2026 · whole subject
| Grade | Needs |
|---|---|
| A* | 320 of 375 |
| A | 288 of 375 |
| B | 244 of 375 |
| C | 200 of 375 |
| D | 156 of 375 |
| E | 115 of 375 |
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Marks for each grade in June 2026
In total (7712A)
- 313 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
- 282 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
- 240 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
- 198 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
- 156 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
- 115 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712A) in total was a grade E in June 2026.
In total (7712B)
- 320 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
- 288 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade A in June 2026.
- 244 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade B in June 2026.
- 200 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade C in June 2026.
- 156 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade D in June 2026.
- 113 out of 375 on AQA 7712 (7712B) in total was a grade E 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 subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 313 | 320 | 63 | 59 | 62 | 46 |
| A | 282 | 288 | 57 | 51 | 54 | 44 |
| B | 240 | 244 | 48 | 43 | 45 | 37 |
| C | 198 | 200 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 30 |
| D | 156 | 156 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 24 |
| E | 115 | 113 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 |
June 2025
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 321 | 326 | 65 | 61 | 64 | 46 |
| A | 286 | 294 | 58 | 52 | 56 | 44 |
| B | 244 | 250 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 37 |
| C | 203 | 206 | 40 | 38 | 40 | 30 |
| D | 162 | 162 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 24 |
| E | 121 | 119 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 18 |
June 2024
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 306 | 320 | 62 | 56 | 63 | 46 |
| A | 276 | 288 | 57 | 48 | 54 | 44 |
| B | 232 | 242 | 47 | 40 | 45 | 37 |
| C | 188 | 197 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 30 |
| D | 144 | 152 | 29 | 24 | 28 | 24 |
| E | 101 | 107 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 18 |
June 2023
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 312 | 321 | 63 | 58 | 62 | 46 |
| A | 280 | 288 | 57 | 50 | 54 | 44 |
| B | 237 | 241 | 47 | 43 | 45 | 37 |
| C | 195 | 195 | 38 | 36 | 36 | 30 |
| D | 153 | 149 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 24 |
| E | 111 | 103 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 18 |
June 2022
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 299 | 312 | 60 | 57 | 63 | 43 |
| A | 257 | 273 | 52 | 47 | 55 | 39 |
| B | 216 | 229 | 44 | 39 | 45 | 33 |
| C | 176 | 186 | 36 | 31 | 36 | 27 |
| D | 136 | 143 | 28 | 23 | 27 | 21 |
| E | 96 | 100 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 16 |
November 2021
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 300 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 300 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 215 | 221 | 54 | 53 | 56 |
| A | 178 | 182 | 45 | 44 | 46 |
| B | 147 | 149 | 37 | 36 | 37 |
| C | 116 | 116 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| D | 86 | 84 | 21 | 22 | 21 |
| E | 56 | 52 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
November 2020
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 300 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 300 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 225 | 231 | 58 | 56 | 57 |
| A | 190 | 194 | 49 | 46 | 48 |
| B | 154 | 157 | 39 | 37 | 39 |
| C | 118 | 120 | 30 | 28 | 30 |
| D | 82 | 84 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
| E | 46 | 48 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
June 2019
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 311 | 317 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 46 |
| A | 274 | 278 | 53 | 51 | 53 | 44 |
| B | 232 | 235 | 45 | 43 | 44 | 37 |
| C | 191 | 193 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 30 |
| D | 150 | 151 | 29 | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| E | 109 | 109 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
June 2018
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 314 | 319 | 62 | 61 | 62 | 46 |
| A | 278 | 282 | 54 | 52 | 54 | 44 |
| B | 237 | 239 | 46 | 44 | 45 | 37 |
| C | 197 | 196 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 30 |
| D | 157 | 153 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 24 |
| E | 117 | 111 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 18 |
June 2017
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (7712A)out of 375 | Whole subject (7712B)out of 375 | 7712/1out of 75 | 7712/2Aout of 75 | 7712/2Bout of 75 | 7712/Cout of 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 316 | 320 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 46 |
| A | 280 | 282 | 54 | 53 | 54 | 44 |
| B | 239 | 236 | 45 | 45 | 44 | 37 |
| C | 198 | 190 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 30 |
| D | 157 | 144 | 29 | 30 | 24 | 24 |
| E | 117 | 99 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 18 |
Questions
Which series of AQA A-level English Literature A 7712 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.
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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.