Grade boundaries
AQA Entry Level Certificate Step Up to English 5970 grade boundaries January 2018
The least raw mark that reached each grade in January 2018, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for January 2018: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subject (5972)out of 240 | Whole subject (5973)out of 240 | 5972/1 (5972)out of 120 | 5972/2 (5972)out of 120 | 5973/1 (5973)out of 120 | 5973/2 (5973)out of 120 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E2 | 158 | – | 70 | 88 | – | – |
| E1 | 89 | – | 45 | 44 | – | – |
| E3 | – | 106 | – | – | 56 | 50 |
Marks for each grade
In total (5972)
- 158 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5972) in total was a grade E2 in January 2018.
- 89 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5972) in total was a grade E1 in January 2018.
In total (5973)
- 106 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5973) in total was a grade E3 in January 2018.
Paper 5972/1 (5972)
- 70 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E2 in January 2018.
- 45 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E1 in January 2018.
Paper 5972/2 (5972)
- 88 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E2 in January 2018.
- 44 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E1 in January 2018.
Paper 5973/1 (5973)
- 56 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/1 (5973) was a grade E3 in January 2018.
Paper 5973/2 (5973)
- 50 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/2 (5973) was a grade E3 in January 2018.