Grade boundaries
AQA Entry Level Certificate Step Up to English 5970 grade boundaries January 2022
The least raw mark that reached each grade in January 2022, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for January 2022: 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 | 154 | – | 70 | 84 | – | – |
| E1 | 85 | – | 45 | 40 | – | – |
| E3 | – | 104 | – | – | 56 | 48 |
Marks for each grade
In total (5972)
- 154 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5972) in total was a grade E2 in January 2022.
- 85 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5972) in total was a grade E1 in January 2022.
In total (5973)
- 104 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5973) in total was a grade E3 in January 2022.
Paper 5972/1 (5972)
- 70 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E2 in January 2022.
- 45 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E1 in January 2022.
Paper 5972/2 (5972)
- 84 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E2 in January 2022.
- 40 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E1 in January 2022.
Paper 5973/1 (5973)
- 56 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/1 (5973) was a grade E3 in January 2022.
Paper 5973/2 (5973)
- 48 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/2 (5973) was a grade E3 in January 2022.