Grade boundaries
AQA Entry Level Certificate Step Up to English 5970 grade boundaries June 2025
The least raw mark that reached each grade in June 2025, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: 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 June 2025.
- 89 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5972) in total was a grade E1 in June 2025.
In total (5973)
- 106 out of 240 on AQA 5970 (5973) in total was a grade E3 in June 2025.
Paper 5972/1 (5972)
- 70 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E2 in June 2025.
- 45 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/1 (5972) was a grade E1 in June 2025.
Paper 5972/2 (5972)
- 88 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E2 in June 2025.
- 44 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5972/2 (5972) was a grade E1 in June 2025.
Paper 5973/1 (5973)
- 56 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/1 (5973) was a grade E3 in June 2025.
Paper 5973/2 (5973)
- 50 out of 120 on AQA 5970 paper 5973/2 (5973) was a grade E3 in June 2025.