Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE Drama 8261 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Drama 8261

Boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	167 of 200
8	156 of 200
7	145 of 200
6	130 of 200
5	115 of 200
4	100 of 200
3	74 of 200
2	49 of 200
1	24 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

167 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
156 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
145 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
130 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
115 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
100 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
74 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
49 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
24 out of 200 on AQA 8261 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

9 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 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	130	57	43	29
5	115	51	37	26
4	100	45	32	23
3	74	33	24	17
2	49	21	16	11
1	24	10	8	6

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	129	57	42	28
5	113	51	36	25
4	97	45	30	22
3	72	33	22	16
2	47	21	14	11
1	23	10	7	6

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	165	70	59	35
8	153	67	52	33
7	142	64	46	32
6	126	57	39	28
5	110	51	33	25
4	94	45	27	22
3	70	33	20	16
2	46	21	13	11
1	23	10	7	6

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	169	71	62	36
8	157	67	55	34
7	146	64	49	33
6	129	57	42	29
5	113	51	35	26
4	97	45	29	23
3	72	33	21	17
2	47	21	13	11
1	22	10	6	6

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/XEout of 20
9	164	68	61	18
8	151	63	54	17
7	139	59	48	16
6	122	52	41	14
5	106	46	34	12
4	90	40	28	11
3	69	30	21	9
2	49	20	15	7
1	29	10	9	5

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 80	8261/Wout of 80
9	61	61
8	53	53
7	45	45
6	37	37
5	29	29
4	22	22
3	17	17
2	12	12
1	7	7

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 80	8261/Wout of 80
9	60	60
8	53	53
7	46	46
6	38	38
5	30	30
4	23	23
3	18	18
2	13	13
1	8	8

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	115	51	36	27
4	99	45	30	24
3	75	33	23	18
2	51	21	16	13
1	27	10	9	8

June 2018

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	114	51	36	27
4	98	45	29	24
3	73	33	22	18
2	48	21	15	12
1	24	10	8	6

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE Drama 8261?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 145 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE Drama 8261?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 100 out of 200 in total.

Which series of AQA GCSE Drama 8261 grade boundaries are there?

9 series, from June 2018 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019 and June 2018.

Do AQA GCSE Drama 8261 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 139 out of 200 (June 2022) to 148 out of 200 (June 2019).

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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.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	130	57	43	29
5	115	51	37	26
4	100	45	32	23
3	74	33	24	17
2	49	21	16	11
1	24	10	8	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	129	57	42	28
5	113	51	36	25
4	97	45	30	22
3	72	33	22	16
2	47	21	14	11
1	23	10	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	165	70	59	35
8	153	67	52	33
7	142	64	46	32
6	126	57	39	28
5	110	51	33	25
4	94	45	27	22
3	70	33	20	16
2	46	21	13	11
1	23	10	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	169	71	62	36
8	157	67	55	34
7	146	64	49	33
6	129	57	42	29
5	113	51	35	26
4	97	45	29	23
3	72	33	21	17
2	47	21	13	11
1	22	10	6	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/XEout of 20
9	164	68	61	18
8	151	63	54	17
7	139	59	48	16
6	122	52	41	14
5	106	46	34	12
4	90	40	28	11
3	69	30	21	9
2	49	20	15	7
1	29	10	9	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	115	51	36	27
4	99	45	30	24
3	75	33	23	18
2	51	21	16	13
1	27	10	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	114	51	36	27
4	98	45	29	24
3	73	33	22	18
2	48	21	15	12
1	24	10	8	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	130	57	43	29
5	115	51	37	26
4	100	45	32	23
3	74	33	24	17
2	49	21	16	11
1	24	10	8	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	167	70	61	35
8	156	67	55	33
7	145	64	49	32
6	129	57	42	28
5	113	51	36	25
4	97	45	30	22
3	72	33	22	16
2	47	21	14	11
1	23	10	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	165	70	59	35
8	153	67	52	33
7	142	64	46	32
6	126	57	39	28
5	110	51	33	25
4	94	45	27	22
3	70	33	20	16
2	46	21	13	11
1	23	10	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	169	71	62	36
8	157	67	55	34
7	146	64	49	33
6	129	57	42	29
5	113	51	35	26
4	97	45	29	23
3	72	33	21	17
2	47	21	13	11
1	22	10	6	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/XEout of 20
9	164	68	61	18
8	151	63	54	17
7	139	59	48	16
6	122	52	41	14
5	106	46	34	12
4	90	40	28	11
3	69	30	21	9
2	49	20	15	7
1	29	10	9	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	115	51	36	27
4	99	45	30	24
3	75	33	23	18
2	51	21	16	13
1	27	10	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8261/Cout of 80	8261/Wout of 80	8261/Xout of 40
9	173	72	64	37
8	160	68	57	35
7	148	64	50	34
6	131	57	43	30
5	114	51	36	27
4	98	45	29	24
3	73	33	22	18
2	48	21	15	12
1	24	10	8	6