Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300 grade boundaries

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GCSE Mathematics 8300

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	219 of 240
8	192 of 240
7	166 of 240
6	131 of 240
5	97 of 240
4	63 of 240
3	46 of 240

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

Foundation tier, in total

187 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
154 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
115 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
76 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
38 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Higher tier, in total

219 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
192 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
166 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
131 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
97 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
63 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
46 out of 240 on AQA 8300 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

17 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.

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	187	63	59	65
4	154	53	46	55
3	115	40	34	40
2	76	28	22	26
1	38	16	10	12

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	73	73
8	192	64	64	63
7	166	56	56	54
6	131	44	43	43
5	97	33	31	32
4	63	22	19	22
3	46	16	13	17

November 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	186	64	60	62
4	158	56	50	52
3	118	41	37	39
2	78	26	25	26
1	39	12	13	14

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	185	62	60	62
7	158	53	51	54
6	126	42	40	43
5	94	31	30	32
4	63	21	20	22
3	47	16	15	17

June 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	188	64	62	62
4	160	56	52	52
3	119	41	39	39
2	79	26	26	26
1	39	12	13	14

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	74	73	73
8	191	65	63	63
7	164	57	53	54
6	130	46	41	42
5	96	35	30	30
4	63	25	19	19
3	46	20	13	13

November 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	186	63	58	65
4	157	54	46	57
3	117	40	34	42
2	77	26	22	27
1	37	13	11	13

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	184	61	60	62
7	157	52	51	54
6	125	41	40	44
5	93	30	29	34
4	61	19	18	24
3	45	13	12	19

June 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	186	63	58	65
4	157	54	46	57
3	117	40	34	42
2	77	26	22	27
1	37	13	11	13

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	72	74
8	191	63	62	66
7	163	53	52	58
6	129	41	40	46
5	95	30	29	35
4	61	19	18	24
3	44	13	12	18

November 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	166	55	56	55
4	135	45	46	44
3	101	34	34	32
2	67	23	22	21
1	33	12	11	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	206	69	68	69
8	178	59	58	60
7	150	50	48	52
6	114	38	37	39
5	79	26	26	27
4	44	14	15	15
3	26	8	9	9

June 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	189	64	63	62
4	158	54	53	51
3	117	40	40	37
2	76	26	27	23
1	35	12	14	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	70	71	72
8	186	59	62	64
7	158	49	53	56
6	125	39	41	43
5	92	30	30	31
4	59	21	19	19
3	42	16	13	13

November 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	167	57	55	55
4	130	46	42	42
3	97	34	31	31
2	64	22	20	20
1	31	11	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	201	67	67	68
8	172	57	57	58
7	143	47	47	49
6	111	37	36	38
5	79	27	25	27
4	48	18	14	16
3	32	13	8	10

June 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	172	57	59	55
4	135	45	48	42
3	101	33	35	31
2	67	22	23	21
1	33	11	11	11

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	71	72	71
8	185	60	63	61
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	43	40
5	86	26	32	28
4	51	14	20	17
3	33	8	14	11

November 2021

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	145	49	48	48
4	108	37	36	35
3	79	27	26	26
2	51	17	16	17
1	23	8	7	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	192	64	63	65
8	155	51	50	53
7	119	39	38	42
6	90	30	29	32
5	62	21	20	22
4	34	12	11	11
3	20	7	6	5

November 2020

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	146	48	50	47
4	116	38	41	37
3	86	28	30	27
2	56	18	19	17
1	26	9	9	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	65	65
8	159	51	53	54
7	124	39	42	43
6	95	30	32	33
5	67	21	22	24
4	39	12	12	15
3	25	7	7	10

November 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	162	51	57	54
4	134	41	49	44
3	98	30	35	32
2	62	19	22	20
1	27	9	9	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	199	66	66	67
8	168	55	56	57
7	137	44	46	47
6	107	33	36	37
5	78	23	27	27
4	49	13	18	18
3	34	9	12	12

June 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	157	53	50	53
4	122	42	38	42
3	89	31	27	30
2	57	20	17	19
1	25	10	7	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	206	68	69	70
8	171	55	57	59
7	136	42	46	48
6	105	32	35	37
5	74	23	24	26
4	43	14	14	15
3	27	9	9	9

November 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	153	49	52	51
4	121	38	42	41
3	88	28	30	30
2	56	18	19	19
1	24	8	8	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	65	65
8	160	52	54	53
7	126	41	43	42
6	96	31	32	32
5	66	22	22	22
4	37	13	12	12
3	22	8	7	7

June 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	161	54	53	54
4	125	42	41	42
3	92	30	30	31
2	59	19	20	20
1	27	8	10	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	201	65	68	68
8	169	53	58	58
7	138	42	48	48
6	107	32	37	37
5	77	23	27	26
4	47	14	17	16
3	32	9	12	11

November 2017

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2017: the board’s document.

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	157	48	56	52
4	127	37	48	42
3	93	27	35	31
2	59	17	22	20
1	25	7	9	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	65	65
8	159	52	53	54
7	124	40	41	43
6	96	30	32	33
5	68	20	23	23
4	40	11	15	14
3	26	6	11	9

June 2017

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Fout of 80	8300/2Fout of 80	8300/3Fout of 80
5	156	52	53	51
4	124	41	43	40
3	91	30	31	30
2	59	19	20	20
1	27	8	9	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	189	63	63	63
8	157	52	52	52
7	125	41	42	42
6	98	32	33	32
5	72	24	24	23
4	46	16	16	14
3	33	11	11	10

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 166 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 154 out of 240 on the Foundation tier and 63 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

Which series of AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300 grade boundaries are there?

17 series, from June 2017 to June 2026: June 2026, November 2025, June 2025, November 2024, June 2024, November 2023, June 2023, November 2022, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, November 2019, June 2019, November 2018, June 2018, November 2017 and June 2017.

Do AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 17 series here, a grade 7 on the Higher tier needed from 119 out of 240 (November 2021) to 166 out of 240 (June 2026).

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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 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	73	73
8	192	64	64	63
7	166	56	56	54
6	131	44	43	43
5	97	33	31	32
4	63	22	19	22
3	46	16	13	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	185	62	60	62
7	158	53	51	54
6	126	42	40	43
5	94	31	30	32
4	63	21	20	22
3	47	16	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	74	73	73
8	191	65	63	63
7	164	57	53	54
6	130	46	41	42
5	96	35	30	30
4	63	25	19	19
3	46	20	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	184	61	60	62
7	157	52	51	54
6	125	41	40	44
5	93	30	29	34
4	61	19	18	24
3	45	13	12	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	72	74
8	191	63	62	66
7	163	53	52	58
6	129	41	40	46
5	95	30	29	35
4	61	19	18	24
3	44	13	12	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	206	69	68	69
8	178	59	58	60
7	150	50	48	52
6	114	38	37	39
5	79	26	26	27
4	44	14	15	15
3	26	8	9	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	70	71	72
8	186	59	62	64
7	158	49	53	56
6	125	39	41	43
5	92	30	30	31
4	59	21	19	19
3	42	16	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	201	67	67	68
8	172	57	57	58
7	143	47	47	49
6	111	37	36	38
5	79	27	25	27
4	48	18	14	16
3	32	13	8	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	71	72	71
8	185	60	63	61
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	43	40
5	86	26	32	28
4	51	14	20	17
3	33	8	14	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	192	64	63	65
8	155	51	50	53
7	119	39	38	42
6	90	30	29	32
5	62	21	20	22
4	34	12	11	11
3	20	7	6	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	73	73
8	192	64	64	63
7	166	56	56	54
6	131	44	43	43
5	97	33	31	32
4	63	22	19	22
3	46	16	13	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	185	62	60	62
7	158	53	51	54
6	126	42	40	43
5	94	31	30	32
4	63	21	20	22
3	47	16	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	74	73	73
8	191	65	63	63
7	164	57	53	54
6	130	46	41	42
5	96	35	30	30
4	63	25	19	19
3	46	20	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	212	71	70	71
8	184	61	60	62
7	157	52	51	54
6	125	41	40	44
5	93	30	29	34
4	61	19	18	24
3	45	13	12	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	219	73	72	74
8	191	63	62	66
7	163	53	52	58
6	129	41	40	46
5	95	30	29	35
4	61	19	18	24
3	44	13	12	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	206	69	68	69
8	178	59	58	60
7	150	50	48	52
6	114	38	37	39
5	79	26	26	27
4	44	14	15	15
3	26	8	9	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	70	71	72
8	186	59	62	64
7	158	49	53	56
6	125	39	41	43
5	92	30	30	31
4	59	21	19	19
3	42	16	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	201	67	67	68
8	172	57	57	58
7	143	47	47	49
6	111	37	36	38
5	79	27	25	27
4	48	18	14	16
3	32	13	8	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	214	71	72	71
8	185	60	63	61
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	43	40
5	86	26	32	28
4	51	14	20	17
3	33	8	14	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8300/1Hout of 80	8300/2Hout of 80	8300/3Hout of 80
9	192	64	63	65
8	155	51	50	53
7	119	39	38	42
6	90	30	29	32
5	62	21	20	22
4	34	12	11	11
3	20	7	6	5