Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE Biology 8461 grade boundaries June 2018
The least raw mark that reached each grade in June 2018, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Fout of 100 | 8461/2Fout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 121 | 60 | 61 |
| 4 | 107 | 53 | 54 |
| 3 | 80 | 39 | 40 |
| 2 | 53 | 26 | 26 |
| 1 | 26 | 13 | 13 |
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Hout of 100 | 8461/2Hout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 132 | 64 | 68 |
| 8 | 117 | 56 | 61 |
| 7 | 102 | 48 | 54 |
| 6 | 85 | 40 | 45 |
| 5 | 69 | 32 | 36 |
| 4 | 53 | 25 | 28 |
| 3 | 37 | 18 | 20 |
Marks for each grade
Foundation tier, in total
- 121 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 107 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 80 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2018.
- 53 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2018.
- 26 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2018.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/1F
- 60 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 53 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 39 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 3 in June 2018.
- 26 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 2 in June 2018.
- 13 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 1 in June 2018.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/2F
- 61 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 54 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 40 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 3 in June 2018.
- 26 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 2 in June 2018.
- 13 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 1 in June 2018.
Higher tier, in total
- 132 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2018.
- 117 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2018.
- 102 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2018.
- 85 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2018.
- 69 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 53 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 37 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2018.
Higher tier, paper 8461/1H
- 64 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 9 in June 2018.
- 56 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 8 in June 2018.
- 48 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 7 in June 2018.
- 40 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 6 in June 2018.
- 32 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 25 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 18 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 3 in June 2018.
Higher tier, paper 8461/2H
- 68 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 9 in June 2018.
- 61 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 8 in June 2018.
- 54 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 7 in June 2018.
- 45 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 6 in June 2018.
- 36 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 5 in June 2018.
- 28 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 4 in June 2018.
- 20 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 3 in June 2018.