Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE Biology 8461 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 subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Fout of 100 | 8461/2Fout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 140 | 72 | 68 |
| 4 | 121 | 63 | 58 |
| 3 | 87 | 45 | 41 |
| 2 | 53 | 28 | 24 |
| 1 | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Hout of 100 | 8461/2Hout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 141 | 72 | 69 |
| 8 | 127 | 65 | 61 |
| 7 | 113 | 59 | 54 |
| 6 | 94 | 49 | 44 |
| 5 | 75 | 40 | 34 |
| 4 | 56 | 31 | 25 |
| 3 | 46 | 26 | 20 |
Marks for each grade
Foundation tier, in total
- 140 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 121 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 87 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 53 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 19 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/1F
- 72 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 63 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 45 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 28 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 11 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/2F
- 68 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 58 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 41 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 24 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 8 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Higher tier, in total
- 141 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 127 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 113 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 94 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 75 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 56 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 46 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.
Higher tier, paper 8461/1H
- 72 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 65 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 59 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 49 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 40 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 31 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 26 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 3 in June 2025.
Higher tier, paper 8461/2H
- 69 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 61 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 54 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 44 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 34 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 25 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 20 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 3 in June 2025.