Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE Biology 8461 grade boundaries November 2021
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2021, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Fout of 100 | 8461/2Fout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 119 | 63 | 56 |
| 4 | 102 | 55 | 47 |
| 3 | 74 | 39 | 34 |
| 2 | 46 | 24 | 21 |
| 1 | 18 | 9 | 9 |
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 8461/1Hout of 100 | 8461/2Hout of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 130 | 67 | 63 |
| 8 | 114 | 59 | 54 |
| 7 | 98 | 52 | 46 |
| 6 | 81 | 44 | 37 |
| 5 | 64 | 36 | 28 |
| 4 | 48 | 28 | 20 |
| 3 | 40 | 24 | 16 |
Marks for each grade
Foundation tier, in total
- 119 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 102 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 74 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in November 2021.
- 46 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in November 2021.
- 18 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in November 2021.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/1F
- 63 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 55 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 39 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 3 in November 2021.
- 24 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 2 in November 2021.
- 9 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/1F was a grade 1 in November 2021.
Foundation tier, paper 8461/2F
- 56 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 47 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 34 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 3 in November 2021.
- 21 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 2 in November 2021.
- 9 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Foundation paper 8461/2F was a grade 1 in November 2021.
Higher tier, in total
- 130 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in November 2021.
- 114 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in November 2021.
- 98 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in November 2021.
- 81 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in November 2021.
- 64 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 48 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 40 out of 200 on AQA 8461 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in November 2021.
Higher tier, paper 8461/1H
- 67 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 9 in November 2021.
- 59 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 8 in November 2021.
- 52 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 7 in November 2021.
- 44 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 6 in November 2021.
- 36 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 28 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 24 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/1H was a grade 3 in November 2021.
Higher tier, paper 8461/2H
- 63 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 9 in November 2021.
- 54 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 8 in November 2021.
- 46 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 7 in November 2021.
- 37 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 6 in November 2021.
- 28 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 5 in November 2021.
- 20 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 4 in November 2021.
- 16 out of 100 on AQA 8461 Higher paper 8461/2H was a grade 3 in November 2021.