Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE Physics 8463 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Physics 8463

Tier

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	157 of 200
8	142 of 200
7	128 of 200
6	107 of 200
5	87 of 200
4	67 of 200
3	57 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

Foundation tier, in total

141 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
126 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
92 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
58 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
24 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Higher tier, in total

157 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
142 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
128 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
107 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
87 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
67 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
57 out of 200 on AQA 8463 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 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.

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	141	68	73
4	126	60	66
3	92	44	48
2	58	28	30
1	24	12	12

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	157	79	78
8	142	72	70
7	128	65	63
6	107	54	53
5	87	44	43
4	67	34	33
3	57	29	28

June 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	144	72	72
4	131	66	65
3	95	48	47
2	59	30	29
1	24	12	12

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	152	80	72
8	139	74	64
7	126	69	57
6	107	59	47
5	88	50	38
4	70	41	29
3	61	36	24

June 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	136	72	64
4	122	66	56
3	89	48	41
2	56	30	26
1	24	12	12

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	151	79	72
8	136	72	64
7	122	66	56
6	103	57	46
5	85	48	37
4	67	39	28
3	58	34	23

June 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	133	69	64
4	120	63	57
3	86	45	41
2	53	27	25
1	20	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	147	76	71
8	133	70	63
7	120	64	56
6	102	56	46
5	84	48	36
4	67	40	27
3	58	36	22

June 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	135	69	66
4	115	59	56
3	83	43	40
2	52	27	25
1	21	11	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	150	77	72
8	134	70	63
7	119	64	55
6	98	53	44
5	77	43	33
4	56	33	23
3	45	28	17

November 2021

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	122	63	59
4	100	53	47
3	72	38	34
2	44	23	21
1	16	8	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	142	75	67
8	122	66	56
7	102	57	45
6	82	46	36
5	62	35	27
4	43	24	19
3	33	18	15

November 2020

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	123	64	59
4	98	52	46
3	70	37	33
2	43	22	20
1	16	8	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	140	74	66
8	120	65	55
7	101	57	44
6	80	45	35
5	60	34	26
4	40	23	17
3	30	17	12

June 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	129	67	62
4	111	59	52
3	80	42	38
2	50	26	24
1	20	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	143	76	67
8	125	68	57
7	108	61	47
6	89	50	38
5	70	39	30
4	51	29	22
3	41	24	18

June 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Fout of 100	8463/2Fout of 100
5	123	64	59
4	107	56	51
3	80	41	38
2	53	27	26
1	27	13	14

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8463/1Hout of 100	8463/2Hout of 100
9	135	69	66
8	119	61	57
7	103	54	49
6	85	45	40
5	68	36	32
4	51	27	24
3	34	18	16

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE Physics 8463?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 128 out of 200 on the Higher tier.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE Physics 8463?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 126 out of 200 on the Foundation tier and 67 out of 200 on the Higher tier.

Which series of AQA GCSE Physics 8463 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 Physics 8463 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 9 series here, a grade 7 on the Higher tier needed from 101 out of 200 (November 2020) to 128 out of 200 (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.