Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE Design and Technology 8552 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Design and Technology 8552

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	179 of 200
8	165 of 200
7	151 of 200
6	134 of 200
5	117 of 200
4	100 of 200
3	74 of 200
2	48 of 200
1	23 of 200

Every course·Mock grade calculator

Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

179 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
165 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
151 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
134 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
117 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
100 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
74 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
48 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
23 out of 200 on AQA 8552 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 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.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	151	75	76
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	74	35	39
2	48	22	26
1	23	10	13

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	152	75	77
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	73	35	38
2	46	22	24
1	20	10	10

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	174	88	86
8	159	81	78
7	145	75	70
6	128	66	62
5	111	57	54
4	94	48	46
3	69	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	21	10	11

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	175	88	87
8	161	81	79
7	147	75	72
6	129	66	63
5	112	57	55
4	95	48	47
3	70	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	20	10	10

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/CEout of 85	8552/Wout of 100
9	166	73	80
8	151	68	71
7	137	63	63
6	119	54	56
5	101	45	49
4	83	36	41
3	61	25	31
2	39	15	21
1	18	5	12

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	75	75
8	67	67
7	60	60
6	51	51
5	42	42
4	34	34
3	24	24
2	15	15
1	6	6

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	77	77
8	69	69
7	61	61
6	51	51
5	42	42
4	33	33
3	23	23
2	14	14
1	5	5

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	165	86	79
8	151	80	71
7	138	75	63
6	122	66	56
5	106	57	49
4	90	48	42
3	66	35	31
2	43	22	20
1	20	10	10

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE Design and Technology 8552?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 151 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE Design and Technology 8552?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 100 out of 200 in total.

Which series of AQA GCSE Design and Technology 8552 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do AQA GCSE Design and Technology 8552 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 137 out of 200 (June 2022) to 152 out of 200 (June 2025).

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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 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	151	75	76
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	74	35	39
2	48	22	26
1	23	10	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	152	75	77
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	73	35	38
2	46	22	24
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	174	88	86
8	159	81	78
7	145	75	70
6	128	66	62
5	111	57	54
4	94	48	46
3	69	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	21	10	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	175	88	87
8	161	81	79
7	147	75	72
6	129	66	63
5	112	57	55
4	95	48	47
3	70	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/CEout of 85	8552/Wout of 100
9	166	73	80
8	151	68	71
7	137	63	63
6	119	54	56
5	101	45	49
4	83	36	41
3	61	25	31
2	39	15	21
1	18	5	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	165	86	79
8	151	80	71
7	138	75	63
6	122	66	56
5	106	57	49
4	90	48	42
3	66	35	31
2	43	22	20
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	151	75	76
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	74	35	39
2	48	22	26
1	23	10	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	179	89	90
8	165	82	83
7	152	75	77
6	134	66	68
5	117	57	60
4	100	48	52
3	73	35	38
2	46	22	24
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	174	88	86
8	159	81	78
7	145	75	70
6	128	66	62
5	111	57	54
4	94	48	46
3	69	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	21	10	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	175	88	87
8	161	81	79
7	147	75	72
6	129	66	63
5	112	57	55
4	95	48	47
3	70	35	34
2	45	22	22
1	20	10	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/CEout of 85	8552/Wout of 100
9	166	73	80
8	151	68	71
7	137	63	63
6	119	54	56
5	101	45	49
4	83	36	41
3	61	25	31
2	39	15	21
1	18	5	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	8552/Cout of 100	8552/Wout of 100
9	165	86	79
8	151	80	71
7	138	75	63
6	122	66	56
5	106	57	49
4	90	48	42
3	66	35	31
2	43	22	20
1	20	10	10