Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE French 8658 grade boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2025 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	205 of 240
8	182 of 240
7	159 of 240
6	144 of 240
5	129 of 240
4	114 of 240
3	106 of 240

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Marks for each grade in June 2025

Foundation tier, in total

163 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
151 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
108 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.
66 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2025.
24 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2025.

Higher tier, in total

205 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2025.
182 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2025.
159 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2025.
144 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2025.
129 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
114 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
106 out of 240 on AQA 8658 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.

Every paper in June 2025

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 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	163	26	38	39	39
4	151	24	35	36	37
3	108	17	25	26	26
2	66	10	15	16	15
1	24	4	6	6	5

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	205	40	50	53	53
8	182	34	44	48	48
7	159	28	38	43	44
6	144	26	35	38	39
5	129	24	32	34	34
4	114	22	29	30	29
3	106	21	27	28	26

June 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	159	22	41	40	38
4	142	18	37	36	35
3	102	13	26	26	25
2	63	8	16	16	15
1	24	4	6	6	5

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	195	36	49	51	52
8	172	29	43	47	48
7	150	22	37	43	44
6	135	20	34	38	39
5	121	18	31	34	34
4	107	16	29	30	29
3	100	15	28	28	26

June 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	158	23	38	41	38
4	141	19	34	36	35
3	102	14	24	26	25
2	63	9	15	16	15
1	24	4	6	6	5

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	188	34	46	51	51
8	166	27	39	47	47
7	144	21	33	43	43
6	129	19	30	38	37
5	114	17	27	34	32
4	99	15	24	30	27
3	91	14	22	28	24

June 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	143	22	34	36	33
4	131	20	31	33	31
3	95	14	22	24	22
2	59	9	14	15	13
1	24	4	6	6	5

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	183	35	45	47	49
8	159	28	39	42	44
7	136	22	33	37	40
6	120	19	29	32	36
5	104	16	25	27	32
4	89	14	21	22	29
3	81	12	19	19	27

November 2021

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	114	23	39	34
4	100	19	34	31
3	71	13	24	21
2	42	8	14	12
1	13	3	5	3

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	138	35	47	49
8	120	28	41	44
7	102	22	36	40
6	89	19	31	35
5	76	16	26	30
4	63	13	22	25
3	56	11	20	22

November 2020

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	116	23	39	35
4	101	19	34	32
3	71	13	24	22
2	41	8	14	12
1	12	3	4	3

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	139	35	47	50
8	122	28	42	46
7	105	22	37	42
6	91	19	32	36
5	77	16	27	31
4	64	13	22	26
3	57	11	19	23

June 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	169	25	43	42	38
4	152	22	39	38	35
3	111	16	29	27	25
2	71	10	19	17	15
1	31	5	9	7	6

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	203	39	51	53	53
8	181	32	45	48	49
7	159	25	40	44	45
6	141	22	35	39	40
5	123	19	30	35	35
4	106	16	26	31	30
3	97	14	24	29	27

June 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LFout of 40	8658/RFout of 60	8658/SFout of 60	8658/WFout of 50
5	159	22	45	38	36
4	143	18	42	34	33
3	105	13	31	25	24
2	68	9	20	16	15
1	31	5	9	7	6

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	201	38	49	53	53
8	176	30	42	48	48
7	152	23	36	44	44
6	132	19	31	38	38
5	112	16	27	32	32
4	92	13	23	27	26
3	72	10	19	22	20

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE French 8658?

In June 2025, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 159 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE French 8658?

In June 2025, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 151 out of 240 on the Foundation tier and 114 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

Which series of AQA GCSE French 8658 grade boundaries are there?

8 series, from June 2018 to June 2025: June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019 and June 2018.

Do AQA GCSE French 8658 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade 7 on the Higher tier needed from 136 out of 240 (June 2022) to 159 out of 240 (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 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	205	40	50	53	53
8	182	34	44	48	48
7	159	28	38	43	44
6	144	26	35	38	39
5	129	24	32	34	34
4	114	22	29	30	29
3	106	21	27	28	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	195	36	49	51	52
8	172	29	43	47	48
7	150	22	37	43	44
6	135	20	34	38	39
5	121	18	31	34	34
4	107	16	29	30	29
3	100	15	28	28	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	188	34	46	51	51
8	166	27	39	47	47
7	144	21	33	43	43
6	129	19	30	38	37
5	114	17	27	34	32
4	99	15	24	30	27
3	91	14	22	28	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	183	35	45	47	49
8	159	28	39	42	44
7	136	22	33	37	40
6	120	19	29	32	36
5	104	16	25	27	32
4	89	14	21	22	29
3	81	12	19	19	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	138	35	47	49
8	120	28	41	44
7	102	22	36	40
6	89	19	31	35
5	76	16	26	30
4	63	13	22	25
3	56	11	20	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	139	35	47	50
8	122	28	42	46
7	105	22	37	42
6	91	19	32	36
5	77	16	27	31
4	64	13	22	26
3	57	11	19	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	203	39	51	53	53
8	181	32	45	48	49
7	159	25	40	44	45
6	141	22	35	39	40
5	123	19	30	35	35
4	106	16	26	31	30
3	97	14	24	29	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	201	38	49	53	53
8	176	30	42	48	48
7	152	23	36	44	44
6	132	19	31	38	38
5	112	16	27	32	32
4	92	13	23	27	26
3	72	10	19	22	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	205	40	50	53	53
8	182	34	44	48	48
7	159	28	38	43	44
6	144	26	35	38	39
5	129	24	32	34	34
4	114	22	29	30	29
3	106	21	27	28	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	195	36	49	51	52
8	172	29	43	47	48
7	150	22	37	43	44
6	135	20	34	38	39
5	121	18	31	34	34
4	107	16	29	30	29
3	100	15	28	28	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	188	34	46	51	51
8	166	27	39	47	47
7	144	21	33	43	43
6	129	19	30	38	37
5	114	17	27	34	32
4	99	15	24	30	27
3	91	14	22	28	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	183	35	45	47	49
8	159	28	39	42	44
7	136	22	33	37	40
6	120	19	29	32	36
5	104	16	25	27	32
4	89	14	21	22	29
3	81	12	19	19	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	138	35	47	49
8	120	28	41	44
7	102	22	36	40
6	89	19	31	35
5	76	16	26	30
4	63	13	22	25
3	56	11	20	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	139	35	47	50
8	122	28	42	46
7	105	22	37	42
6	91	19	32	36
5	77	16	27	31
4	64	13	22	26
3	57	11	19	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	203	39	51	53	53
8	181	32	45	48	49
7	159	25	40	44	45
6	141	22	35	39	40
5	123	19	30	35	35
4	106	16	26	31	30
3	97	14	24	29	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	8658/LHout of 50	8658/RHout of 60	8658/SHout of 60	8658/WHout of 60
9	201	38	49	53	53
8	176	30	42	48	48
7	152	23	36	44	44
6	132	19	31	38	38
5	112	16	27	32	32
4	92	13	23	27	26
3	72	10	19	22	20