Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE English Language 8700 grade boundaries June 2017
The least raw mark that reached each grade in June 2017, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | 8700/1out of 80 | 8700/2out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 123 | 61 | 62 |
| 8 | 113 | 56 | 57 |
| 7 | 104 | 51 | 53 |
| 6 | 93 | 45 | 47 |
| 5 | 82 | 40 | 42 |
| 4 | 72 | 35 | 37 |
| 3 | 53 | 26 | 27 |
| 2 | 34 | 17 | 17 |
| 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 123 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 9 in June 2017.
- 113 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 8 in June 2017.
- 104 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 7 in June 2017.
- 93 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 6 in June 2017.
- 82 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 5 in June 2017.
- 72 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 4 in June 2017.
- 53 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 3 in June 2017.
- 34 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 2 in June 2017.
- 16 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 1 in June 2017.
Paper 8700/1
- 61 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 9 in June 2017.
- 56 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 8 in June 2017.
- 51 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 7 in June 2017.
- 45 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 6 in June 2017.
- 40 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 5 in June 2017.
- 35 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 4 in June 2017.
- 26 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 3 in June 2017.
- 17 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 2 in June 2017.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 1 in June 2017.
Paper 8700/2
- 62 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 9 in June 2017.
- 57 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 8 in June 2017.
- 53 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 7 in June 2017.
- 47 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 6 in June 2017.
- 42 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 5 in June 2017.
- 37 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 4 in June 2017.
- 27 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 3 in June 2017.
- 17 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 2 in June 2017.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 1 in June 2017.