Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE English Language 8700 grade boundaries November 2017
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2017, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2017: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | 8700/1out of 80 | 8700/2out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 132 | 67 | 65 |
| 8 | 123 | 63 | 60 |
| 7 | 114 | 59 | 55 |
| 6 | 102 | 53 | 49 |
| 5 | 91 | 47 | 44 |
| 4 | 80 | 41 | 39 |
| 3 | 58 | 30 | 28 |
| 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 |
| 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 132 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 9 in November 2017.
- 123 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 8 in November 2017.
- 114 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 7 in November 2017.
- 102 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 6 in November 2017.
- 91 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 5 in November 2017.
- 80 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 4 in November 2017.
- 58 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 3 in November 2017.
- 37 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 2 in November 2017.
- 16 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 1 in November 2017.
Paper 8700/1
- 67 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 9 in November 2017.
- 63 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 8 in November 2017.
- 59 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 7 in November 2017.
- 53 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 6 in November 2017.
- 47 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 5 in November 2017.
- 41 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 4 in November 2017.
- 30 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 3 in November 2017.
- 19 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 2 in November 2017.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 1 in November 2017.
Paper 8700/2
- 65 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 9 in November 2017.
- 60 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 8 in November 2017.
- 55 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 7 in November 2017.
- 49 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 6 in November 2017.
- 44 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 5 in November 2017.
- 39 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 4 in November 2017.
- 28 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 3 in November 2017.
- 18 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 2 in November 2017.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 1 in November 2017.