Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE English Language 8700 grade boundaries November 2018
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2018, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2018: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | 8700/1out of 80 | 8700/2out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 134 | 69 | 65 |
| 8 | 125 | 65 | 60 |
| 7 | 117 | 61 | 56 |
| 6 | 105 | 54 | 50 |
| 5 | 93 | 48 | 44 |
| 4 | 81 | 42 | 39 |
| 3 | 59 | 30 | 28 |
| 2 | 37 | 19 | 18 |
| 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 134 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 9 in November 2018.
- 125 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 8 in November 2018.
- 117 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 7 in November 2018.
- 105 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 6 in November 2018.
- 93 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 5 in November 2018.
- 81 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 4 in November 2018.
- 59 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 3 in November 2018.
- 37 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 2 in November 2018.
- 16 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 1 in November 2018.
Paper 8700/1
- 69 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 9 in November 2018.
- 65 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 8 in November 2018.
- 61 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 7 in November 2018.
- 54 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 6 in November 2018.
- 48 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 5 in November 2018.
- 42 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 4 in November 2018.
- 30 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 3 in November 2018.
- 19 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 2 in November 2018.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 1 in November 2018.
Paper 8700/2
- 65 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 9 in November 2018.
- 60 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 8 in November 2018.
- 56 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 7 in November 2018.
- 50 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 6 in November 2018.
- 44 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 5 in November 2018.
- 39 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 4 in November 2018.
- 28 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 3 in November 2018.
- 18 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 2 in November 2018.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 1 in November 2018.