Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE English Language 8700 grade boundaries November 2019
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2019, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2019: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | 8700/1out of 80 | 8700/2out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 131 | 66 | 65 |
| 8 | 121 | 61 | 60 |
| 7 | 111 | 56 | 55 |
| 6 | 100 | 50 | 50 |
| 5 | 89 | 44 | 45 |
| 4 | 79 | 39 | 40 |
| 3 | 58 | 28 | 29 |
| 2 | 37 | 18 | 18 |
| 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 131 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 9 in November 2019.
- 121 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 8 in November 2019.
- 111 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 7 in November 2019.
- 100 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 6 in November 2019.
- 89 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 5 in November 2019.
- 79 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 4 in November 2019.
- 58 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 3 in November 2019.
- 37 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 2 in November 2019.
- 16 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 1 in November 2019.
Paper 8700/1
- 66 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 9 in November 2019.
- 61 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 8 in November 2019.
- 56 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 7 in November 2019.
- 50 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 6 in November 2019.
- 44 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 5 in November 2019.
- 39 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 4 in November 2019.
- 28 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 3 in November 2019.
- 18 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 2 in November 2019.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 1 in November 2019.
Paper 8700/2
- 65 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 9 in November 2019.
- 60 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 8 in November 2019.
- 55 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 7 in November 2019.
- 50 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 6 in November 2019.
- 45 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 5 in November 2019.
- 40 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 4 in November 2019.
- 29 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 3 in November 2019.
- 18 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 2 in November 2019.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 1 in November 2019.