Grade boundaries
AQA GCSE English Language 8700 grade boundaries November 2025
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2025, as AQA printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2025: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | 8700/1out of 80 | 8700/2out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 120 | 60 | 60 |
| 8 | 110 | 55 | 55 |
| 7 | 101 | 50 | 51 |
| 6 | 91 | 45 | 46 |
| 5 | 82 | 41 | 41 |
| 4 | 73 | 37 | 36 |
| 3 | 54 | 27 | 26 |
| 2 | 35 | 17 | 17 |
| 1 | 16 | 8 | 8 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 120 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 110 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 101 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 91 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 82 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 73 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 54 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 35 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 16 out of 160 on AQA 8700 in total was a grade 1 in November 2025.
Paper 8700/1
- 60 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 55 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 50 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 45 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 41 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 37 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 27 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 17 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/1 was a grade 1 in November 2025.
Paper 8700/2
- 60 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 55 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 51 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 46 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 41 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 36 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 26 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 17 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 8 out of 80 on AQA 8700 paper 8700/2 was a grade 1 in November 2025.