Grade boundaries

AQA GCSE English Literature 8702 grade boundaries

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GCSE English Literature 8702

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	142 of 160
8	127 of 160
7	113 of 160
6	97 of 160
5	81 of 160
4	66 of 160
3	49 of 160
2	33 of 160
1	17 of 160

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

142 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
127 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
113 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
97 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
81 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
66 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
49 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
33 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
17 out of 160 on AQA 8702 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

10 series, newest first. Each mark is the least that reaches the grade, out of the total under the column’s name.

June 2026

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	142	58	84
8	127	53	74
7	113	49	64
6	97	43	54
5	81	37	44
4	66	32	34
3	49	24	25
2	33	16	17
1	17	8	9

June 2025

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	136	55	81
8	122	49	72
7	108	44	64
6	92	38	54
5	77	33	44
4	62	28	34
3	46	20	25
2	30	13	17
1	15	6	9

June 2024

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	137	55	82
8	121	49	72
7	106	44	62
6	90	38	51
5	74	32	41
4	58	27	31
3	42	19	23
2	27	12	15
1	12	5	7

June 2023

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	119	48	71
7	104	42	62
6	88	36	52
5	72	30	42
4	57	25	32
3	42	18	23
2	27	11	15
1	12	5	7

June 2022

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	111	112	109	26	25	26	60
8	99	100	97	23	22	23	53
7	87	88	86	21	19	20	47
6	74	75	73	18	16	17	39
5	62	62	60	15	14	14	32
4	50	49	48	13	12	11	25
3	36	35	35	9	9	8	18
2	23	22	22	6	6	5	11
1	10	9	9	3	3	2	4

November 2021

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	113	114	113	26	26	26	61
8	101	102	101	23	23	23	54
7	89	90	89	21	20	21	48
6	76	77	76	18	18	18	41
5	64	64	64	15	16	15	34
4	52	52	52	13	13	13	26
3	38	38	38	9	10	9	19
2	25	24	25	6	7	6	12
1	12	11	12	3	4	3	5

November 2020

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	138	55	83
8	123	49	74
7	109	43	66
6	93	37	56
5	77	31	46
4	61	25	36
3	43	18	25
2	26	11	15
1	9	4	5

June 2019

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	76
7	113	45	68
6	98	39	58
5	83	33	49
4	68	28	40
3	50	21	29
2	33	14	19
1	16	7	9

June 2018

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	120	48	72
7	106	43	63
6	91	37	54
5	76	31	45
4	61	25	36
3	45	18	26
2	29	12	17
1	14	6	8

June 2017

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	77
7	114	45	69
6	98	39	59
5	82	33	49
4	66	27	39
3	49	20	29
2	32	13	19
1	16	6	10

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in AQA GCSE English Literature 8702?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 113 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in AQA GCSE English Literature 8702?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 66 out of 160 in total.

Which series of AQA GCSE English Literature 8702 grade boundaries are there?

10 series, from June 2017 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019, June 2018 and June 2017.

Do AQA GCSE English Literature 8702 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 104 out of 160 (June 2023) to 114 out of 160 (June 2017).

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A series, or the safe rule

A paper is graded against the boundaries of the series it was sat in. Choose that series and the grade is the one the board’s boundaries gave that sitting. Where a series published more than one set of boundaries for the whole subject, one for each combination of papers, each grade takes the highest of them, and the line under the grade says so.

The safe rule is for a mark with no series of its own, such as a mock. For each grade it takes the highest boundary in the board’s most recent summer series, up to three of them and leaving out 2020 to 2022, or the course’s main series where it has no summer one. A grade it gives would have been enough in each of them. The line under the grade names the series it counted.

In the app you log a paper in one line, or question by question where asterisk has its questions, and each grade comes from these same boundaries. Open the app.

Not here

CCEA, AS level, IB and AP: the app holds no grade boundaries for them, so they are not offered.

Where these numbers come from

Boards publish their grade boundaries after each series, and that is all this page holds: each grade’s boundary mark and what the subject or paper is out of, as the board printed them. The papers stay on the boards’ own sites; nothing here reproduces a question or a mark scheme.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	142	58	84
8	127	53	74
7	113	49	64
6	97	43	54
5	81	37	44
4	66	32	34
3	49	24	25
2	33	16	17
1	17	8	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	136	55	81
8	122	49	72
7	108	44	64
6	92	38	54
5	77	33	44
4	62	28	34
3	46	20	25
2	30	13	17
1	15	6	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	137	55	82
8	121	49	72
7	106	44	62
6	90	38	51
5	74	32	41
4	58	27	31
3	42	19	23
2	27	12	15
1	12	5	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	119	48	71
7	104	42	62
6	88	36	52
5	72	30	42
4	57	25	32
3	42	18	23
2	27	11	15
1	12	5	7

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	111	112	109	26	25	26	60
8	99	100	97	23	22	23	53
7	87	88	86	21	19	20	47
6	74	75	73	18	16	17	39
5	62	62	60	15	14	14	32
4	50	49	48	13	12	11	25
3	36	35	35	9	9	8	18
2	23	22	22	6	6	5	11
1	10	9	9	3	3	2	4

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	113	114	113	26	26	26	61
8	101	102	101	23	23	23	54
7	89	90	89	21	20	21	48
6	76	77	76	18	18	18	41
5	64	64	64	15	16	15	34
4	52	52	52	13	13	13	26
3	38	38	38	9	10	9	19
2	25	24	25	6	7	6	12
1	12	11	12	3	4	3	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	138	55	83
8	123	49	74
7	109	43	66
6	93	37	56
5	77	31	46
4	61	25	36
3	43	18	25
2	26	11	15
1	9	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	76
7	113	45	68
6	98	39	58
5	83	33	49
4	68	28	40
3	50	21	29
2	33	14	19
1	16	7	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	120	48	72
7	106	43	63
6	91	37	54
5	76	31	45
4	61	25	36
3	45	18	26
2	29	12	17
1	14	6	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	77
7	114	45	69
6	98	39	59
5	82	33	49
4	66	27	39
3	49	20	29
2	32	13	19
1	16	6	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	142	58	84
8	127	53	74
7	113	49	64
6	97	43	54
5	81	37	44
4	66	32	34
3	49	24	25
2	33	16	17
1	17	8	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	136	55	81
8	122	49	72
7	108	44	64
6	92	38	54
5	77	33	44
4	62	28	34
3	46	20	25
2	30	13	17
1	15	6	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	137	55	82
8	121	49	72
7	106	44	62
6	90	38	51
5	74	32	41
4	58	27	31
3	42	19	23
2	27	12	15
1	12	5	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	119	48	71
7	104	42	62
6	88	36	52
5	72	30	42
4	57	25	32
3	42	18	23
2	27	11	15
1	12	5	7

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	111	112	109	26	25	26	60
8	99	100	97	23	22	23	53
7	87	88	86	21	19	20	47
6	74	75	73	18	16	17	39
5	62	62	60	15	14	14	32
4	50	49	48	13	12	11	25
3	36	35	35	9	9	8	18
2	23	22	22	6	6	5	11
1	10	9	9	3	3	2	4

Grade	Whole subject (8702NM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PM)out of 130	Whole subject (8702PN)out of 130	8702/1Mout of 30	8702/1Nout of 30	8702/1Pout of 30	8702/2out of 70
9	113	114	113	26	26	26	61
8	101	102	101	23	23	23	54
7	89	90	89	21	20	21	48
6	76	77	76	18	18	18	41
5	64	64	64	15	16	15	34
4	52	52	52	13	13	13	26
3	38	38	38	9	10	9	19
2	25	24	25	6	7	6	12
1	12	11	12	3	4	3	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	138	55	83
8	123	49	74
7	109	43	66
6	93	37	56
5	77	31	46
4	61	25	36
3	43	18	25
2	26	11	15
1	9	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	76
7	113	45	68
6	98	39	58
5	83	33	49
4	68	28	40
3	50	21	29
2	33	14	19
1	16	7	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	135	54	81
8	120	48	72
7	106	43	63
6	91	37	54
5	76	31	45
4	61	25	36
3	45	18	26
2	29	12	17
1	14	6	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	8702/1out of 64	8702/2out of 96
9	141	56	85
8	127	50	77
7	114	45	69
6	98	39	59
5	82	33	49
4	66	27	39
3	49	20	29
2	32	13	19
1	16	6	10