Grade boundaries

Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Chinese - First Language 0509 grade boundaries June 2025

The least raw mark that reached each grade in June 2025, as Cambridge printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.

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

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

Marks for each grade

98 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade A* in June 2025.
89 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade A in June 2025.
80 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade B in June 2025.
71 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade C in June 2025.
56 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade D in June 2025.
42 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade E in June 2025.
28 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade F in June 2025.
14 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (11, 21) in total was a grade G in June 2025.

98 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade A* in June 2025.
89 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade A in June 2025.
80 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade B in June 2025.
71 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade C in June 2025.
56 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade D in June 2025.
42 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade E in June 2025.
28 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade F in June 2025.
14 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (12, 22) in total was a grade G in June 2025.

96 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade A* in June 2025.
87 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade A in June 2025.
78 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade B in June 2025.
69 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade C in June 2025.
54 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade D in June 2025.
39 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade E in June 2025.
26 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade F in June 2025.
13 out of 120 on Cambridge 0509 (13, 23) in total was a grade G in June 2025.

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 21)out of 120	Whole subject (12, 22)out of 120	Whole subject (13, 23)out of 120	0509/11out of 60	0509/12out of 60	0509/13out of 60	0509/21out of 50	0509/22out of 50	0509/23out of 50
A*	98	98	96	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	89	89	87	43	43	41	38	38	38
B	80	80	78	40	40	38	33	33	33
C	71	71	69	37	37	35	28	28	28
D	56	56	54	30	30	28	22	22	22
E	42	42	39	23	23	20	16	16	16
F	28	28	26	15	15	13	11	11	11
G	14	14	13	7	7	6	6	6	6