Grade boundaries

Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (US) 0524 grade boundaries

The newest summer series is shown first. Type a mark to see its grade, or choose another tier, series or paper.

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Subject

Board

Course

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Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2024 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	118 of 160
A	104 of 160
B	90 of 160
C	76 of 160
D	64 of 160
E	52 of 160
F	40 of 160
G	28 of 160

Every course·Mock grade calculator

Marks for each grade in June 2024

In total

118 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade A* in June 2024.
104 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade A in June 2024.
90 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade B in June 2024.
76 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade C in June 2024.
64 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade D in June 2024.
52 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade E in June 2024.
40 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade F in June 2024.
28 out of 160 on Cambridge 0524 in total was a grade G in June 2024.

Every paper in June 2024

Every series

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

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	118	–	–
A	104	59	45
B	90	51	39
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	27
E	52	30	22
F	40	23	17
G	28	16	12

November 2023

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for November 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	118	118	116	–	–
A	104	104	102	59	45
B	90	90	88	51	39
C	77	77	75	44	33
D	64	64	62	37	27
E	52	52	50	30	22
F	39	39	37	23	16
G	26	26	24	16	10

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	115	–	–
A	102	59	43
B	89	51	38
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	28
E	53	30	23
F	40	23	17
G	27	16	11

November 2022

From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for November 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	113	113	112	–	–
A	100	100	99	57	43
B	87	87	86	49	38
C	74	74	73	42	32
D	61	61	60	35	26
E	49	49	48	28	21
F	37	37	36	21	16
G	25	25	24	14	11

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	122	–	–
A	106	57	49
B	90	49	41
C	75	42	33
D	63	35	28
E	51	28	23
F	39	21	18
G	27	14	13

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (US) 0524?

In June 2024, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 104 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (US) 0524?

In June 2024, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 76 out of 160 in total.

Which series of Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (US) 0524 grade boundaries are there?

5 series, from June 2022 to June 2024: June 2024, November 2023, June 2023, November 2022 and June 2022.

Do Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE English - First Language (US) 0524 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 3 series here, a grade A in total needed from 102 out of 160 (June 2023) to 106 out of 160 (June 2022).

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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	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	118	–	–
A	104	59	45
B	90	51	39
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	27
E	52	30	22
F	40	23	17
G	28	16	12

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	118	118	116	–	–
A	104	104	102	59	45
B	90	90	88	51	39
C	77	77	75	44	33
D	64	64	62	37	27
E	52	52	50	30	22
F	39	39	37	23	16
G	26	26	24	16	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	115	–	–
A	102	59	43
B	89	51	38
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	28
E	53	30	23
F	40	23	17
G	27	16	11

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	113	113	112	–	–
A	100	100	99	57	43
B	87	87	86	49	38
C	74	74	73	42	32
D	61	61	60	35	26
E	49	49	48	28	21
F	37	37	36	21	16
G	25	25	24	14	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	122	–	–
A	106	57	49
B	90	49	41
C	75	42	33
D	63	35	28
E	51	28	23
F	39	21	18
G	27	14	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	118	–	–
A	104	59	45
B	90	51	39
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	27
E	52	30	22
F	40	23	17
G	28	16	12

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	118	118	116	–	–
A	104	104	102	59	45
B	90	90	88	51	39
C	77	77	75	44	33
D	64	64	62	37	27
E	52	52	50	30	22
F	39	39	37	23	16
G	26	26	24	16	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	115	–	–
A	102	59	43
B	89	51	38
C	76	44	32
D	64	37	28
E	53	30	23
F	40	23	17
G	27	16	11

Grade	Whole subject (03, 11)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 83)out of 160	Whole subject (11, 93)out of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/11out of 80
A*	113	113	112	–	–
A	100	100	99	57	43
B	87	87	86	49	38
C	74	74	73	42	32
D	61	61	60	35	26
E	49	49	48	28	21
F	37	37	36	21	16
G	25	25	24	14	11

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	0524/03out of 80	0524/13out of 80
A*	122	–	–
A	106	57	49
B	90	49	41
C	75	42	33
D	63	35	28
E	51	28	23
F	39	21	18
G	27	14	13