Grade boundaries

Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Physical Science 0652 grade boundaries

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Cambridge IGCSE Physical Science 0652

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The boundaries

November 2025 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	151 of 200
A	124 of 200
B	98 of 200
C	73 of 200
D	63 of 200
E	53 of 200
F	42 of 200
G	31 of 200

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Marks for each grade in November 2025

Core tier, in total (11, 31, 51)

104 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 51) in total was a grade C in November 2025.
87 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 51) in total was a grade D in November 2025.
71 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 51) in total was a grade E in November 2025.
55 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 51) in total was a grade F in November 2025.
39 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 51) in total was a grade G in November 2025.

Core tier, in total (11, 31, 61)

102 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 61) in total was a grade C in November 2025.
86 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 61) in total was a grade D in November 2025.
70 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 61) in total was a grade E in November 2025.
54 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 61) in total was a grade F in November 2025.
38 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Core tier (11, 31, 61) in total was a grade G in November 2025.

Extended tier, in total (21, 41, 51)

148 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade A* in November 2025.
123 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade A in November 2025.
98 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade B in November 2025.
73 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade C in November 2025.
63 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade D in November 2025.
53 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade E in November 2025.
42 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade F in November 2025.
31 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 51) in total was a grade G in November 2025.

Extended tier, in total (21, 41, 61)

151 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade A* in November 2025.
124 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade A in November 2025.
97 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade B in November 2025.
71 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade C in November 2025.
61 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade D in November 2025.
52 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade E in November 2025.
41 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade F in November 2025.
30 out of 200 on Cambridge 0652 Extended tier (21, 41, 61) in total was a grade G in November 2025.

Every paper in November 2025

Every series

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

November 2025

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

Grade	0652/51out of 40	0652/61out of 40
A	27	28
B	23	22
C	18	16
D	16	14
E	13	12
F	10	9
G	7	6

Core tier
Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/31out of 80
C	104	102	20	45
D	87	86	18	36
E	71	70	16	27
F	55	54	14	19
G	39	38	12	11

Extended tier
Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	148	151	–	–
A	123	124	27	44
B	98	97	22	34
C	73	71	18	22
D	63	61	16	18
E	53	52	15	14
F	42	41	13	10
G	31	30	11	6

November 2024

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

Grade	0652/51out of 40	0652/61out of 40
A	28	28
B	22	22
C	16	16
D	14	14
E	12	12
F	9	9
G	6	6

Core tier
Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/31out of 80
C	102	102	20	45
D	87	87	18	37
E	72	72	16	29
F	56	56	14	21
G	40	40	12	13

Extended tier
Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	156	156	–	–
A	128	128	28	46
B	100	100	23	35
C	72	72	19	22
D	62	62	17	18
E	52	52	15	14
F	41	41	13	10
G	30	30	11	6

November 2023

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

Grade	0652/51out of 40	0652/61out of 40	0652/62out of 40
A	27	28	28
B	23	23	23
C	18	18	18
D	15	16	16
E	13	14	14
F	10	11	11
G	8	9	9

Core tier
Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (12, 32, 62)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/12out of 40	0652/31out of 80	0652/32out of 80
C	104	104	104	20	20	45	45
D	88	89	89	18	18	37	37
E	73	74	74	16	16	29	29
F	59	60	60	14	14	22	22
G	45	46	46	12	12	15	15

Extended tier
Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40
A*	147	149	147	149	–	–	–	–	–
A	123	124	123	124	27	27	44	44	27
B	99	99	99	99	23	23	33	33	23
C	75	75	75	75	19	19	23	23	18
D	64	65	64	65	17	17	19	19	15
E	54	55	54	55	15	15	15	15	13
F	45	46	45	46	13	13	12	12	10
G	36	37	36	37	11	11	9	9	8

November 2022

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

Grade	0652/51out of 40	0652/61out of 40
A	26	24
B	20	18
C	14	13
D	12	11
E	10	9
F	8	7
G	6	5

Core tier
Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/31out of 80
C	87	86	21	33
D	75	74	19	28
E	64	63	17	23
F	53	52	14	19
G	42	41	12	15

Extended tier
Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40	0652/62out of 40
A*	144	142	144	142	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	119	117	119	117	27	27	42	42	26	24
B	94	92	94	92	23	23	32	32	20	18
C	69	68	69	68	19	19	21	21	14	13
D	60	59	60	59	17	17	18	18	12	11
E	51	50	51	50	15	15	15	15	10	9
F	41	40	41	40	13	13	11	11	8	7
G	31	30	31	30	11	11	7	7	6	5

Questions

Which series of Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Physical Science 0652 grade boundaries are there?

4 series, from November 2022 to November 2025: November 2025, November 2024, November 2023 and November 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 subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	148	151	–	–
A	123	124	27	44
B	98	97	22	34
C	73	71	18	22
D	63	61	16	18
E	53	52	15	14
F	42	41	13	10
G	31	30	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	156	156	–	–
A	128	128	28	46
B	100	100	23	35
C	72	72	19	22
D	62	62	17	18
E	52	52	15	14
F	41	41	13	10
G	30	30	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (12, 32, 62)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/12out of 40	0652/31out of 80	0652/32out of 80
C	104	104	104	20	20	45	45
D	88	89	89	18	18	37	37
E	73	74	74	16	16	29	29
F	59	60	60	14	14	22	22
G	45	46	46	12	12	15	15

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40
A*	147	149	147	149	–	–	–	–	–
A	123	124	123	124	27	27	44	44	27
B	99	99	99	99	23	23	33	33	23
C	75	75	75	75	19	19	23	23	18
D	64	65	64	65	17	17	19	19	15
E	54	55	54	55	15	15	15	15	13
F	45	46	45	46	13	13	12	12	10
G	36	37	36	37	11	11	9	9	8

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40	0652/62out of 40
A*	144	142	144	142	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	119	117	119	117	27	27	42	42	26	24
B	94	92	94	92	23	23	32	32	20	18
C	69	68	69	68	19	19	21	21	14	13
D	60	59	60	59	17	17	18	18	12	11
E	51	50	51	50	15	15	15	15	10	9
F	41	40	41	40	13	13	11	11	8	7
G	31	30	31	30	11	11	7	7	6	5

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	148	151	–	–
A	123	124	27	44
B	98	97	22	34
C	73	71	18	22
D	63	61	16	18
E	53	52	15	14
F	42	41	13	10
G	31	30	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/41out of 80
A*	156	156	–	–
A	128	128	28	46
B	100	100	23	35
C	72	72	19	22
D	62	62	17	18
E	52	52	15	14
F	41	41	13	10
G	30	30	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (11, 31, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (11, 31, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (12, 32, 62)out of 200	0652/11out of 40	0652/12out of 40	0652/31out of 80	0652/32out of 80
C	104	104	104	20	20	45	45
D	88	89	89	18	18	37	37
E	73	74	74	16	16	29	29
F	59	60	60	14	14	22	22
G	45	46	46	12	12	15	15

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40
A*	147	149	147	149	–	–	–	–	–
A	123	124	123	124	27	27	44	44	27
B	99	99	99	99	23	23	33	33	23
C	75	75	75	75	19	19	23	23	18
D	64	65	64	65	17	17	19	19	15
E	54	55	54	55	15	15	15	15	13
F	45	46	45	46	13	13	12	12	10
G	36	37	36	37	11	11	9	9	8

Grade	Whole subject (21, 41, 51)out of 200	Whole subject (21, 41, 61)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200	Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200	0652/21out of 40	0652/22out of 40	0652/41out of 80	0652/42out of 80	0652/52out of 40	0652/62out of 40
A*	144	142	144	142	–	–	–	–	–	–
A	119	117	119	117	27	27	42	42	26	24
B	94	92	94	92	23	23	32	32	20	18
C	69	68	69	68	19	19	21	21	14	13
D	60	59	60	59	17	17	18	18	12	11
E	51	50	51	50	15	15	15	15	10	9
F	41	40	41	40	13	13	11	11	8	7
G	31	30	31	30	11	11	7	7	6	5