Grade boundaries
Cambridge Cambridge IGCSE Science - Combined 0653 grade boundaries March 2023
The least raw mark that reached each grade in March 2023, as Cambridge printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From Cambridge’s grade boundaries for March 2023: the board’s document.
| Grade | 0653/62out of 40 |
|---|---|
| A | 27 |
| B | 23 |
| C | 20 |
| D | 17 |
| E | 14 |
| F | 10 |
| G | 6 |
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 200 | 0653/12out of 40 | 0653/32out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | 97 | 21 | 36 |
| D | 82 | 18 | 30 |
| E | 67 | 16 | 23 |
| F | 52 | 14 | 17 |
| G | 37 | 12 | 11 |
| Grade | Whole subject (22, 42, 52)out of 200 | Whole subject (22, 42, 62)out of 200 | 0653/22out of 40 | 0653/42out of 80 | 0653/52out of 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 147 | 147 | – | – | – |
| A | 124 | 124 | 27 | 45 | 27 |
| B | 101 | 101 | 23 | 35 | 23 |
| C | 79 | 79 | 20 | 23 | 20 |
| D | 67 | 67 | 17 | 20 | 17 |
| E | 55 | 55 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| F | 43 | 43 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| G | 31 | 31 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
Marks for each grade
Paper 0653/62
- 27 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade A in March 2023.
- 23 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade B in March 2023.
- 20 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 17 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 14 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 10 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 6 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 paper 0653/62 was a grade G in March 2023.
Core tier, in total
- 97 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Core tier in total was a grade C in March 2023.
- 82 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Core tier in total was a grade D in March 2023.
- 67 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Core tier in total was a grade E in March 2023.
- 52 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Core tier in total was a grade F in March 2023.
- 37 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Core tier in total was a grade G in March 2023.
Core tier, paper 0653/12
- 21 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/12 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 18 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/12 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 16 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/12 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 14 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/12 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 12 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/12 was a grade G in March 2023.
Core tier, paper 0653/32
- 36 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/32 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 30 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/32 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 23 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/32 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 17 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/32 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 11 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Core paper 0653/32 was a grade G in March 2023.
Extended tier, in total (22, 42, 52)
- 147 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade A* in March 2023.
- 124 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade A in March 2023.
- 101 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade B in March 2023.
- 79 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade C in March 2023.
- 67 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade D in March 2023.
- 55 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade E in March 2023.
- 43 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade F in March 2023.
- 31 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 52) in total was a grade G in March 2023.
Extended tier, in total (22, 42, 62)
- 147 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade A* in March 2023.
- 124 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade A in March 2023.
- 101 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade B in March 2023.
- 79 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade C in March 2023.
- 67 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade D in March 2023.
- 55 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade E in March 2023.
- 43 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade F in March 2023.
- 31 out of 200 on Cambridge 0653 Extended tier (22, 42, 62) in total was a grade G in March 2023.
Extended tier, paper 0653/22
- 27 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade A in March 2023.
- 23 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade B in March 2023.
- 20 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 17 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 15 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 13 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 11 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/22 was a grade G in March 2023.
Extended tier, paper 0653/42
- 45 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade A in March 2023.
- 35 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade B in March 2023.
- 23 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 20 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 15 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 11 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 7 out of 80 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/42 was a grade G in March 2023.
Extended tier, paper 0653/52
- 27 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade A in March 2023.
- 23 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade B in March 2023.
- 20 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade C in March 2023.
- 17 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade D in March 2023.
- 14 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade E in March 2023.
- 10 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade F in March 2023.
- 6 out of 40 on Cambridge 0653 Extended paper 0653/52 was a grade G in March 2023.