Grade boundaries
Edexcel A-level Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) 9BN0 grade boundaries October 2020
The least raw mark that reached each grade in October 2020, as Edexcel printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for October 2020: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 300 | 9BN0/01out of 100 | 9BN0/02out of 100 | 9BN0/03out of 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 193 | 70 | 66 | 57 |
| A | 163 | 59 | 56 | 48 |
| B | 136 | 49 | 46 | 39 |
| C | 109 | 39 | 37 | 31 |
| D | 82 | 30 | 28 | 23 |
| E | 55 | 21 | 19 | 15 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 193 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade A* in October 2020.
- 163 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade A in October 2020.
- 136 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade B in October 2020.
- 109 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade C in October 2020.
- 82 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade D in October 2020.
- 55 out of 300 on Edexcel 9BN0 in total was a grade E in October 2020.
Paper 9BN0/01
- 70 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade A* in October 2020.
- 59 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade A in October 2020.
- 49 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade B in October 2020.
- 39 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade C in October 2020.
- 30 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade D in October 2020.
- 21 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/01 was a grade E in October 2020.
Paper 9BN0/02
- 66 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade A* in October 2020.
- 56 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade A in October 2020.
- 46 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade B in October 2020.
- 37 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade C in October 2020.
- 28 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade D in October 2020.
- 19 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/02 was a grade E in October 2020.
Paper 9BN0/03
- 57 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade A* in October 2020.
- 48 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade A in October 2020.
- 39 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade B in October 2020.
- 31 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade C in October 2020.
- 23 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade D in October 2020.
- 15 out of 100 on Edexcel 9BN0 paper 9BN0/03 was a grade E in October 2020.