Grade boundaries
Edexcel International AS and A level Business XBS11/YBS11 grade boundaries January 2020
The least raw mark that reached each grade in January 2020, as Edexcel printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for January 2020: the board’s document.
| Grade | WBS11out of 80 | WBS12out of 80 | WBS13/3out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A* | – | – | 54 |
| A | 54 | 51 | 49 |
| B | 48 | 45 | 44 |
| C | 43 | 40 | 39 |
| D | 38 | 35 | 34 |
| E | 33 | 30 | 29 |
Marks for each grade
Paper WBS11
- 54 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS11 was a grade A in January 2020.
- 48 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS11 was a grade B in January 2020.
- 43 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS11 was a grade C in January 2020.
- 38 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS11 was a grade D in January 2020.
- 33 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS11 was a grade E in January 2020.
Paper WBS12
- 51 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS12 was a grade A in January 2020.
- 45 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS12 was a grade B in January 2020.
- 40 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS12 was a grade C in January 2020.
- 35 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS12 was a grade D in January 2020.
- 30 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS12 was a grade E in January 2020.
Paper WBS13/3
- 54 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade A* in January 2020.
- 49 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade A in January 2020.
- 44 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade B in January 2020.
- 39 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade C in January 2020.
- 34 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade D in January 2020.
- 29 out of 80 on Edexcel XBS11/YBS11 paper WBS13/3 was a grade E in January 2020.