Grade boundaries

Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1ET0 grade boundaries

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GCSE English Literature 1ET0

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	136 of 160
8	126 of 160
7	116 of 160
6	102 of 160
5	88 of 160
4	75 of 160
3	56 of 160
2	37 of 160
1	18 of 160

Every course·Mock grade calculator

Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

136 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
126 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
116 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
102 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
88 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
75 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
56 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
37 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
18 out of 160 on Edexcel 1ET0 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

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

June 2026

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	136	69	67
8	126	64	62
7	116	59	57
6	102	52	50
5	88	45	43
4	75	38	37
3	56	28	27
2	37	19	17
1	18	10	8

June 2025

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	125	63	62
7	115	58	57
6	101	51	50
5	87	44	43
4	73	37	36
3	54	27	26
2	35	18	17
1	17	9	8

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	122	61	61
7	112	56	56
6	98	49	49
5	84	42	42
4	70	35	35
3	51	26	25
2	33	17	16
1	15	8	7

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	60	60
7	110	55	55
6	95	48	47
5	81	41	40
4	67	34	33
3	49	25	24
2	31	16	15
1	13	7	6

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	101	101	67	34	34
8	92	92	61	31	31
7	83	83	55	28	28
6	72	72	47	24	24
5	61	61	40	21	21
4	51	51	33	18	18
3	37	37	24	13	13
2	24	24	16	8	8
1	11	11	8	3	3

November 2021

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/1out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	97	97	66	31	31
8	87	87	59	28	28
7	78	78	53	25	25
6	67	67	45	22	22
5	57	57	38	19	19
4	47	47	31	16	16
3	35	35	23	12	12
2	23	23	15	8	8
1	11	11	7	4	4

November 2020

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	54	52
6	91	46	45
5	77	39	38
4	63	32	31
3	45	23	22
2	27	14	13
1	9	5	4

June 2019

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	68	64
8	120	62	58
7	109	56	53
6	95	49	46
5	82	42	40
4	69	35	34
3	51	26	25
2	34	18	16
1	17	10	7

June 2018

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for June 2018: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	71	62
8	121	64	56
7	109	58	51
6	95	50	44
5	81	42	38
4	67	35	32
3	49	26	23
2	31	17	14
1	13	8	5

June 2017

From Edexcel’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	140	73	67
8	127	66	61
7	115	60	55
6	99	52	47
5	84	44	40
4	69	36	33
3	48	25	22
2	27	14	12
1	6	4	2

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1ET0?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 116 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1ET0?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 75 out of 160 in total.

Which series of Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1ET0 grade boundaries are there?

10 series, from June 2017 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, June 2019, June 2018 and June 2017.

Do Edexcel GCSE English Literature 1ET0 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 106 out of 160 (November 2020) to 116 out of 160 (June 2026).

English Literature at other boards

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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	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	136	69	67
8	126	64	62
7	116	59	57
6	102	52	50
5	88	45	43
4	75	38	37
3	56	28	27
2	37	19	17
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	125	63	62
7	115	58	57
6	101	51	50
5	87	44	43
4	73	37	36
3	54	27	26
2	35	18	17
1	17	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	122	61	61
7	112	56	56
6	98	49	49
5	84	42	42
4	70	35	35
3	51	26	25
2	33	17	16
1	15	8	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	60	60
7	110	55	55
6	95	48	47
5	81	41	40
4	67	34	33
3	49	25	24
2	31	16	15
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	101	101	67	34	34
8	92	92	61	31	31
7	83	83	55	28	28
6	72	72	47	24	24
5	61	61	40	21	21
4	51	51	33	18	18
3	37	37	24	13	13
2	24	24	16	8	8
1	11	11	8	3	3

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/1out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	97	97	66	31	31
8	87	87	59	28	28
7	78	78	53	25	25
6	67	67	45	22	22
5	57	57	38	19	19
4	47	47	31	16	16
3	35	35	23	12	12
2	23	23	15	8	8
1	11	11	7	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	54	52
6	91	46	45
5	77	39	38
4	63	32	31
3	45	23	22
2	27	14	13
1	9	5	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	68	64
8	120	62	58
7	109	56	53
6	95	49	46
5	82	42	40
4	69	35	34
3	51	26	25
2	34	18	16
1	17	10	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	71	62
8	121	64	56
7	109	58	51
6	95	50	44
5	81	42	38
4	67	35	32
3	49	26	23
2	31	17	14
1	13	8	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	140	73	67
8	127	66	61
7	115	60	55
6	99	52	47
5	84	44	40
4	69	36	33
3	48	25	22
2	27	14	12
1	6	4	2

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	136	69	67
8	126	64	62
7	116	59	57
6	102	52	50
5	88	45	43
4	75	38	37
3	56	28	27
2	37	19	17
1	18	10	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	125	63	62
7	115	58	57
6	101	51	50
5	87	44	43
4	73	37	36
3	54	27	26
2	35	18	17
1	17	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	67	66
8	122	61	61
7	112	56	56
6	98	49	49
5	84	42	42
4	70	35	35
3	51	26	25
2	33	17	16
1	15	8	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	60	60
7	110	55	55
6	95	48	47
5	81	41	40
4	67	34	33
3	49	25	24
2	31	16	15
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	101	101	67	34	34
8	92	92	61	31	31
7	83	83	55	28	28
6	72	72	47	24	24
5	61	61	40	21	21
4	51	51	33	18	18
3	37	37	24	13	13
2	24	24	16	8	8
1	11	11	8	3	3

Grade	Whole subject (01 2N)out of 120	Whole subject (01 2P)out of 120	1ET0/1out of 80	1ET0/2Nout of 40	1ET0/2Pout of 40
9	97	97	66	31	31
8	87	87	59	28	28
7	78	78	53	25	25
6	67	67	45	22	22
5	57	57	38	19	19
4	47	47	31	16	16
3	35	35	23	12	12
2	23	23	15	8	8
1	11	11	7	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	54	52
6	91	46	45
5	77	39	38
4	63	32	31
3	45	23	22
2	27	14	13
1	9	5	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	132	68	64
8	120	62	58
7	109	56	53
6	95	49	46
5	82	42	40
4	69	35	34
3	51	26	25
2	34	18	16
1	17	10	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	133	71	62
8	121	64	56
7	109	58	51
6	95	50	44
5	81	42	38
4	67	35	32
3	49	26	23
2	31	17	14
1	13	8	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	1ET0/01out of 80	1ET0/02out of 80
9	140	73	67
8	127	66	61
7	115	60	55
6	99	52	47
5	84	44	40
4	69	36	33
3	48	25	22
2	27	14	12
1	6	4	2