Grade boundaries

Edexcel GCSE Japanese 1JA0 grade boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	221 of 280
8	198 of 280
7	175 of 280
6	152 of 280
5	129 of 280
4	106 of 280
3	94 of 280

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

Foundation tier, in total

210 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
168 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
126 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
85 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
44 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Higher tier, in total

221 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
198 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
175 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
152 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
129 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
106 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
94 out of 280 on Edexcel 1JA0 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 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.

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	210	38	52	38	44
4	168	30	42	30	36
3	126	22	31	22	27
2	85	15	21	15	18
1	44	8	11	8	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	221	39	56	39	48
8	198	34	49	35	43
7	175	30	43	32	39
6	152	26	37	27	34
5	129	22	31	22	29
4	106	19	25	18	25
3	94	17	22	16	23

June 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	204	38	50	37	42
4	164	30	41	29	35
3	124	22	31	22	26
2	84	15	21	15	17
1	44	8	11	8	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subject (1H 2H 3H 4H)out of 280	Whole subject (1H 2HT 3H 4H)out of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/2HTout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	235	42	59	59	42	50
8	208	208	37	51	51	37	44
7	181	181	33	44	44	32	39
6	154	154	28	37	37	27	33
5	128	128	23	31	31	22	28
4	102	102	19	25	25	17	23
3	89	89	17	22	22	14	20

June 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	194	35	48	35	41
4	156	28	39	28	33
3	118	21	29	21	25
2	81	14	20	14	17
1	44	8	11	8	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	219	39	55	39	47
8	194	34	48	35	41
7	169	30	42	31	36
6	144	25	35	26	31
5	119	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	81	14	19	15	20

June 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	188	33	45	35	41
4	152	27	36	28	33
3	116	20	27	21	25
2	80	14	19	14	17
1	44	8	11	8	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	42	59	42	50
8	200	36	49	36	42
7	165	30	40	30	35
6	141	25	34	25	30
5	117	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	82	14	19	15	20

June 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	169	30	43	30	36
4	135	24	34	24	29
3	101	18	25	18	22
2	67	12	16	12	15
1	34	6	8	6	8

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	245	44	59	44	55
8	209	37	50	37	47
7	174	31	42	31	39
6	147	26	36	26	32
5	120	21	30	21	26
4	94	16	24	17	20
3	81	13	21	15	17

November 2021

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

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	137	39	39	43
8	118	33	33	37
7	99	28	28	32
6	86	24	23	29
5	73	20	19	26
4	60	16	15	23
3	53	14	13	21

November 2020

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

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	143	39	39	49
8	122	33	33	42
7	102	28	28	35
6	87	24	24	30
5	73	20	20	25
4	59	16	16	21
3	52	14	14	19

June 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Fout of 50	1JA0/2Fout of 70	1JA0/3Fout of 50	1JA0/4Fout of 60
5	208	36	51	38	46
4	168	29	41	31	37
3	128	22	30	24	27
2	89	16	19	18	18
1	50	10	9	12	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	239	40	56	43	57
8	209	35	49	37	50
7	179	30	42	32	43
6	149	25	32	26	37
5	119	21	23	21	31
4	89	17	14	16	25
3	74	15	9	13	22

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in Edexcel GCSE Japanese 1JA0?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 175 out of 280 on the Higher tier.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in Edexcel GCSE Japanese 1JA0?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 168 out of 280 on the Foundation tier and 106 out of 280 on the Higher tier.

Which series of Edexcel GCSE Japanese 1JA0 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do Edexcel GCSE Japanese 1JA0 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 5 series here, a grade 7 on the Higher tier needed from 165 out of 280 (June 2023) to 179 out of 280 (June 2019).

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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 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	221	39	56	39	48
8	198	34	49	35	43
7	175	30	43	32	39
6	152	26	37	27	34
5	129	22	31	22	29
4	106	19	25	18	25
3	94	17	22	16	23

Grade	Whole subject (1H 2H 3H 4H)out of 280	Whole subject (1H 2HT 3H 4H)out of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/2HTout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	235	42	59	59	42	50
8	208	208	37	51	51	37	44
7	181	181	33	44	44	32	39
6	154	154	28	37	37	27	33
5	128	128	23	31	31	22	28
4	102	102	19	25	25	17	23
3	89	89	17	22	22	14	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	219	39	55	39	47
8	194	34	48	35	41
7	169	30	42	31	36
6	144	25	35	26	31
5	119	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	81	14	19	15	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	42	59	42	50
8	200	36	49	36	42
7	165	30	40	30	35
6	141	25	34	25	30
5	117	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	82	14	19	15	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	245	44	59	44	55
8	209	37	50	37	47
7	174	31	42	31	39
6	147	26	36	26	32
5	120	21	30	21	26
4	94	16	24	17	20
3	81	13	21	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	137	39	39	43
8	118	33	33	37
7	99	28	28	32
6	86	24	23	29
5	73	20	19	26
4	60	16	15	23
3	53	14	13	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	143	39	39	49
8	122	33	33	42
7	102	28	28	35
6	87	24	24	30
5	73	20	20	25
4	59	16	16	21
3	52	14	14	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	239	40	56	43	57
8	209	35	49	37	50
7	179	30	42	32	43
6	149	25	32	26	37
5	119	21	23	21	31
4	89	17	14	16	25
3	74	15	9	13	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	221	39	56	39	48
8	198	34	49	35	43
7	175	30	43	32	39
6	152	26	37	27	34
5	129	22	31	22	29
4	106	19	25	18	25
3	94	17	22	16	23

Grade	Whole subject (1H 2H 3H 4H)out of 280	Whole subject (1H 2HT 3H 4H)out of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/2HTout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	235	42	59	59	42	50
8	208	208	37	51	51	37	44
7	181	181	33	44	44	32	39
6	154	154	28	37	37	27	33
5	128	128	23	31	31	22	28
4	102	102	19	25	25	17	23
3	89	89	17	22	22	14	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	219	39	55	39	47
8	194	34	48	35	41
7	169	30	42	31	36
6	144	25	35	26	31
5	119	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	81	14	19	15	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	235	42	59	42	50
8	200	36	49	36	42
7	165	30	40	30	35
6	141	25	34	25	30
5	117	20	28	21	26
4	94	16	22	17	22
3	82	14	19	15	20

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	245	44	59	44	55
8	209	37	50	37	47
7	174	31	42	31	39
6	147	26	36	26	32
5	120	21	30	21	26
4	94	16	24	17	20
3	81	13	21	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	137	39	39	43
8	118	33	33	37
7	99	28	28	32
6	86	24	23	29
5	73	20	19	26
4	60	16	15	23
3	53	14	13	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 180	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	143	39	39	49
8	122	33	33	42
7	102	28	28	35
6	87	24	24	30
5	73	20	20	25
4	59	16	16	21
3	52	14	14	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 280	1JA0/1Hout of 50	1JA0/2Hout of 70	1JA0/3Hout of 50	1JA0/4Hout of 60
9	239	40	56	43	57
8	209	35	49	37	50
7	179	30	42	32	43
6	149	25	32	26	37
5	119	21	23	21	31
4	89	17	14	16	25
3	74	15	9	13	22