Grade boundaries

Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1 grade boundaries

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GCSE Mathematics 1MA1

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	208 of 240
8	177 of 240
7	146 of 240
6	114 of 240
5	82 of 240
4	50 of 240
3	34 of 240

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

Foundation tier, in total

181 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
151 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
110 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
69 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
29 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Higher tier, in total

208 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
177 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
146 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
114 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
82 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
50 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
34 out of 240 on Edexcel 1MA1 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

17 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 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	181	62	59	60
4	151	53	49	49
3	110	38	35	36
2	69	24	22	23
1	29	10	9	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	208	70	71	67
8	177	59	61	56
7	146	49	51	46
6	114	38	39	35
5	82	28	28	25
4	50	18	17	15
3	34	13	11	10

November 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	174	58	56	60
4	143	47	46	50
3	105	34	33	36
2	67	22	21	23
1	29	10	9	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	211	71	69	71
8	182	60	59	62
7	153	50	49	54
6	119	39	37	42
5	85	28	26	30
4	51	17	15	19
3	34	11	9	13

June 2025

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	175	57	58	60
4	144	47	49	48
3	105	34	36	35
2	67	21	23	22
1	29	9	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	217	70	75	72
8	186	60	64	62
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	42	40
5	87	27	30	29
4	53	16	19	18
3	36	10	13	12

November 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	174	58	58	58
4	141	47	46	48
3	103	34	33	35
2	66	22	21	22
1	29	10	9	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	200	67	67	66
8	170	57	56	56
7	140	47	46	47
6	107	36	35	36
5	75	25	24	25
4	43	15	14	14
3	27	10	9	8

June 2024

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	175	57	58	60
4	142	46	47	49
3	103	33	34	35
2	65	21	21	22
1	27	9	9	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	197	65	65	67
8	167	55	54	57
7	137	45	44	48
6	105	34	34	36
5	73	24	24	25
4	42	14	14	14
3	26	9	9	8

November 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	175	58	58	59
4	140	47	46	47
3	104	35	34	35
2	68	23	22	23
1	33	11	11	11

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	69	67
8	174	57	59	57
7	145	48	49	48
6	112	37	38	37
5	79	26	27	26
4	47	15	17	15
3	31	9	12	9

June 2023

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	182	61	61	60
4	147	50	49	48
3	109	37	36	35
2	71	24	23	23
1	33	11	11	11

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	68	68
8	174	57	58	58
7	145	48	48	49
6	112	36	37	38
5	79	25	26	27
4	47	14	16	17
3	31	8	11	12

November 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	173	60	56	56
4	135	47	44	44
3	100	35	32	32
2	66	23	21	21
1	32	12	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	66	64
8	165	54	56	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

June 2022

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	173	60	56	56
4	135	47	44	44
3	100	35	32	32
2	66	23	21	21
1	32	12	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	62	67	65
8	165	53	57	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

November 2021

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	166	56	55	55
4	134	44	45	45
3	100	33	33	33
2	66	22	22	21
1	32	11	11	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	187	63	63	61
8	154	52	52	50
7	122	41	41	40
6	93	31	31	30
5	65	22	21	21
4	37	13	12	12
3	23	8	7	7

November 2020

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	165	55	55	56
4	136	45	45	46
3	99	33	33	33
2	63	21	21	21
1	27	9	9	9

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	189	63	63	63
8	157	52	52	52
7	126	42	42	42
6	96	32	32	32
5	66	22	22	22
4	37	13	12	12
3	22	8	7	7

November 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	166	51	51	63
4	142	44	44	54
3	104	32	32	39
2	67	21	21	24
1	30	10	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	197	64	67	67
8	165	53	56	56
7	133	43	45	45
6	103	33	35	35
5	73	23	25	25
4	43	13	15	15
3	28	8	10	10

June 2019

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	184	64	61	59
4	149	52	49	48
3	111	38	36	36
2	73	25	24	24
1	36	12	12	12

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	198	66	71	61
8	167	56	60	51
7	137	46	49	42
6	108	36	39	33
5	80	27	29	24
4	52	18	19	15
3	38	13	14	10

November 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	167	52	56	59
4	132	41	44	47
3	96	29	32	34
2	61	18	20	22
1	26	7	9	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	59	67	68
8	159	48	55	56
7	125	38	43	44
6	95	28	33	34
5	66	19	23	24
4	37	10	13	14
3	22	5	8	9

June 2018

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

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80
5	169	58	57	53
4	136	47	46	43
3	101	35	34	32
2	66	23	22	21
1	31	11	10	10

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	202	70	68	64
8	170	59	57	54
7	139	48	47	44
6	109	38	37	34
5	79	28	27	24
4	50	18	18	14
3	35	13	13	9

November 2017

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

Grade	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	–	64	–	62	–	62
8	–	51	–	49	–	49
7	–	38	–	37	–	37
6	–	29	–	28	–	28
5	44	20	51	19	49	19
4	35	11	40	11	38	10
3	25	6	29	7	28	5
2	16	–	18	–	18	–
1	7	–	8	–	8	–

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240
5	145
4	113
3	83
2	53
1	23

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240
9	189
8	150
7	112
6	85
5	58
4	32
3	19

June 2017

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

Grade	1MA1/1Fout of 80	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Fout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Fout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	–	63	–	63	–	64
8	–	52	–	52	–	53
7	–	41	–	41	–	42
6	–	32	–	31	–	32
5	53	23	51	22	53	23
4	41	14	40	13	41	14
3	30	9	29	8	30	9
2	19	–	18	–	19	–
1	9	–	8	–	9	–

Foundation tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240
5	158
4	122
3	90
2	58
1	26

Higher tier
Grade	Whole subjectout of 240
9	190
8	157
7	124
6	96
5	68
4	41
3	27

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 146 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 151 out of 240 on the Foundation tier and 50 out of 240 on the Higher tier.

Which series of Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do Edexcel GCSE Mathematics 1MA1 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 17 series here, a grade 7 on the Higher tier needed from 112 out of 240 (November 2017) to 156 out of 240 (June 2025).

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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 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	208	70	71	67
8	177	59	61	56
7	146	49	51	46
6	114	38	39	35
5	82	28	28	25
4	50	18	17	15
3	34	13	11	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	211	71	69	71
8	182	60	59	62
7	153	50	49	54
6	119	39	37	42
5	85	28	26	30
4	51	17	15	19
3	34	11	9	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	217	70	75	72
8	186	60	64	62
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	42	40
5	87	27	30	29
4	53	16	19	18
3	36	10	13	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	200	67	67	66
8	170	57	56	56
7	140	47	46	47
6	107	36	35	36
5	75	25	24	25
4	43	15	14	14
3	27	10	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	197	65	65	67
8	167	55	54	57
7	137	45	44	48
6	105	34	34	36
5	73	24	24	25
4	42	14	14	14
3	26	9	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	69	67
8	174	57	59	57
7	145	48	49	48
6	112	37	38	37
5	79	26	27	26
4	47	15	17	15
3	31	9	12	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	68	68
8	174	57	58	58
7	145	48	48	49
6	112	36	37	38
5	79	25	26	27
4	47	14	16	17
3	31	8	11	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	66	64
8	165	54	56	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	62	67	65
8	165	53	57	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	187	63	63	61
8	154	52	52	50
7	122	41	41	40
6	93	31	31	30
5	65	22	21	21
4	37	13	12	12
3	23	8	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	208	70	71	67
8	177	59	61	56
7	146	49	51	46
6	114	38	39	35
5	82	28	28	25
4	50	18	17	15
3	34	13	11	10

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	211	71	69	71
8	182	60	59	62
7	153	50	49	54
6	119	39	37	42
5	85	28	26	30
4	51	17	15	19
3	34	11	9	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	217	70	75	72
8	186	60	64	62
7	156	50	54	52
6	121	38	42	40
5	87	27	30	29
4	53	16	19	18
3	36	10	13	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	200	67	67	66
8	170	57	56	56
7	140	47	46	47
6	107	36	35	36
5	75	25	24	25
4	43	15	14	14
3	27	10	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	197	65	65	67
8	167	55	54	57
7	137	45	44	48
6	105	34	34	36
5	73	24	24	25
4	42	14	14	14
3	26	9	9	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	69	67
8	174	57	59	57
7	145	48	49	48
6	112	37	38	37
5	79	26	27	26
4	47	15	17	15
3	31	9	12	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	203	67	68	68
8	174	57	58	58
7	145	48	48	49
6	112	36	37	38
5	79	25	26	27
4	47	14	16	17
3	31	8	11	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	64	66	64
8	165	54	56	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	194	62	67	65
8	165	53	57	55
7	137	44	47	46
6	104	33	35	35
5	71	22	24	24
4	38	12	13	13
3	21	7	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	1MA1/1Hout of 80	1MA1/2Hout of 80	1MA1/3Hout of 80
9	187	63	63	61
8	154	52	52	50
7	122	41	41	40
6	93	31	31	30
5	65	22	21	21
4	37	13	12	12
3	23	8	7	7