Grade boundaries

OCR A-level Media Studies H409 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Media Studies H409

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	156 of 200
A	134 of 200
B	110 of 200
C	87 of 200
D	64 of 200
E	41 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

156 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
134 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
110 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
87 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
64 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
41 out of 200 on OCR H409 in total was a grade E 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 OCR’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	156	52	51	53	53
A	134	44	43	47	47
B	110	36	35	39	39
C	87	28	27	32	32
D	64	20	19	25	25
E	41	12	11	18	18

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	158	54	51	53	53
A	138	47	44	47	47
B	115	40	36	39	39
C	92	32	28	32	32
D	69	24	20	25	25
E	46	15	13	18	18

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	152	49	50	53	53
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	109	35	35	39	39
C	87	27	28	32	32
D	65	20	20	25	25
E	43	12	13	18	18

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	154	49	51	54	54
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	108	34	35	39	39
C	84	26	27	31	31
D	60	18	19	23	23
E	36	10	11	15	15

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	142	48	46	48	48
A	122	41	39	42	42
B	99	34	31	34	34
C	76	26	23	27	27
D	53	18	15	20	20
E	30	9	8	13	13

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 140	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70
A*	100	51	49
A	84	43	41
B	67	34	33
C	50	26	24
D	34	18	16
E	18	10	8

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 140	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70
A*	103	52	51
A	88	45	43
B	70	36	34
C	52	27	25
D	35	18	17
E	18	10	8

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	163	56	54	53	53
A	141	48	46	47	47
B	119	41	38	40	40
C	97	33	30	34	34
D	75	25	22	28	28
E	54	17	15	22	22

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level Media Studies H409?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 134 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level Media Studies H409?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 87 out of 200 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level Media Studies H409 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 OCR A-level Media Studies H409 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade A in total needed from 122 out of 200 (June 2022) to 141 out of 200 (June 2019).

Media Studies at other boards

Other OCR A level courses

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 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	156	52	51	53	53
A	134	44	43	47	47
B	110	36	35	39	39
C	87	28	27	32	32
D	64	20	19	25	25
E	41	12	11	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	158	54	51	53	53
A	138	47	44	47	47
B	115	40	36	39	39
C	92	32	28	32	32
D	69	24	20	25	25
E	46	15	13	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	152	49	50	53	53
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	109	35	35	39	39
C	87	27	28	32	32
D	65	20	20	25	25
E	43	12	13	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	154	49	51	54	54
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	108	34	35	39	39
C	84	26	27	31	31
D	60	18	19	23	23
E	36	10	11	15	15

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	142	48	46	48	48
A	122	41	39	42	42
B	99	34	31	34	34
C	76	26	23	27	27
D	53	18	15	20	20
E	30	9	8	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	163	56	54	53	53
A	141	48	46	47	47
B	119	41	38	40	40
C	97	33	30	34	34
D	75	25	22	28	28
E	54	17	15	22	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	156	52	51	53	53
A	134	44	43	47	47
B	110	36	35	39	39
C	87	28	27	32	32
D	64	20	19	25	25
E	41	12	11	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	158	54	51	53	53
A	138	47	44	47	47
B	115	40	36	39	39
C	92	32	28	32	32
D	69	24	20	25	25
E	46	15	13	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	152	49	50	53	53
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	109	35	35	39	39
C	87	27	28	32	32
D	65	20	20	25	25
E	43	12	13	18	18

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	154	49	51	54	54
A	132	42	43	47	47
B	108	34	35	39	39
C	84	26	27	31	31
D	60	18	19	23	23
E	36	10	11	15	15

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	142	48	46	48	48
A	122	41	39	42	42
B	99	34	31	34	34
C	76	26	23	27	27
D	53	18	15	20	20
E	30	9	8	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H409/01out of 70	H409/02out of 70	H409/03out of 60	H409/04out of 60
A*	163	56	54	53	53
A	141	48	46	47	47
B	119	41	38	40	40
C	97	33	30	34	34
D	75	25	22	28	28
E	54	17	15	22	22