Grade boundaries

OCR A-level Drama and Theatre H459 grade boundaries

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Subject

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Course

A-level Drama and Theatre H459

Boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	270 of 300
A	256 of 300
B	223 of 300
C	191 of 300
D	159 of 300
E	127 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

270 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
256 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
223 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
191 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
159 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
127 out of 300 on OCR H459 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

7 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 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	270	105	105	105	105	52	52	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57
A	256	100	100	100	100	49	49	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54
B	223	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
C	191	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	159	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
E	127	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	268	105	105	105	105	52	52	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	254	100	100	100	100	49	49	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	222	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
C	190	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
D	158	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	126	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	266	104	104	104	104	52	52	54	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	252	99	99	99	99	49	49	51	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	217	87	87	87	87	41	41	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	182	73	73	73	73	34	34	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
D	147	58	58	58	58	27	27	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
E	112	43	43	43	43	20	20	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	267	103	103	103	103	52	52	57	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
A	250	98	98	98	98	48	48	54	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
B	221	86	86	86	86	42	42	48	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	192	74	74	74	74	36	36	42	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	163	62	62	62	62	30	30	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
E	134	50	50	50	50	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/23out of 60	H459/24out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	246	99	99	99	99	46	46	46	46	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51
A	224	92	92	92	92	42	42	42	42	44	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
B	197	80	80	80	80	37	37	37	37	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
C	170	68	68	68	68	32	32	32	32	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
D	143	57	57	57	57	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
E	117	46	46	46	46	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60
A*	261	103	103	103	103	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	240	97	97	97	97	48	48	46	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	211	85	85	85	85	42	42	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	183	73	73	73	73	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	155	61	61	61	61	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	127	48	48	48	48	24	24	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	257	103	103	103	103	52	52	49	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	239	97	97	97	97	48	48	45	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	209	85	85	85	85	42	42	39	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	180	73	73	73	73	36	36	34	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	151	60	60	60	60	30	30	29	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	122	48	48	48	48	24	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level Drama and Theatre H459?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 256 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level Drama and Theatre H459?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 191 out of 300 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level Drama and Theatre H459 grade boundaries are there?

7 series, from June 2018 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, June 2019 and June 2018.

Do OCR A-level Drama and Theatre H459 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade A in total needed from 224 out of 300 (June 2022) to 256 out of 300 (June 2026).

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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.

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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 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	270	105	105	105	105	52	52	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57
A	256	100	100	100	100	49	49	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54
B	223	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
C	191	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	159	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
E	127	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	268	105	105	105	105	52	52	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	254	100	100	100	100	49	49	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	222	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
C	190	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
D	158	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	126	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	266	104	104	104	104	52	52	54	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	252	99	99	99	99	49	49	51	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	217	87	87	87	87	41	41	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	182	73	73	73	73	34	34	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
D	147	58	58	58	58	27	27	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
E	112	43	43	43	43	20	20	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	267	103	103	103	103	52	52	57	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
A	250	98	98	98	98	48	48	54	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
B	221	86	86	86	86	42	42	48	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	192	74	74	74	74	36	36	42	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	163	62	62	62	62	30	30	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
E	134	50	50	50	50	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/23out of 60	H459/24out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	246	99	99	99	99	46	46	46	46	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51
A	224	92	92	92	92	42	42	42	42	44	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
B	197	80	80	80	80	37	37	37	37	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
C	170	68	68	68	68	32	32	32	32	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
D	143	57	57	57	57	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
E	117	46	46	46	46	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60
A*	261	103	103	103	103	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	240	97	97	97	97	48	48	46	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	211	85	85	85	85	42	42	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	183	73	73	73	73	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	155	61	61	61	61	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	127	48	48	48	48	24	24	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	257	103	103	103	103	52	52	49	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	239	97	97	97	97	48	48	45	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	209	85	85	85	85	42	42	39	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	180	73	73	73	73	36	36	34	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	151	60	60	60	60	30	30	29	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	122	48	48	48	48	24	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	270	105	105	105	105	52	52	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57
A	256	100	100	100	100	49	49	53	54	54	54	54	54	54	54
B	223	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	47
C	191	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	159	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
E	127	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	268	105	105	105	105	52	52	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	254	100	100	100	100	49	49	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	222	88	88	88	88	42	42	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
C	190	76	76	76	76	36	36	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39
D	158	63	63	63	63	30	30	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	126	50	50	50	50	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	266	104	104	104	104	52	52	54	56	56	56	56	56	56	56	56
A	252	99	99	99	99	49	49	51	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
B	217	87	87	87	87	41	41	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	182	73	73	73	73	34	34	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38
D	147	58	58	58	58	27	27	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
E	112	43	43	43	43	20	20	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	267	103	103	103	103	52	52	57	55	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
A	250	98	98	98	98	48	48	54	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
B	221	86	86	86	86	42	42	48	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45
C	192	74	74	74	74	36	36	42	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
D	163	62	62	62	62	30	30	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
E	134	50	50	50	50	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/23out of 60	H459/24out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	246	99	99	99	99	46	46	46	46	50	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51
A	224	92	92	92	92	42	42	42	42	44	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46
B	197	80	80	80	80	37	37	37	37	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40
C	170	68	68	68	68	32	32	32	32	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
D	143	57	57	57	57	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
E	117	46	46	46	46	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60
A*	261	103	103	103	103	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	240	97	97	97	97	48	48	46	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	211	85	85	85	85	42	42	41	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	183	73	73	73	73	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	155	61	61	61	61	30	30	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	127	48	48	48	48	24	24	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H459/11out of 120	H459/12out of 120	H459/13out of 120	H459/14out of 120	H459/21out of 60	H459/22out of 60	H459/31out of 60	H459/41out of 60	H459/42out of 60	H459/43out of 60	H459/44out of 60	H459/45out of 60	H459/46out of 60	H459/47out of 60	H459/48out of 60
A*	257	103	103	103	103	52	52	49	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53
A	239	97	97	97	97	48	48	45	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49
B	209	85	85	85	85	42	42	39	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
C	180	73	73	73	73	36	36	34	37	37	37	37	37	37	37	37
D	151	60	60	60	60	30	30	29	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
E	122	48	48	48	48	24	24	24	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26