Grade boundaries

OCR A-level English Language H470 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level English Language H470

Boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	168 of 200
A	149 of 200
B	126 of 200
C	103 of 200
D	80 of 200
E	58 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

168 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
149 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
126 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
103 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
80 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
58 out of 200 on OCR H470 in total was a grade E 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 OCR’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	168	68	65	35	35
A	149	60	57	32	32
B	126	51	48	27	27
C	103	42	39	22	22
D	80	32	30	18	18
E	58	23	21	14	14

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	172	72	65	35	35
A	152	63	57	32	32
B	128	53	48	27	27
C	104	43	39	22	22
D	81	33	30	18	18
E	58	24	20	14	14

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	169	70	64	35	35
A	150	62	56	32	32
B	126	52	47	27	27
C	102	42	38	22	22
D	79	32	29	18	18
E	56	22	20	14	14

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40
A*	175	73	67	35
A	155	64	59	32
B	131	54	50	27
C	107	44	41	22
D	84	34	32	18
E	61	23	24	14

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40
A*	163	66	65	32
A	146	59	57	30
B	124	50	49	25
C	102	41	40	21
D	80	32	31	17
E	58	23	22	13

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80
A*	130	65	65
A	113	56	57
B	94	47	47
C	75	38	37
D	57	29	28
E	39	20	19

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80
A*	135	67	68
A	116	58	58
B	97	48	49
C	78	38	40
D	59	29	30
E	41	20	21

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40
A*	180	72	73	35
A	160	64	64	32
B	137	55	55	27
C	114	46	46	22
D	92	37	37	18
E	70	28	28	14

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40
A*	174	69	70	35
A	154	60	62	32
B	132	52	53	27
C	110	43	44	23
D	89	36	35	18
E	68	27	27	14

June 2017

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40
A*	177	71	71	35
A	154	61	61	32
B	133	53	53	27
C	112	45	44	23
D	91	37	36	18
E	70	29	27	14

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level English Language H470?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 149 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level English Language H470?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 103 out of 200 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level English Language H470 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 OCR A-level English Language H470 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade A in total needed from 146 out of 200 (June 2022) to 160 out of 200 (June 2019).

English Language 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	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	168	68	65	35	35
A	149	60	57	32	32
B	126	51	48	27	27
C	103	42	39	22	22
D	80	32	30	18	18
E	58	23	21	14	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	172	72	65	35	35
A	152	63	57	32	32
B	128	53	48	27	27
C	104	43	39	22	22
D	81	33	30	18	18
E	58	24	20	14	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	169	70	64	35	35
A	150	62	56	32	32
B	126	52	47	27	27
C	102	42	38	22	22
D	79	32	29	18	18
E	56	22	20	14	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	168	68	65	35	35
A	149	60	57	32	32
B	126	51	48	27	27
C	103	42	39	22	22
D	80	32	30	18	18
E	58	23	21	14	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	172	72	65	35	35
A	152	63	57	32	32
B	128	53	48	27	27
C	104	43	39	22	22
D	81	33	30	18	18
E	58	24	20	14	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	H470/01out of 80	H470/02out of 80	H470/03out of 40	H470/04out of 40
A*	169	70	64	35	35
A	150	62	56	32	32
B	126	52	47	27	27
C	102	42	38	22	22
D	79	32	29	18	18
E	56	22	20	14	14