Grade boundaries

OCR A-level Geography H481 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Geography H481

Boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	240 of 300
A	213 of 300
B	183 of 300
C	154 of 300
D	125 of 300
E	96 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

240 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
213 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
183 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
154 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
125 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
96 out of 300 on OCR H481 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

9 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	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	240	49	52	85	54	54
A	213	43	46	76	48	48
B	183	36	40	66	41	41
C	154	30	34	55	35	35
D	125	24	28	44	29	29
E	96	18	23	32	23	23

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	239	45	53	87	54	54
A	210	39	46	77	48	48
B	181	33	40	67	41	41
C	152	27	34	56	35	35
D	123	21	28	45	29	29
E	95	16	23	33	23	23

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	237	50	50	83	54	54
A	208	43	44	73	48	48
B	178	36	38	63	41	41
C	149	29	32	53	35	35
D	120	23	26	42	29	29
E	91	17	21	30	23	23

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	235	45	53	83	54	54
A	207	39	46	74	48	48
B	176	32	39	64	41	41
C	145	25	32	53	35	35
D	115	19	26	41	29	29
E	85	13	20	29	23	23

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	223	44	49	78	52	52
A	194	37	42	70	45	45
B	164	30	35	60	39	39
C	134	24	29	48	33	33
D	104	18	23	36	27	27
E	74	12	17	24	21	21

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108
A*	166	45	46	75
A	142	39	39	64
B	120	33	33	54
C	98	27	27	44
D	76	21	21	34
E	55	15	16	24

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 240	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108
A*	172	46	49	77
A	148	39	41	68
B	124	32	35	57
C	100	26	29	45
D	76	20	23	33
E	53	14	17	22

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	236	46	52	84	54	54
A	207	39	45	75	48	48
B	177	32	38	65	42	42
C	147	26	32	53	36	36
D	117	20	26	41	30	30
E	88	14	20	30	24	24

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	234	44	52	86	52	52
A	205	37	45	76	47	47
B	176	30	39	66	41	41
C	147	24	33	55	35	35
D	118	18	27	44	29	29
E	90	12	22	32	24	24

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level Geography H481?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 213 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level Geography H481?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 154 out of 300 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level Geography H481 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do OCR A-level Geography H481 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade A in total needed from 194 out of 300 (June 2022) to 213 out of 300 (June 2026).

Geography at other boards

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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 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	240	49	52	85	54	54
A	213	43	46	76	48	48
B	183	36	40	66	41	41
C	154	30	34	55	35	35
D	125	24	28	44	29	29
E	96	18	23	32	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	239	45	53	87	54	54
A	210	39	46	77	48	48
B	181	33	40	67	41	41
C	152	27	34	56	35	35
D	123	21	28	45	29	29
E	95	16	23	33	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	237	50	50	83	54	54
A	208	43	44	73	48	48
B	178	36	38	63	41	41
C	149	29	32	53	35	35
D	120	23	26	42	29	29
E	91	17	21	30	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	235	45	53	83	54	54
A	207	39	46	74	48	48
B	176	32	39	64	41	41
C	145	25	32	53	35	35
D	115	19	26	41	29	29
E	85	13	20	29	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	223	44	49	78	52	52
A	194	37	42	70	45	45
B	164	30	35	60	39	39
C	134	24	29	48	33	33
D	104	18	23	36	27	27
E	74	12	17	24	21	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	236	46	52	84	54	54
A	207	39	45	75	48	48
B	177	32	38	65	42	42
C	147	26	32	53	36	36
D	117	20	26	41	30	30
E	88	14	20	30	24	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	234	44	52	86	52	52
A	205	37	45	76	47	47
B	176	30	39	66	41	41
C	147	24	33	55	35	35
D	118	18	27	44	29	29
E	90	12	22	32	24	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	240	49	52	85	54	54
A	213	43	46	76	48	48
B	183	36	40	66	41	41
C	154	30	34	55	35	35
D	125	24	28	44	29	29
E	96	18	23	32	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	239	45	53	87	54	54
A	210	39	46	77	48	48
B	181	33	40	67	41	41
C	152	27	34	56	35	35
D	123	21	28	45	29	29
E	95	16	23	33	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	237	50	50	83	54	54
A	208	43	44	73	48	48
B	178	36	38	63	41	41
C	149	29	32	53	35	35
D	120	23	26	42	29	29
E	91	17	21	30	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	235	45	53	83	54	54
A	207	39	46	74	48	48
B	176	32	39	64	41	41
C	145	25	32	53	35	35
D	115	19	26	41	29	29
E	85	13	20	29	23	23

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	223	44	49	78	52	52
A	194	37	42	70	45	45
B	164	30	35	60	39	39
C	134	24	29	48	33	33
D	104	18	23	36	27	27
E	74	12	17	24	21	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	236	46	52	84	54	54
A	207	39	45	75	48	48
B	177	32	38	65	42	42
C	147	26	32	53	36	36
D	117	20	26	41	30	30
E	88	14	20	30	24	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H481/01out of 66	H481/02out of 66	H481/03out of 108	H481/04out of 60	H481/05out of 60
A*	234	44	52	86	52	52
A	205	37	45	76	47	47
B	176	30	39	66	41	41
C	147	24	33	55	35	35
D	118	18	27	44	29	29
E	90	12	22	32	24	24