Grade boundaries

OCR A-level Music H543 grade boundaries

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A-level Music H543

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	245 of 300
A	218 of 300
B	191 of 300
C	164 of 300
D	137 of 300
E	110 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

245 out of 300 on OCR H543 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
218 out of 300 on OCR H543 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
191 out of 300 on OCR H543 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
164 out of 300 on OCR H543 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
137 out of 300 on OCR H543 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
110 out of 300 on OCR H543 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	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	245	67	94	94	67	84
A	218	60	84	83	59	75
B	191	53	74	72	51	66
C	164	46	63	61	44	57
D	137	38	52	51	37	48
E	110	31	42	41	30	38

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	67	94	94	67	88
A	222	60	84	83	59	79
B	195	53	74	72	51	70
C	168	46	63	61	44	61
D	141	38	52	51	37	52
E	114	31	42	41	30	42

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	247	68	95	93	66	86
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	53	74	72	51	68
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	68	95	94	67	87
A	221	60	84	83	59	78
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 70	H543/04out of 40	H543/05out of 120
A*	232	64	89	58	33	81
A	205	56	79	51	29	72
B	178	49	68	44	25	63
C	151	41	58	37	21	54
D	124	34	47	30	17	45
E	97	27	36	23	14	35

November 2021

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

Grade	H543/05out of 120
A*	71
A	55
B	45
C	36
D	27
E	18

November 2020

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

Grade	H543/05out of 120
A*	80
A	62
B	52
C	43
D	34
E	25

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	255	69	96	95	68	91
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	45	62	61	44	60
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	251	67	94	94	67	90
A	223	60	84	84	60	79
B	196	52	73	73	52	71
C	169	45	62	62	45	62
D	142	38	52	52	38	52
E	115	31	42	42	31	42

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level Music H543?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 218 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level Music H543?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 164 out of 300 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level Music H543 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 Music H543 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade A in total needed from 205 out of 300 (June 2022) to 223 out of 300 (June 2018).

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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	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	245	67	94	94	67	84
A	218	60	84	83	59	75
B	191	53	74	72	51	66
C	164	46	63	61	44	57
D	137	38	52	51	37	48
E	110	31	42	41	30	38

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	67	94	94	67	88
A	222	60	84	83	59	79
B	195	53	74	72	51	70
C	168	46	63	61	44	61
D	141	38	52	51	37	52
E	114	31	42	41	30	42

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	247	68	95	93	66	86
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	53	74	72	51	68
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	68	95	94	67	87
A	221	60	84	83	59	78
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 70	H543/04out of 40	H543/05out of 120
A*	232	64	89	58	33	81
A	205	56	79	51	29	72
B	178	49	68	44	25	63
C	151	41	58	37	21	54
D	124	34	47	30	17	45
E	97	27	36	23	14	35

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	255	69	96	95	68	91
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	45	62	61	44	60
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	251	67	94	94	67	90
A	223	60	84	84	60	79
B	196	52	73	73	52	71
C	169	45	62	62	45	62
D	142	38	52	52	38	52
E	115	31	42	42	31	42

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	245	67	94	94	67	84
A	218	60	84	83	59	75
B	191	53	74	72	51	66
C	164	46	63	61	44	57
D	137	38	52	51	37	48
E	110	31	42	41	30	38

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	67	94	94	67	88
A	222	60	84	83	59	79
B	195	53	74	72	51	70
C	168	46	63	61	44	61
D	141	38	52	51	37	52
E	114	31	42	41	30	42

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	247	68	95	93	66	86
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	53	74	72	51	68
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	249	68	95	94	67	87
A	221	60	84	83	59	78
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	46	63	61	44	59
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 70	H543/04out of 40	H543/05out of 120
A*	232	64	89	58	33	81
A	205	56	79	51	29	72
B	178	49	68	44	25	63
C	151	41	58	37	21	54
D	124	34	47	30	17	45
E	97	27	36	23	14	35

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	255	69	96	95	68	91
A	220	60	84	83	59	77
B	193	52	73	72	51	69
C	166	45	62	61	44	60
D	139	38	52	51	37	50
E	112	31	42	41	30	40

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H543/01out of 75	H543/02out of 105	H543/03out of 105	H543/04out of 75	H543/05out of 120
A*	251	67	94	94	67	90
A	223	60	84	84	60	79
B	196	52	73	73	52	71
C	169	45	62	62	45	62
D	142	38	52	52	38	52
E	115	31	42	42	31	42