Grade boundaries

OCR A-level Sociology H580 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Sociology H580

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	256 of 300
A	234 of 300
B	194 of 300
C	155 of 300
D	116 of 300
E	77 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

256 out of 300 on OCR H580 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
234 out of 300 on OCR H580 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
194 out of 300 on OCR H580 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
155 out of 300 on OCR H580 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
116 out of 300 on OCR H580 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
77 out of 300 on OCR H580 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 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	83	87	86
A	234	74	81	79
B	194	61	67	66
C	155	49	53	53
D	116	37	39	40
E	77	25	26	26

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	260	87	87	86
A	236	78	80	78
B	197	65	67	65
C	158	53	53	52
D	120	41	40	39
E	82	29	26	27

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	86	85	85
A	231	76	78	77
B	192	63	65	64
C	153	51	51	51
D	114	38	38	38
E	75	26	24	25

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	259	85	85	89
A	235	76	79	80
B	196	64	66	66
C	157	52	52	53
D	119	40	39	40
E	81	29	25	27

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	254	80	85	89
A	228	73	77	78
B	189	61	63	65
C	150	49	50	51
D	112	38	36	38
E	74	27	23	24

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	236	74	79	83
A	211	66	70	75
B	175	55	58	62
C	139	44	46	49
D	104	34	34	36
E	69	23	22	24

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	239	75	80	84
A	216	68	72	76
B	180	58	59	63
C	144	47	47	50
D	108	35	35	38
E	73	24	23	26

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	251	77	85	89
A	228	71	77	80
B	194	61	66	67
C	160	51	54	55
D	127	41	43	43
E	94	32	31	31

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	252	78	85	89
A	228	73	75	80
B	194	62	63	69
C	160	51	52	57
D	126	41	41	44
E	92	31	29	32

June 2017

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	255	79	86	90
A	231	73	77	81
B	198	62	66	70
C	166	52	57	57
D	134	42	46	46
E	102	32	35	35

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in OCR A-level Sociology H580?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 234 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in OCR A-level Sociology H580?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 155 out of 300 in total.

Which series of OCR A-level Sociology H580 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 Sociology H580 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 10 series here, a grade A in total needed from 211 out of 300 (November 2021) to 236 out of 300 (June 2025).

Sociology 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 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	83	87	86
A	234	74	81	79
B	194	61	67	66
C	155	49	53	53
D	116	37	39	40
E	77	25	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	260	87	87	86
A	236	78	80	78
B	197	65	67	65
C	158	53	53	52
D	120	41	40	39
E	82	29	26	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	86	85	85
A	231	76	78	77
B	192	63	65	64
C	153	51	51	51
D	114	38	38	38
E	75	26	24	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	259	85	85	89
A	235	76	79	80
B	196	64	66	66
C	157	52	52	53
D	119	40	39	40
E	81	29	25	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	254	80	85	89
A	228	73	77	78
B	189	61	63	65
C	150	49	50	51
D	112	38	36	38
E	74	27	23	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	236	74	79	83
A	211	66	70	75
B	175	55	58	62
C	139	44	46	49
D	104	34	34	36
E	69	23	22	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	239	75	80	84
A	216	68	72	76
B	180	58	59	63
C	144	47	47	50
D	108	35	35	38
E	73	24	23	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	251	77	85	89
A	228	71	77	80
B	194	61	66	67
C	160	51	54	55
D	127	41	43	43
E	94	32	31	31

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	252	78	85	89
A	228	73	75	80
B	194	62	63	69
C	160	51	52	57
D	126	41	41	44
E	92	31	29	32

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	255	79	86	90
A	231	73	77	81
B	198	62	66	70
C	166	52	57	57
D	134	42	46	46
E	102	32	35	35

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	83	87	86
A	234	74	81	79
B	194	61	67	66
C	155	49	53	53
D	116	37	39	40
E	77	25	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	260	87	87	86
A	236	78	80	78
B	197	65	67	65
C	158	53	53	52
D	120	41	40	39
E	82	29	26	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	256	86	85	85
A	231	76	78	77
B	192	63	65	64
C	153	51	51	51
D	114	38	38	38
E	75	26	24	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	259	85	85	89
A	235	76	79	80
B	196	64	66	66
C	157	52	52	53
D	119	40	39	40
E	81	29	25	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	254	80	85	89
A	228	73	77	78
B	189	61	63	65
C	150	49	50	51
D	112	38	36	38
E	74	27	23	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	236	74	79	83
A	211	66	70	75
B	175	55	58	62
C	139	44	46	49
D	104	34	34	36
E	69	23	22	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	239	75	80	84
A	216	68	72	76
B	180	58	59	63
C	144	47	47	50
D	108	35	35	38
E	73	24	23	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	251	77	85	89
A	228	71	77	80
B	194	61	66	67
C	160	51	54	55
D	127	41	43	43
E	94	32	31	31

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	252	78	85	89
A	228	73	75	80
B	194	62	63	69
C	160	51	52	57
D	126	41	41	44
E	92	31	29	32

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	H580/01out of 90	H580/02out of 105	H580/03out of 105
A*	255	79	86	90
A	231	73	77	81
B	198	62	66	70
C	166	52	57	57
D	134	42	46	46
E	102	32	35	35