Grade boundaries
OCR GCSE Twenty First Century Science Suite - Physics B J259 grade boundaries June 2025
The least raw mark that reached each grade in June 2025, as OCR printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From OCR’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 180 | J259/01out of 90 | J259/02out of 90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 121 | 60 | 61 |
| 4 | 108 | 53 | 55 |
| 3 | 85 | 42 | 43 |
| 2 | 62 | 31 | 31 |
| 1 | 40 | 21 | 19 |
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 180 | J259/03out of 90 | J259/04out of 90 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 147 | 72 | 75 |
| 8 | 135 | 66 | 69 |
| 7 | 123 | 60 | 63 |
| 6 | 106 | 52 | 54 |
| 5 | 90 | 45 | 45 |
| 4 | 74 | 37 | 37 |
| 3 | 66 | 33 | 33 |
Marks for each grade
Foundation tier, in total
- 121 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 108 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 85 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 62 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 40 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Foundation tier, paper J259/01
- 60 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 53 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 42 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 31 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 21 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Foundation tier, paper J259/02
- 61 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 55 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 43 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 3 in June 2025.
- 31 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 2 in June 2025.
- 19 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 1 in June 2025.
Higher tier, in total
- 147 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 135 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 123 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 106 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 90 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 74 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 66 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in June 2025.
Higher tier, paper J259/03
- 72 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 66 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 60 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 52 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 45 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 37 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 33 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 3 in June 2025.
Higher tier, paper J259/04
- 75 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 9 in June 2025.
- 69 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 8 in June 2025.
- 63 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 7 in June 2025.
- 54 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 6 in June 2025.
- 45 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 5 in June 2025.
- 37 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 4 in June 2025.
- 33 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 3 in June 2025.