Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE Twenty First Century Science Suite - Physics B J259 grade boundaries November 2020

The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2020, as OCR printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.

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

Foundation tier
GradeWhole subjectout of 180J259/01out of 90J259/02out of 90
5833746
4642836
3472126
2301416
11376
Higher tier
GradeWhole subjectout of 180J259/03out of 90J259/04out of 90
91255669
81084860
7913952
6733142
5552332
4371423
3281018

Marks for each grade

Foundation tier, in total

  • 83 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 64 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 47 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 3 in November 2020.
  • 30 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 2 in November 2020.
  • 13 out of 180 on OCR J259 Foundation tier in total was a grade 1 in November 2020.

Foundation tier, paper J259/01

  • 37 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 28 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 21 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 3 in November 2020.
  • 14 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 2 in November 2020.
  • 7 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/01 was a grade 1 in November 2020.

Foundation tier, paper J259/02

  • 46 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 36 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 26 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 3 in November 2020.
  • 16 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 2 in November 2020.
  • 6 out of 90 on OCR J259 Foundation paper J259/02 was a grade 1 in November 2020.

Higher tier, in total

  • 125 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 9 in November 2020.
  • 108 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 8 in November 2020.
  • 91 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 7 in November 2020.
  • 73 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 6 in November 2020.
  • 55 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 37 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 28 out of 180 on OCR J259 Higher tier in total was a grade 3 in November 2020.

Higher tier, paper J259/03

  • 56 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 9 in November 2020.
  • 48 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 8 in November 2020.
  • 39 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 7 in November 2020.
  • 31 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 6 in November 2020.
  • 23 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 14 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 10 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/03 was a grade 3 in November 2020.

Higher tier, paper J259/04

  • 69 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 9 in November 2020.
  • 60 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 8 in November 2020.
  • 52 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 7 in November 2020.
  • 42 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 6 in November 2020.
  • 32 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 5 in November 2020.
  • 23 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 4 in November 2020.
  • 18 out of 90 on OCR J259 Higher paper J259/04 was a grade 3 in November 2020.