Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309 grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	236 of 300
8	216 of 300
7	197 of 300
6	176 of 300
5	155 of 300
4	135 of 300
3	103 of 300
2	71 of 300
1	40 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

236 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
216 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
197 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
176 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
155 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
135 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
103 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
71 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
40 out of 300 on OCR J309 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 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	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	70	38	38	93	93
8	216	65	35	35	83	83
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	176	54	28	28	67	67
5	155	48	23	23	60	60
4	135	42	19	19	53	53
3	103	32	14	14	41	41
2	71	22	9	9	29	29
1	40	12	5	5	17	17

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	230	66	38	38	93	93
8	210	60	35	35	85	85
7	190	55	32	32	75	75
6	168	48	27	27	69	69
5	146	42	22	22	61	61
4	125	36	18	18	53	53
3	94	26	13	13	42	42
2	63	16	9	9	30	30
1	33	7	5	5	17	17

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	235	70	38	38	92	92
8	212	63	35	35	82	82
7	190	56	32	32	74	74
6	167	49	27	27	66	66
5	145	42	22	22	60	60
4	123	35	18	18	52	52
3	92	25	13	13	41	41
2	61	15	9	9	29	29
1	31	6	5	5	17	17

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	234	70	38	38	91	91
8	215	65	35	35	82	82
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	175	53	27	27	68	68
5	153	46	23	23	61	61
4	132	40	19	19	53	53
3	99	29	14	14	41	41
2	66	18	9	9	30	30
1	34	8	5	5	17	17

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	71	90	90
8	216	66	82	82
7	196	60	74	74
6	173	53	65	65
5	151	46	57	57
4	129	39	49	49
3	103	31	39	39
2	77	23	30	30
1	51	14	21	21

November 2020

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

Grade	J309/01out of 100
9	66
8	58
7	50
6	41
5	33
4	25
3	18
2	11
1	5

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	223	69	36	36	83	83
7	205	64	33	33	76	76
6	183	57	28	28	69	69
5	161	50	24	24	62	62
4	139	43	20	20	54	54
3	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	70	20	10	10	30	30
1	36	9	5	5	17	17

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subject (01+02+04)out of 300	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	221	221	68	36	36	83	83
7	202	202	62	33	33	76	76
6	180	180	55	28	28	69	69
5	158	158	48	24	24	62	62
4	137	137	42	20	20	54	54
3	104	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	72	72	22	10	10	29	29
1	40	40	12	5	5	17	17

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 197 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 135 out of 300 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do OCR GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition J309 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 190 out of 300 (June 2025) to 205 out of 300 (June 2019).

Food Preparation and Nutrition 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	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	70	38	38	93	93
8	216	65	35	35	83	83
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	176	54	28	28	67	67
5	155	48	23	23	60	60
4	135	42	19	19	53	53
3	103	32	14	14	41	41
2	71	22	9	9	29	29
1	40	12	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	230	66	38	38	93	93
8	210	60	35	35	85	85
7	190	55	32	32	75	75
6	168	48	27	27	69	69
5	146	42	22	22	61	61
4	125	36	18	18	53	53
3	94	26	13	13	42	42
2	63	16	9	9	30	30
1	33	7	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	235	70	38	38	92	92
8	212	63	35	35	82	82
7	190	56	32	32	74	74
6	167	49	27	27	66	66
5	145	42	22	22	60	60
4	123	35	18	18	52	52
3	92	25	13	13	41	41
2	61	15	9	9	29	29
1	31	6	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	234	70	38	38	91	91
8	215	65	35	35	82	82
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	175	53	27	27	68	68
5	153	46	23	23	61	61
4	132	40	19	19	53	53
3	99	29	14	14	41	41
2	66	18	9	9	30	30
1	34	8	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	71	90	90
8	216	66	82	82
7	196	60	74	74
6	173	53	65	65
5	151	46	57	57
4	129	39	49	49
3	103	31	39	39
2	77	23	30	30
1	51	14	21	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	223	69	36	36	83	83
7	205	64	33	33	76	76
6	183	57	28	28	69	69
5	161	50	24	24	62	62
4	139	43	20	20	54	54
3	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	70	20	10	10	30	30
1	36	9	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subject (01+02+04)out of 300	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	221	221	68	36	36	83	83
7	202	202	62	33	33	76	76
6	180	180	55	28	28	69	69
5	158	158	48	24	24	62	62
4	137	137	42	20	20	54	54
3	104	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	72	72	22	10	10	29	29
1	40	40	12	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	70	38	38	93	93
8	216	65	35	35	83	83
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	176	54	28	28	67	67
5	155	48	23	23	60	60
4	135	42	19	19	53	53
3	103	32	14	14	41	41
2	71	22	9	9	29	29
1	40	12	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	230	66	38	38	93	93
8	210	60	35	35	85	85
7	190	55	32	32	75	75
6	168	48	27	27	69	69
5	146	42	22	22	61	61
4	125	36	18	18	53	53
3	94	26	13	13	42	42
2	63	16	9	9	30	30
1	33	7	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	235	70	38	38	92	92
8	212	63	35	35	82	82
7	190	56	32	32	74	74
6	167	49	27	27	66	66
5	145	42	22	22	60	60
4	123	35	18	18	52	52
3	92	25	13	13	41	41
2	61	15	9	9	29	29
1	31	6	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	234	70	38	38	91	91
8	215	65	35	35	82	82
7	197	60	32	32	75	75
6	175	53	27	27	68	68
5	153	46	23	23	61	61
4	132	40	19	19	53	53
3	99	29	14	14	41	41
2	66	18	9	9	30	30
1	34	8	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	236	71	90	90
8	216	66	82	82
7	196	60	74	74
6	173	53	65	65
5	151	46	57	57
4	129	39	49	49
3	103	31	39	39
2	77	23	30	30
1	51	14	21	21

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	223	69	36	36	83	83
7	205	64	33	33	76	76
6	183	57	28	28	69	69
5	161	50	24	24	62	62
4	139	43	20	20	54	54
3	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	70	20	10	10	30	30
1	36	9	5	5	17	17

Grade	Whole subject (01+02+04)out of 300	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 300	J309/01out of 100	J309/02out of 45	J309/03out of 45	J309/04out of 105	J309/05out of 105
9	241	241	74	39	39	91	91
8	221	221	68	36	36	83	83
7	202	202	62	33	33	76	76
6	180	180	55	28	28	69	69
5	158	158	48	24	24	62	62
4	137	137	42	20	20	54	54
3	104	104	32	15	15	41	41
2	72	72	22	10	10	29	29
1	40	40	12	5	5	17	17