Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE Drama J316 grade boundaries

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GCSE Drama J316

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	177 of 200
8	168 of 200
7	160 of 200
6	146 of 200
5	133 of 200
4	120 of 200
3	89 of 200
2	58 of 200
1	28 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

177 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
168 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
160 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
146 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
133 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
120 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
89 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
58 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
28 out of 200 on OCR J316 in total was a grade 1 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 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	54	69
8	168	51	51	51	66
7	160	48	48	48	64
6	146	44	44	44	58
5	133	40	40	40	53
4	120	36	36	36	48
3	89	27	27	27	35
2	58	18	18	18	22
1	28	10	10	9	9

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	179	54	54	54	71
8	169	51	51	50	68
7	160	48	48	47	65
6	146	43	43	43	60
5	132	39	39	39	54
4	119	35	35	36	48
3	89	26	26	27	36
2	59	18	18	18	23
1	29	10	10	10	9

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	53	70
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	158	47	47	47	64
6	143	42	42	43	58
5	129	38	38	39	52
4	115	34	34	35	46
3	87	26	26	27	34
2	59	18	18	19	22
1	32	11	11	12	9

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	178	53	53	53	72
8	170	50	50	50	70
7	162	47	47	47	68
6	148	43	43	43	62
5	134	39	39	39	56
4	120	34	34	36	50
3	90	27	27	27	36
2	60	19	19	19	22
1	30	11	11	10	9

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80	J316/05out of 60
9	169	50	50	50	69	50
8	159	47	47	47	65	47
7	149	44	44	45	60	45
6	134	40	40	41	53	41
5	119	35	35	37	47	37
4	105	31	31	33	41	33
3	83	26	26	26	31	26
2	61	20	20	20	21	20
1	39	14	14	14	11	14

November 2021

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

Grade	J316/04out of 80
9	66
8	60
7	55
6	47
5	39
4	31
3	22
2	14
1	6

November 2020

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

Grade	J316/04out of 80
9	68
8	62
7	56
6	47
5	38
4	29
3	21
2	13
1	5

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	53	53	53	71
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	157	47	47	48	62
6	142	42	42	44	56
5	127	37	37	40	50
4	113	33	33	36	44
3	84	25	25	27	32
2	56	18	18	19	19
1	28	11	11	11	6

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+04)out of 200	Whole subject (02+03+04)out of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	171	171	52	52	52	67
8	161	161	49	49	49	63
7	152	152	46	46	47	59
6	137	137	41	41	43	53
5	122	122	36	36	39	47
4	107	107	32	32	35	40
3	81	81	25	25	27	29
2	55	55	18	18	19	18
1	29	29	11	11	11	7

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE Drama J316?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 160 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE Drama J316?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 120 out of 200 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE Drama J316 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 GCSE Drama J316 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 149 out of 200 (June 2022) to 162 out of 200 (June 2023).

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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 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	54	69
8	168	51	51	51	66
7	160	48	48	48	64
6	146	44	44	44	58
5	133	40	40	40	53
4	120	36	36	36	48
3	89	27	27	27	35
2	58	18	18	18	22
1	28	10	10	9	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	179	54	54	54	71
8	169	51	51	50	68
7	160	48	48	47	65
6	146	43	43	43	60
5	132	39	39	39	54
4	119	35	35	36	48
3	89	26	26	27	36
2	59	18	18	18	23
1	29	10	10	10	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	53	70
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	158	47	47	47	64
6	143	42	42	43	58
5	129	38	38	39	52
4	115	34	34	35	46
3	87	26	26	27	34
2	59	18	18	19	22
1	32	11	11	12	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	178	53	53	53	72
8	170	50	50	50	70
7	162	47	47	47	68
6	148	43	43	43	62
5	134	39	39	39	56
4	120	34	34	36	50
3	90	27	27	27	36
2	60	19	19	19	22
1	30	11	11	10	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80	J316/05out of 60
9	169	50	50	50	69	50
8	159	47	47	47	65	47
7	149	44	44	45	60	45
6	134	40	40	41	53	41
5	119	35	35	37	47	37
4	105	31	31	33	41	33
3	83	26	26	26	31	26
2	61	20	20	20	21	20
1	39	14	14	14	11	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	53	53	53	71
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	157	47	47	48	62
6	142	42	42	44	56
5	127	37	37	40	50
4	113	33	33	36	44
3	84	25	25	27	32
2	56	18	18	19	19
1	28	11	11	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+04)out of 200	Whole subject (02+03+04)out of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	171	171	52	52	52	67
8	161	161	49	49	49	63
7	152	152	46	46	47	59
6	137	137	41	41	43	53
5	122	122	36	36	39	47
4	107	107	32	32	35	40
3	81	81	25	25	27	29
2	55	55	18	18	19	18
1	29	29	11	11	11	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	54	69
8	168	51	51	51	66
7	160	48	48	48	64
6	146	44	44	44	58
5	133	40	40	40	53
4	120	36	36	36	48
3	89	27	27	27	35
2	58	18	18	18	22
1	28	10	10	9	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	179	54	54	54	71
8	169	51	51	50	68
7	160	48	48	47	65
6	146	43	43	43	60
5	132	39	39	39	54
4	119	35	35	36	48
3	89	26	26	27	36
2	59	18	18	18	23
1	29	10	10	10	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	54	54	53	70
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	158	47	47	47	64
6	143	42	42	43	58
5	129	38	38	39	52
4	115	34	34	35	46
3	87	26	26	27	34
2	59	18	18	19	22
1	32	11	11	12	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	178	53	53	53	72
8	170	50	50	50	70
7	162	47	47	47	68
6	148	43	43	43	62
5	134	39	39	39	56
4	120	34	34	36	50
3	90	27	27	27	36
2	60	19	19	19	22
1	30	11	11	10	9

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80	J316/05out of 60
9	169	50	50	50	69	50
8	159	47	47	47	65	47
7	149	44	44	45	60	45
6	134	40	40	41	53	41
5	119	35	35	37	47	37
4	105	31	31	33	41	33
3	83	26	26	26	31	26
2	61	20	20	20	21	20
1	39	14	14	14	11	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	177	53	53	53	71
8	167	50	50	50	67
7	157	47	47	48	62
6	142	42	42	44	56
5	127	37	37	40	50
4	113	33	33	36	44
3	84	25	25	27	32
2	56	18	18	19	19
1	28	11	11	11	6

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+04)out of 200	Whole subject (02+03+04)out of 200	J316/01out of 60	J316/02out of 60	J316/03out of 60	J316/04out of 80
9	171	171	52	52	52	67
8	161	161	49	49	49	63
7	152	152	46	46	47	59
6	137	137	41	41	43	53
5	122	122	36	36	39	47
4	107	107	32	32	35	40
3	81	81	25	25	27	29
2	55	55	18	18	19	18
1	29	29	11	11	11	7