Grade boundaries
OCR GCSE English Language J351 grade boundaries November 2025
The least raw mark that reached each grade in November 2025, as OCR printed it, for the whole subject and each paper.
From OCR’s grade boundaries for November 2025: the board’s document.
| Grade | Whole subjectout of 160 | J351/01out of 80 | J351/02out of 80 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 133 | 68 | 65 |
| 8 | 121 | 62 | 59 |
| 7 | 109 | 56 | 53 |
| 6 | 97 | 50 | 47 |
| 5 | 85 | 44 | 41 |
| 4 | 74 | 38 | 36 |
| 3 | 57 | 29 | 28 |
| 2 | 41 | 21 | 20 |
| 1 | 25 | 13 | 12 |
Marks for each grade
In total
- 133 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 121 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 109 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 97 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 85 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 74 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 57 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 41 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 25 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 1 in November 2025.
Paper J351/01
- 68 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 62 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 56 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 50 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 44 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 38 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 29 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 21 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 13 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/01 was a grade 1 in November 2025.
Paper J351/02
- 65 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 9 in November 2025.
- 59 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 8 in November 2025.
- 53 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 7 in November 2025.
- 47 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 6 in November 2025.
- 41 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 5 in November 2025.
- 36 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 4 in November 2025.
- 28 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 3 in November 2025.
- 20 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 2 in November 2025.
- 12 out of 80 on OCR J351 paper J351/02 was a grade 1 in November 2025.