Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE English Language J351 grade boundaries

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GCSE English Language J351

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Type a mark to see its grade.

The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	132 of 160
8	121 of 160
7	110 of 160
6	98 of 160
5	86 of 160
4	75 of 160
3	58 of 160
2	42 of 160
1	26 of 160

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

132 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
121 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
110 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
98 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
86 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
75 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
58 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
42 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
26 out of 160 on OCR J351 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

17 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 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	61	60
7	110	55	55
6	98	49	49
5	86	43	43
4	75	38	37
3	58	29	29
2	42	21	21
1	26	13	13

November 2025

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

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	55	51
6	94	49	45
5	82	43	39
4	71	37	34
3	55	29	26
2	40	21	19
1	25	13	12

November 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	134	67	67
8	121	61	60
7	108	54	54
6	95	48	47
5	83	42	41
4	71	36	35
3	56	29	27
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	130	65	65
8	119	60	59
7	109	55	54
6	97	49	48
5	85	43	42
4	73	37	36
3	57	29	28
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

November 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	58	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	46	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	59	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	47	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

November 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	123	62	61
8	111	55	56
7	100	49	51
6	88	43	45
5	76	37	39
4	65	32	33
3	51	25	26
2	37	18	19
1	24	12	12

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	126	61	65
8	114	55	59
7	102	49	53
6	90	43	47
5	78	37	41
4	67	32	35
3	53	26	27
2	39	19	20
1	25	12	13

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	125	63	62
8	112	56	55
7	99	50	49
6	85	43	42
5	72	36	36
4	59	29	30
3	43	21	22
2	28	13	14
1	13	6	7

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	124	63	61
8	111	57	54
7	99	51	48
6	86	44	42
5	73	37	36
4	60	30	30
3	44	22	22
2	28	14	14
1	12	6	6

November 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	61	60
7	111	56	55
6	97	49	48
5	83	42	41
4	69	35	34
3	51	26	25
2	33	17	16
1	16	8	8

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	131	65	66
8	119	59	60
7	107	53	54
6	94	46	48
5	82	40	42
4	70	34	36
3	52	25	27
2	34	16	18
1	16	8	8

November 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	135	67	68
8	126	63	63
7	118	59	59
6	103	51	52
5	88	44	44
4	74	37	37
3	54	27	27
2	35	17	18
1	16	8	8

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	117	58	59
7	105	52	53
6	92	46	46
5	79	39	40
4	67	33	34
3	50	25	25
2	33	17	16
1	16	8	8

November 2017

From OCR’s grade boundaries for November 2017: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	140	70	70
8	125	63	62
7	111	56	55
6	98	49	49
5	85	43	42
4	72	36	36
3	53	27	26
2	34	17	17
1	16	8	8

June 2017

From OCR’s grade boundaries for June 2017: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	130	65	65
8	118	59	59
7	106	53	53
6	92	46	46
5	79	40	39
4	66	33	33
3	49	25	24
2	32	16	16
1	16	8	8

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE English Language J351?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 110 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE English Language J351?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 75 out of 160 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE English Language J351 grade boundaries are there?

17 series, from June 2017 to June 2026: June 2026, November 2025, June 2025, November 2024, June 2024, November 2023, June 2023, November 2022, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020, November 2019, June 2019, November 2018, June 2018, November 2017 and June 2017.

Do OCR GCSE English Language J351 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 17 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 99 out of 160 (November 2021) to 118 out of 160 (November 2018).

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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 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	61	60
7	110	55	55
6	98	49	49
5	86	43	43
4	75	38	37
3	58	29	29
2	42	21	21
1	26	13	13

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	55	51
6	94	49	45
5	82	43	39
4	71	37	34
3	55	29	26
2	40	21	19
1	25	13	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	134	67	67
8	121	61	60
7	108	54	54
6	95	48	47
5	83	42	41
4	71	36	35
3	56	29	27
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	130	65	65
8	119	60	59
7	109	55	54
6	97	49	48
5	85	43	42
4	73	37	36
3	57	29	28
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	58	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	46	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	59	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	47	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	123	62	61
8	111	55	56
7	100	49	51
6	88	43	45
5	76	37	39
4	65	32	33
3	51	25	26
2	37	18	19
1	24	12	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	126	61	65
8	114	55	59
7	102	49	53
6	90	43	47
5	78	37	41
4	67	32	35
3	53	26	27
2	39	19	20
1	25	12	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	125	63	62
8	112	56	55
7	99	50	49
6	85	43	42
5	72	36	36
4	59	29	30
3	43	21	22
2	28	13	14
1	13	6	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	132	66	66
8	121	61	60
7	110	55	55
6	98	49	49
5	86	43	43
4	75	38	37
3	58	29	29
2	42	21	21
1	26	13	13

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	66	63
8	117	60	57
7	106	55	51
6	94	49	45
5	82	43	39
4	71	37	34
3	55	29	26
2	40	21	19
1	25	13	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	134	67	67
8	121	61	60
7	108	54	54
6	95	48	47
5	83	42	41
4	71	36	35
3	56	29	27
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	130	65	65
8	119	60	59
7	109	55	54
6	97	49	48
5	85	43	42
4	73	37	36
3	57	29	28
2	41	21	20
1	26	13	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	58	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	46	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	129	64	65
8	118	59	59
7	107	53	54
6	94	47	47
5	81	40	41
4	69	34	35
3	50	25	25
2	32	16	16
1	14	7	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	123	62	61
8	111	55	56
7	100	49	51
6	88	43	45
5	76	37	39
4	65	32	33
3	51	25	26
2	37	18	19
1	24	12	12

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	126	61	65
8	114	55	59
7	102	49	53
6	90	43	47
5	78	37	41
4	67	32	35
3	53	26	27
2	39	19	20
1	25	12	13

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J351/01out of 80	J351/02out of 80
9	125	63	62
8	112	56	55
7	99	50	49
6	85	43	42
5	72	36	36
4	59	29	30
3	43	21	22
2	28	13	14
1	13	6	7