Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE English Literature J352 grade boundaries

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GCSE English Literature J352

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	135 of 160
8	119 of 160
7	104 of 160
6	85 of 160
5	66 of 160
4	47 of 160
3	35 of 160
2	24 of 160
1	13 of 160

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

135 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
119 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
104 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
85 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
66 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
47 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
35 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
24 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
13 out of 160 on OCR J352 in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

10 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	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	119	60	59
7	104	52	52
6	85	43	42
5	66	33	33
4	47	23	24
3	35	17	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	68	65
8	117	60	57
7	101	52	49
6	83	43	40
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	66	67
8	118	59	59
7	103	52	51
6	84	42	42
5	66	33	33
4	48	24	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	134	68	66
8	118	60	58
7	103	53	50
6	85	43	42
5	67	34	33
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	100	33	33	33	34
8	89	29	29	29	31
7	78	26	26	26	26
6	65	21	21	21	23
5	52	17	17	17	18
4	39	13	13	13	13
3	28	9	9	9	10
2	18	5	5	5	8
1	8	2	2	2	4

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	99	33	33	33	33
8	86	29	29	29	28
7	74	25	25	25	24
6	61	20	20	20	21
5	48	16	16	16	16
4	36	12	12	12	12
3	27	9	9	9	9
2	18	6	6	6	6
1	9	3	3	3	3

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	118	60	58
7	102	52	50
6	84	43	41
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	12	6	6

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	136	68	68
8	121	61	60
7	106	53	53
6	89	45	44
5	72	36	36
4	55	27	28
3	42	21	21
2	29	15	14
1	16	8	8

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	142	70	72
8	126	62	64
7	110	54	56
6	91	45	46
5	73	36	37
4	55	27	28
3	42	20	22
2	29	14	15
1	16	8	8

June 2017

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	140	70	70
8	122	61	61
7	105	52	53
6	86	43	43
5	67	33	34
4	48	24	24
3	37	18	19
2	26	13	13
1	15	7	8

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE English Literature J352?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 104 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE English Literature J352?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 47 out of 160 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE English Literature J352 grade boundaries are there?

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

Do OCR GCSE English Literature J352 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 101 out of 160 (June 2025) to 110 out of 160 (June 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	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	119	60	59
7	104	52	52
6	85	43	42
5	66	33	33
4	47	23	24
3	35	17	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	68	65
8	117	60	57
7	101	52	49
6	83	43	40
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	66	67
8	118	59	59
7	103	52	51
6	84	42	42
5	66	33	33
4	48	24	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	134	68	66
8	118	60	58
7	103	53	50
6	85	43	42
5	67	34	33
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	100	33	33	33	34
8	89	29	29	29	31
7	78	26	26	26	26
6	65	21	21	21	23
5	52	17	17	17	18
4	39	13	13	13	13
3	28	9	9	9	10
2	18	5	5	5	8
1	8	2	2	2	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	99	33	33	33	33
8	86	29	29	29	28
7	74	25	25	25	24
6	61	20	20	20	21
5	48	16	16	16	16
4	36	12	12	12	12
3	27	9	9	9	9
2	18	6	6	6	6
1	9	3	3	3	3

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	118	60	58
7	102	52	50
6	84	43	41
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	12	6	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	136	68	68
8	121	61	60
7	106	53	53
6	89	45	44
5	72	36	36
4	55	27	28
3	42	21	21
2	29	15	14
1	16	8	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	142	70	72
8	126	62	64
7	110	54	56
6	91	45	46
5	73	36	37
4	55	27	28
3	42	20	22
2	29	14	15
1	16	8	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	140	70	70
8	122	61	61
7	105	52	53
6	86	43	43
5	67	33	34
4	48	24	24
3	37	18	19
2	26	13	13
1	15	7	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	119	60	59
7	104	52	52
6	85	43	42
5	66	33	33
4	47	23	24
3	35	17	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	68	65
8	117	60	57
7	101	52	49
6	83	43	40
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	133	66	67
8	118	59	59
7	103	52	51
6	84	42	42
5	66	33	33
4	48	24	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	134	68	66
8	118	60	58
7	103	53	50
6	85	43	42
5	67	34	33
4	49	25	24
3	37	19	18
2	25	13	12
1	13	7	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	100	33	33	33	34
8	89	29	29	29	31
7	78	26	26	26	26
6	65	21	21	21	23
5	52	17	17	17	18
4	39	13	13	13	13
3	28	9	9	9	10
2	18	5	5	5	8
1	8	2	2	2	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 120	J352/11out of 40	J352/12out of 40	J352/21out of 40	J352/22out of 40
9	99	33	33	33	33
8	86	29	29	29	28
7	74	25	25	25	24
6	61	20	20	20	21
5	48	16	16	16	16
4	36	12	12	12	12
3	27	9	9	9	9
2	18	6	6	6	6
1	9	3	3	3	3

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	135	68	67
8	118	60	58
7	102	52	50
6	84	43	41
5	66	34	32
4	49	25	24
3	36	18	18
2	24	12	12
1	12	6	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	136	68	68
8	121	61	60
7	106	53	53
6	89	45	44
5	72	36	36
4	55	27	28
3	42	21	21
2	29	15	14
1	16	8	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	142	70	72
8	126	62	64
7	110	54	56
6	91	45	46
5	73	36	37
4	55	27	28
3	42	20	22
2	29	14	15
1	16	8	8

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	J352/01out of 80	J352/02out of 80
9	140	70	70
8	122	61	61
7	105	52	53
6	86	43	43
5	67	33	34
4	48	24	24
3	37	18	19
2	26	13	13
1	15	7	8