Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE Geography A (Geographical Themes) J383 grade boundaries

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	165 of 200
8	149 of 200
7	133 of 200
6	117 of 200
5	101 of 200
4	85 of 200
3	60 of 200
2	36 of 200
1	12 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

165 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
149 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
133 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
117 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
101 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
85 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
60 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
36 out of 200 on OCR J383 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
12 out of 200 on OCR J383 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	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	165	46	49	70
8	149	41	46	62
7	133	37	44	52
6	117	33	38	46
5	101	29	33	39
4	85	25	28	32
3	60	18	19	23
2	36	11	12	13
1	12	4	4	4

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	162	46	49	67
8	146	41	46	59
7	131	36	44	51
6	115	32	38	45
5	99	28	33	38
4	83	25	28	30
3	60	18	20	22
2	37	11	12	14
1	14	5	4	5

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	157	44	51	62
8	141	39	48	54
7	126	34	45	47
6	110	31	39	40
5	95	28	34	33
4	80	24	29	27
3	57	18	20	19
2	35	11	12	12
1	13	4	4	5

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	47	48	59
8	137	41	44	52
7	120	36	40	44
6	104	32	34	38
5	88	28	29	31
4	72	24	24	24
3	51	17	17	17
2	30	10	10	10
1	10	3	3	4

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 167	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 42	J383/03out of 65
9	124	45	31	48
8	112	40	28	44
7	100	36	26	38
6	87	31	23	33
5	74	26	20	28
4	61	22	15	24
3	43	15	11	17
2	26	9	7	10
1	9	3	3	3

November 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 185	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 65
9	134	44	41	49
8	120	40	37	43
7	106	35	33	38
6	91	31	28	32
5	76	26	23	27
4	61	21	18	22
3	45	15	14	16
2	29	10	9	10
1	13	4	4	5

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	147	45	42	60
8	131	40	37	54
7	116	36	33	47
6	99	31	28	40
5	82	26	23	33
4	66	21	18	27
3	48	15	13	20
2	30	9	8	13
1	13	4	4	5

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	48	44	62
8	139	44	39	56
7	124	39	35	50
6	109	35	30	44
5	94	30	26	38
4	80	26	22	32
3	58	19	16	23
2	37	12	10	15
1	16	5	4	7

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	153	46	46	61
8	138	42	41	55
7	123	38	37	48
6	109	33	33	43
5	95	29	29	37
4	81	25	24	32
3	58	17	17	24
2	35	10	10	15
1	12	3	3	6

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE Geography A (Geographical Themes) J383?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 133 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE Geography A (Geographical Themes) J383?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 85 out of 200 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE Geography A (Geographical Themes) J383 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 Geography A (Geographical Themes) J383 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 116 out of 200 (November 2020) to 133 out of 200 (June 2026).

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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	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	165	46	49	70
8	149	41	46	62
7	133	37	44	52
6	117	33	38	46
5	101	29	33	39
4	85	25	28	32
3	60	18	19	23
2	36	11	12	13
1	12	4	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	162	46	49	67
8	146	41	46	59
7	131	36	44	51
6	115	32	38	45
5	99	28	33	38
4	83	25	28	30
3	60	18	20	22
2	37	11	12	14
1	14	5	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	157	44	51	62
8	141	39	48	54
7	126	34	45	47
6	110	31	39	40
5	95	28	34	33
4	80	24	29	27
3	57	18	20	19
2	35	11	12	12
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	47	48	59
8	137	41	44	52
7	120	36	40	44
6	104	32	34	38
5	88	28	29	31
4	72	24	24	24
3	51	17	17	17
2	30	10	10	10
1	10	3	3	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 167	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 42	J383/03out of 65
9	124	45	31	48
8	112	40	28	44
7	100	36	26	38
6	87	31	23	33
5	74	26	20	28
4	61	22	15	24
3	43	15	11	17
2	26	9	7	10
1	9	3	3	3

Grade	Whole subjectout of 185	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 65
9	134	44	41	49
8	120	40	37	43
7	106	35	33	38
6	91	31	28	32
5	76	26	23	27
4	61	21	18	22
3	45	15	14	16
2	29	10	9	10
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	147	45	42	60
8	131	40	37	54
7	116	36	33	47
6	99	31	28	40
5	82	26	23	33
4	66	21	18	27
3	48	15	13	20
2	30	9	8	13
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	48	44	62
8	139	44	39	56
7	124	39	35	50
6	109	35	30	44
5	94	30	26	38
4	80	26	22	32
3	58	19	16	23
2	37	12	10	15
1	16	5	4	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	153	46	46	61
8	138	42	41	55
7	123	38	37	48
6	109	33	33	43
5	95	29	29	37
4	81	25	24	32
3	58	17	17	24
2	35	10	10	15
1	12	3	3	6

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	165	46	49	70
8	149	41	46	62
7	133	37	44	52
6	117	33	38	46
5	101	29	33	39
4	85	25	28	32
3	60	18	19	23
2	36	11	12	13
1	12	4	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	162	46	49	67
8	146	41	46	59
7	131	36	44	51
6	115	32	38	45
5	99	28	33	38
4	83	25	28	30
3	60	18	20	22
2	37	11	12	14
1	14	5	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	157	44	51	62
8	141	39	48	54
7	126	34	45	47
6	110	31	39	40
5	95	28	34	33
4	80	24	29	27
3	57	18	20	19
2	35	11	12	12
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	47	48	59
8	137	41	44	52
7	120	36	40	44
6	104	32	34	38
5	88	28	29	31
4	72	24	24	24
3	51	17	17	17
2	30	10	10	10
1	10	3	3	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 167	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 42	J383/03out of 65
9	124	45	31	48
8	112	40	28	44
7	100	36	26	38
6	87	31	23	33
5	74	26	20	28
4	61	22	15	24
3	43	15	11	17
2	26	9	7	10
1	9	3	3	3

Grade	Whole subjectout of 185	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 65
9	134	44	41	49
8	120	40	37	43
7	106	35	33	38
6	91	31	28	32
5	76	26	23	27
4	61	21	18	22
3	45	15	14	16
2	29	10	9	10
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	147	45	42	60
8	131	40	37	54
7	116	36	33	47
6	99	31	28	40
5	82	26	23	33
4	66	21	18	27
3	48	15	13	20
2	30	9	8	13
1	13	4	4	5

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	154	48	44	62
8	139	44	39	56
7	124	39	35	50
6	109	35	30	44
5	94	30	26	38
4	80	26	22	32
3	58	19	16	23
2	37	12	10	15
1	16	5	4	7

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J383/01out of 60	J383/02out of 60	J383/03out of 80
9	153	46	46	61
8	138	42	41	55
7	123	38	37	48
6	109	33	33	43
5	95	29	29	37
4	81	25	24	32
3	58	17	17	24
2	35	10	10	15
1	12	3	3	6