Grade boundaries

OCR GCSE Music J536 grade boundaries

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GCSE Music J536

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	170 of 200
8	160 of 200
7	151 of 200
6	138 of 200
5	125 of 200
4	113 of 200
3	92 of 200
2	72 of 200
1	52 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

170 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
160 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
151 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
138 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
125 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
113 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
92 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
72 out of 200 on OCR J536 in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
52 out of 200 on OCR J536 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	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	151	48	48	48	48	55
6	138	44	44	44	44	50
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	92	30	30	30	30	32
2	72	22	22	22	22	28
1	52	15	15	15	15	22

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	91	30	30	30	30	31
2	70	22	22	22	22	26
1	49	15	15	15	15	19

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	159	50	50	50	50	59
7	149	48	48	48	48	53
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	68	22	22	22	22	24
1	47	15	15	15	15	17

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	171	53	53	53	53	65
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	67	22	22	22	22	23
1	45	15	15	15	15	15

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	167	52	52	63
8	156	49	49	58
7	146	47	47	52
6	133	43	43	47
5	121	40	40	41
4	109	37	37	35
3	90	30	30	30
2	71	22	22	27
1	52	15	15	22

November 2021

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

Grade	J536/05out of 80
9	53
8	46
7	39
6	33
5	27
4	21
3	16
2	11
1	6

November 2020

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

Grade	J536/05out of 80
9	55
8	48
7	41
6	34
5	27
4	20
3	14
2	9
1	4

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	169	53	53	53	53	63
8	158	50	50	50	50	58
7	148	48	48	48	48	52
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	89	30	30	30	30	29
2	66	22	22	22	22	22
1	43	15	15	15	15	13

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 200	Whole subject (02+04+05)out of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	173	173	53	53	53	53	67
8	163	163	50	50	50	50	63
7	153	153	48	48	48	48	57
6	141	141	44	44	44	44	53
5	130	130	41	41	41	41	48
4	119	119	38	38	38	38	43
3	94	94	30	30	30	30	34
2	69	69	22	22	22	22	25
1	44	44	15	15	15	15	14

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in OCR GCSE Music J536?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 151 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in OCR GCSE Music J536?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 113 out of 200 in total.

Which series of OCR GCSE Music J536 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 Music J536 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 146 out of 200 (June 2022) to 151 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	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	151	48	48	48	48	55
6	138	44	44	44	44	50
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	92	30	30	30	30	32
2	72	22	22	22	22	28
1	52	15	15	15	15	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	91	30	30	30	30	31
2	70	22	22	22	22	26
1	49	15	15	15	15	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	159	50	50	50	50	59
7	149	48	48	48	48	53
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	68	22	22	22	22	24
1	47	15	15	15	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	171	53	53	53	53	65
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	67	22	22	22	22	23
1	45	15	15	15	15	15

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	167	52	52	63
8	156	49	49	58
7	146	47	47	52
6	133	43	43	47
5	121	40	40	41
4	109	37	37	35
3	90	30	30	30
2	71	22	22	27
1	52	15	15	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	169	53	53	53	53	63
8	158	50	50	50	50	58
7	148	48	48	48	48	52
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	89	30	30	30	30	29
2	66	22	22	22	22	22
1	43	15	15	15	15	13

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 200	Whole subject (02+04+05)out of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	173	173	53	53	53	53	67
8	163	163	50	50	50	50	63
7	153	153	48	48	48	48	57
6	141	141	44	44	44	44	53
5	130	130	41	41	41	41	48
4	119	119	38	38	38	38	43
3	94	94	30	30	30	30	34
2	69	69	22	22	22	22	25
1	44	44	15	15	15	15	14

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	151	48	48	48	48	55
6	138	44	44	44	44	50
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	92	30	30	30	30	32
2	72	22	22	22	22	28
1	52	15	15	15	15	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	91	30	30	30	30	31
2	70	22	22	22	22	26
1	49	15	15	15	15	19

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	170	53	53	53	53	64
8	159	50	50	50	50	59
7	149	48	48	48	48	53
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	112	38	38	38	38	36
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	68	22	22	22	22	24
1	47	15	15	15	15	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	171	53	53	53	53	65
8	160	50	50	50	50	60
7	150	48	48	48	48	54
6	137	44	44	44	44	49
5	125	41	41	41	41	43
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	90	30	30	30	30	30
2	67	22	22	22	22	23
1	45	15	15	15	15	15

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	167	52	52	63
8	156	49	49	58
7	146	47	47	52
6	133	43	43	47
5	121	40	40	41
4	109	37	37	35
3	90	30	30	30
2	71	22	22	27
1	52	15	15	22

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	169	53	53	53	53	63
8	158	50	50	50	50	58
7	148	48	48	48	48	52
6	136	44	44	44	44	48
5	124	41	41	41	41	42
4	113	38	38	38	38	37
3	89	30	30	30	30	29
2	66	22	22	22	22	22
1	43	15	15	15	15	13

Grade	Whole subject (01+03+05)out of 200	Whole subject (02+04+05)out of 200	J536/01out of 60	J536/02out of 60	J536/03out of 60	J536/04out of 60	J536/05out of 80
9	173	173	53	53	53	53	67
8	163	163	50	50	50	50	63
7	153	153	48	48	48	48	57
6	141	141	44	44	44	44	53
5	130	130	41	41	41	41	48
4	119	119	38	38	38	38	43
3	94	94	30	30	30	30	34
2	69	69	22	22	22	22	25
1	44	44	15	15	15	15	14