Grade boundaries

WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Psychology A290QS

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

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Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	205 of 300
A	178 of 300
B	146 of 300
C	114 of 300
D	83 of 300
E	52 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

205 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
178 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade A in June 2026.
146 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade B in June 2026.
114 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade C in June 2026.
83 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade D in June 2026.
52 out of 300 on WJEC A290QS in total was a grade E 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 WJEC’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	205	62	74	69
A	178	55	63	60
B	146	45	52	49
C	114	35	41	38
D	83	26	30	27
E	52	16	20	16

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	209	63	75	71
A	184	56	66	62
B	152	46	55	51
C	120	36	44	40
D	89	26	34	29
E	58	16	23	19

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	206	68	69	69
A	181	61	60	60
B	148	49	50	49
C	115	38	39	38
D	82	27	28	27
E	50	16	17	17

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	203	62	68	73
A	178	56	59	63
B	145	45	49	51
C	112	34	38	40
D	80	24	28	28
E	48	14	17	17

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	202	65	67	70
A	176	55	59	62
B	144	44	49	51
C	112	34	38	40
D	80	24	28	28
E	48	14	17	17

October 2021

From WJEC’s grade boundaries for October 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	210	71	67	72
A	180	61	58	61
B	148	50	49	49
C	116	38	40	38
D	84	28	28	28
E	53	18	19	16

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	216	69	72	75
A	184	59	61	64
B	150	49	50	51
C	117	38	39	40
D	84	27	29	28
E	51	17	19	15

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	228	73	76	79
A	200	63	67	70
B	168	54	56	58
C	136	44	45	47
D	104	33	35	36
E	72	22	25	25

June 2018

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	224	70	75	79
A	202	62	68	72
B	169	52	57	60
C	136	42	46	48
D	104	32	36	36
E	72	22	25	25

June 2017

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	219	71	72	76
A	193	61	63	69
B	163	51	53	58
C	133	42	43	47
D	103	33	34	36
E	74	24	25	25

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 178 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 114 out of 300 in total.

Which series of WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS grade boundaries are there?

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

Do WJEC A-level Psychology A290QS grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 10 series here, a grade A in total needed from 176 out of 300 (June 2022) to 202 out of 300 (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 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	228	73	76	79
A	200	63	67	70
B	168	54	56	58
C	136	44	45	47
D	104	33	35	36
E	72	22	25	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	224	70	75	79
A	202	62	68	72
B	169	52	57	60
C	136	42	46	48
D	104	32	36	36
E	72	22	25	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	219	71	72	76
A	193	61	63	69
B	163	51	53	58
C	133	42	43	47
D	103	33	34	36
E	74	24	25	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	228	73	76	79
A	200	63	67	70
B	168	54	56	58
C	136	44	45	47
D	104	33	35	36
E	72	22	25	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	224	70	75	79
A	202	62	68	72
B	169	52	57	60
C	136	42	46	48
D	104	32	36	36
E	72	22	25	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A290U10out of 100	A290U20out of 100	A290U30out of 100
A*	219	71	72	76
A	193	61	63	69
B	163	51	53	58
C	133	42	43	47
D	103	33	34	36
E	74	24	25	25