Grade boundaries

WJEC A-level Geology A480QS grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Geology A480QS

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	225 of 300
A	198 of 300
B	168 of 300
C	138 of 300
D	108 of 300
E	78 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

225 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
198 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade A in June 2026.
168 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade B in June 2026.
138 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade C in June 2026.
108 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade D in June 2026.
78 out of 300 on WJEC A480QS in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 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	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	225	84	66	75
A	198	75	57	66
B	168	64	48	56
C	138	52	40	46
D	108	41	32	35
E	78	29	24	25

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	221	83	68	70
A	193	72	60	61
B	164	61	51	52
C	136	51	42	43
D	108	40	34	34
E	80	29	26	25

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	222	83	66	73
A	194	72	58	64
B	163	60	49	54
C	133	50	39	44
D	103	38	30	35
E	73	27	20	26

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	81	65	74
A	189	70	57	62
B	160	60	48	52
C	131	50	39	42
D	102	40	29	33
E	74	30	20	24

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	77	68	75
A	188	66	58	64
B	161	57	50	54
C	135	49	42	44
D	109	40	34	35
E	83	31	26	26

October 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	212	78	64	70
A	179	66	55	58
B	154	57	47	50
C	129	48	39	42
D	104	40	31	33
E	80	32	23	25

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	215	79	65	71
A	184	68	56	60
B	154	57	47	50
C	124	46	38	40
D	95	36	29	30
E	66	26	20	20

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	228	84	68	76
A	197	73	59	65
B	169	63	51	55
C	142	54	43	45
D	115	44	35	36
E	88	34	27	27

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in WJEC A-level Geology A480QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 198 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in WJEC A-level Geology A480QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 138 out of 300 in total.

Which series of WJEC A-level Geology A480QS grade boundaries are there?

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

Do WJEC A-level Geology A480QS grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade A in total needed from 179 out of 300 (October 2021) to 198 out of 300 (June 2026).

Geology at other boards

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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	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	225	84	66	75
A	198	75	57	66
B	168	64	48	56
C	138	52	40	46
D	108	41	32	35
E	78	29	24	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	221	83	68	70
A	193	72	60	61
B	164	61	51	52
C	136	51	42	43
D	108	40	34	34
E	80	29	26	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	222	83	66	73
A	194	72	58	64
B	163	60	49	54
C	133	50	39	44
D	103	38	30	35
E	73	27	20	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	81	65	74
A	189	70	57	62
B	160	60	48	52
C	131	50	39	42
D	102	40	29	33
E	74	30	20	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	77	68	75
A	188	66	58	64
B	161	57	50	54
C	135	49	42	44
D	109	40	34	35
E	83	31	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	212	78	64	70
A	179	66	55	58
B	154	57	47	50
C	129	48	39	42
D	104	40	31	33
E	80	32	23	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	228	84	68	76
A	197	73	59	65
B	169	63	51	55
C	142	54	43	45
D	115	44	35	36
E	88	34	27	27

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	225	84	66	75
A	198	75	57	66
B	168	64	48	56
C	138	52	40	46
D	108	41	32	35
E	78	29	24	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	221	83	68	70
A	193	72	60	61
B	164	61	51	52
C	136	51	42	43
D	108	40	34	34
E	80	29	26	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	222	83	66	73
A	194	72	58	64
B	163	60	49	54
C	133	50	39	44
D	103	38	30	35
E	73	27	20	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	81	65	74
A	189	70	57	62
B	160	60	48	52
C	131	50	39	42
D	102	40	29	33
E	74	30	20	24

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	220	77	68	75
A	188	66	58	64
B	161	57	50	54
C	135	49	42	44
D	109	40	34	35
E	83	31	26	26

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	212	78	64	70
A	179	66	55	58
B	154	57	47	50
C	129	48	39	42
D	104	40	31	33
E	80	32	23	25

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A480U10out of 105	A480U20out of 90	A480U30out of 105
A*	228	84	68	76
A	197	73	59	65
B	169	63	51	55
C	142	54	43	45
D	115	44	35	36
E	88	34	27	27