Grade boundaries

WJEC A-level Media Studies A680QS grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

A-level Media Studies A680QS

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	228 of 300
A	201 of 300
B	168 of 300
C	136 of 300
D	104 of 300
E	72 of 300

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

228 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
201 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS in total was a grade A in June 2026.
168 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS in total was a grade B in June 2026.
136 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS in total was a grade C in June 2026.
104 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS in total was a grade D in June 2026.
72 out of 300 on WJEC A680QS 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	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	228	65	66	50
A	201	57	59	44
B	168	48	48	37
C	136	39	39	30
D	104	29	29	24
E	72	21	19	17

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	229	65	67	50
A	200	56	59	44
B	167	46	48	38
C	135	38	39	30
D	103	29	30	23
E	71	20	19	17

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	233	68	67	50
A	206	60	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	137	40	39	30
D	103	30	29	23
E	69	19	18	17

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	234	69	67	50
A	207	61	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	136	40	38	30
D	101	30	27	23
E	66	19	16	17

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	223	68	64	46
A	198	61	56	41
B	163	50	46	34
C	129	40	36	27
D	95	30	26	20
E	61	19	15	14

October 2021

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 210	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90
A*	146	63	62
A	126	54	54
B	103	44	44
C	80	34	34
D	57	25	24
E	34	14	15

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 210	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90
A*	151	64	65
A	131	56	56
B	106	45	46
C	82	35	35
D	58	25	25
E	34	14	15

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	240	72	71	49
A	213	64	62	44
B	177	53	51	37
C	142	43	40	30
D	107	32	30	23
E	72	20	20	17

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in WJEC A-level Media Studies A680QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 201 out of 300 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in WJEC A-level Media Studies A680QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 136 out of 300 in total.

Which series of WJEC A-level Media Studies A680QS 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 Media Studies A680QS grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 6 series here, a grade A in total needed from 198 out of 300 (June 2022) to 213 out of 300 (June 2019).

Media Studies at other boards

Other WJEC A level courses

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	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	228	65	66	50
A	201	57	59	44
B	168	48	48	37
C	136	39	39	30
D	104	29	29	24
E	72	21	19	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	229	65	67	50
A	200	56	59	44
B	167	46	48	38
C	135	38	39	30
D	103	29	30	23
E	71	20	19	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	233	68	67	50
A	206	60	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	137	40	39	30
D	103	30	29	23
E	69	19	18	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	234	69	67	50
A	207	61	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	136	40	38	30
D	101	30	27	23
E	66	19	16	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	240	72	71	49
A	213	64	62	44
B	177	53	51	37
C	142	43	40	30
D	107	32	30	23
E	72	20	20	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	228	65	66	50
A	201	57	59	44
B	168	48	48	37
C	136	39	39	30
D	104	29	29	24
E	72	21	19	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	229	65	67	50
A	200	56	59	44
B	167	46	48	38
C	135	38	39	30
D	103	29	30	23
E	71	20	19	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	233	68	67	50
A	206	60	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	137	40	39	30
D	103	30	29	23
E	69	19	18	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	234	69	67	50
A	207	61	60	44
B	171	50	49	37
C	136	40	38	30
D	101	30	27	23
E	66	19	16	17

Grade	Whole subjectout of 300	A680U10out of 90	A680U20out of 90	A680U30out of 60
A*	240	72	71	49
A	213	64	62	44
B	177	53	51	37
C	142	43	40	30
D	107	32	30	23
E	72	20	20	17