Grade boundaries

WJEC GCSE Geology C480QS grade boundaries

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Subject

Board

Course

GCSE Geology C480QS

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

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Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
9	117 of 160
8	100 of 160
7	84 of 160
6	71 of 160
5	58 of 160
4	45 of 160
3	32 of 160
2	20 of 160
1	8 of 160

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

117 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 9 in June 2026.
100 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 8 in June 2026.
84 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 7 in June 2026.
71 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 6 in June 2026.
58 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 5 in June 2026.
45 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 4 in June 2026.
32 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 3 in June 2026.
20 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 2 in June 2026.
8 out of 160 on WJEC C480QS in total was a grade 1 in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

7 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 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	100	48	52
7	84	40	44
6	71	34	37
5	58	28	30
4	45	21	24
3	32	15	17
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

June 2025

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	99	48	51
7	82	39	43
6	69	32	37
5	56	26	30
4	43	20	23
3	31	14	17
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

June 2024

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	110	53	57
8	96	46	50
7	82	39	43
6	68	32	36
5	55	26	29
4	42	19	23
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

June 2023

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	119	59	60
8	105	52	53
7	91	45	46
6	76	37	39
5	61	29	32
4	46	22	24
3	33	16	17
2	21	10	11
1	9	5	4

June 2022

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	116	57	59
8	102	50	52
7	88	43	45
6	73	36	37
5	58	28	30
4	44	21	23
3	32	16	16
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

November 2020

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U2out of 80	C480UBout of 80
9	107	52	55
8	91	45	46
7	75	37	38
6	62	31	31
5	49	24	25
4	36	17	19
3	26	12	14
2	16	7	9
1	7	3	4

June 2019

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

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U2out of 80	C480UA/C480UBout of 80
9	110	54	56
8	96	47	49
7	82	40	42
6	68	33	35
5	55	26	29
4	42	20	22
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade 7 in WJEC GCSE Geology C480QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 7 was 84 out of 160 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade 4 in WJEC GCSE Geology C480QS?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade 4 was 45 out of 160 in total.

Which series of WJEC GCSE Geology C480QS grade boundaries are there?

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

Do WJEC GCSE Geology C480QS grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 7 series here, a grade 7 in total needed from 75 out of 160 (November 2020) to 91 out of 160 (June 2023).

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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 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	100	48	52
7	84	40	44
6	71	34	37
5	58	28	30
4	45	21	24
3	32	15	17
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	99	48	51
7	82	39	43
6	69	32	37
5	56	26	30
4	43	20	23
3	31	14	17
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	110	53	57
8	96	46	50
7	82	39	43
6	68	32	36
5	55	26	29
4	42	19	23
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	119	59	60
8	105	52	53
7	91	45	46
6	76	37	39
5	61	29	32
4	46	22	24
3	33	16	17
2	21	10	11
1	9	5	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	116	57	59
8	102	50	52
7	88	43	45
6	73	36	37
5	58	28	30
4	44	21	23
3	32	16	16
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U2out of 80	C480UA/C480UBout of 80
9	110	54	56
8	96	47	49
7	82	40	42
6	68	33	35
5	55	26	29
4	42	20	22
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	100	48	52
7	84	40	44
6	71	34	37
5	58	28	30
4	45	21	24
3	32	15	17
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	117	57	60
8	99	48	51
7	82	39	43
6	69	32	37
5	56	26	30
4	43	20	23
3	31	14	17
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	110	53	57
8	96	46	50
7	82	39	43
6	68	32	36
5	55	26	29
4	42	19	23
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	119	59	60
8	105	52	53
7	91	45	46
6	76	37	39
5	61	29	32
4	46	22	24
3	33	16	17
2	21	10	11
1	9	5	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U20out of 80	C480UB0out of 80
9	116	57	59
8	102	50	52
7	88	43	45
6	73	36	37
5	58	28	30
4	44	21	23
3	32	16	16
2	20	10	10
1	8	4	4

Grade	Whole subjectout of 160	C480U2out of 80	C480UA/C480UBout of 80
9	110	54	56
8	96	47	49
7	82	40	42
6	68	33	35
5	55	26	29
4	42	20	22
3	30	14	16
2	19	9	10
1	8	4	4