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Grade Boundary

OCR · GCSE

Biology grade boundaries

Every OCR GCSE Biology boundary set we hold —32 awards across 8 series. Marks are raw marks for the whole subject, and every table links to the document it came from.

Grade 7 boundary over time

Shown as a percentage of the maximum mark, because the maximum changes when a board reforms a specification and raw marks stop being comparable.

  1. June 202565%117
  2. June 202467.2%121
  3. June 202360.6%109
  4. June 202256.7%102
  5. November 202153.9%97
  6. November 202054.4%98
  7. June 201959.4%107
  8. June 201852.8%95
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Every boundary at its true height on the 180-mark scale.

Turn a mark into a grade

This is the total for the whole subject, not one paper. Working from paper marks? Use the paper calculator below.

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Enter a mark to place it on the scale.

AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ2471801397712871117651005683466637573200
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ257180141781297211866985479446033502800
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24718010961905066374223181000
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ257180116641015680445933392200
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ2471801427913173121671045887487039613400
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ2571801437913173119661005681456335543000
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24718011162945269384525211200
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ25718010961965375425531351900
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ247180133741216710961915173415531462600
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ257180128711156410357874871395531472600
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24718010558905066374324201100
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ25718010458874864364223201100
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ247180131731166410257834665364726382100
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25718012569110619553784361344525372100
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24718010257784360334324261400
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ2571809854814561344223231300
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ24718012871112629754784359334022301700
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25718011765103579050764263355028432400
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ247180804463354626291612700
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ2571801035781455933372116900
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ24718012972113639854764255313419231300
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25718011966106599352784363354827402200
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ247180754259334324271512700
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ2571801025780445832372116900
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway Science) — HigherJ247180134741206710759905073415732492700
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ257180123681116210056874874416134543000
Biology (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ2471809653814560333922181000
Biology (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ25718010860935271395028291600
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Biology (Gateway) — HigherJ24718011866106599553814567375430412300
Biology (Twenty First Century) — HigherJ2571801096197548648734160334726341900
Biology (Gateway) — FoundationJ247180905079445732362015800
Biology (Twenty First Century) — FoundationJ2571809050764257323821201100