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Grade Boundary

OCR · GCSE

English Language grade boundaries

Every OCR GCSE English Language boundary set we hold —16 awards across 16 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. November 202568.1%109
  2. June 202566.3%106
  3. November 202467.5%108
  4. June 202468.1%109
  5. November 202366.9%107
  6. June 202366.9%107
  7. November 202262.5%100
  8. June 202263.8%102
  9. November 202161.9%99
  10. November 202061.9%99
  11. November 201969.4%111
  12. June 201966.9%107
  13. November 201873.8%118
  14. June 201865.6%105
  15. November 201769.4%111
  16. June 201766.3%106
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Every boundary at its true height on the 160-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.

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English LanguageJ35116012981117731066694598251714455344025251600
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English LanguageJ35116013484121761086895598352714456354126261600
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English LanguageJ35116013081119741096897618553734657364126261600
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English LanguageJ3511601298111874107679459815169435031322014900
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English LanguageJ3511601298111874107679459815169435031322014900
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English LanguageJ35116012377111691006388557648654151323723241500
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English LanguageJ35116012679114711026490567849674253333924251600
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English LanguageJ351160125781127099628553724559374327281813800
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English LanguageJ351160124781116999628654734660384428281812800
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English LanguageJ35116013283121761116997618352694351323321161000
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English LanguageJ35116013182119741076794598251704452333421161000
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English LanguageJ351160135841267911874103648855744654343522161000
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English LanguageJ35116012981117731056692577949674250313321161000
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English LanguageJ35116014088125781116998618553724553333421161000
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English LanguageJ35116013081118741066692577949664149313220161000