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Grade Boundary

OCR · GCSE

Physics grade boundaries

Every OCR GCSE Physics 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 202570.6%127
  2. June 202468.3%123
  3. June 202365%117
  4. June 202263.9%115
  5. November 202161.1%110
  6. November 202062.2%112
  7. June 201966.7%120
  8. June 201861.1%110
18001509138812771096925754663
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
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ2491801508313877127711096192517542663700
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ2591801478213575123681065990507441663700
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ249180114631015677435430311700
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ259180121671086085476234402200
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ2491801478213575123681045885476637563100
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ2591801448013173118661025786487039623400
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ249180115641025777435229281600
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ25918011363995576425329301700
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ249180144801307211765995581456335543000
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25918012771110619452774360334324341900
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ249180117651025775424827221200
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ259180925177435732372117900
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ249180142791287111564975479446134522900
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25918011966102578648693852293519261400
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24918010257894965364223191100
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ259180915177435631351915800
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ249180142791267011061925174415631472600
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25918012469104588447693854303922311700
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ249180975476425531341913700
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ259180844766374827301713700
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ249180143791277111262925172405229422300
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25918012569108609151734155313721281600
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ249180925172405229331814800
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ259180834664364726301713700
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway Science) — HigherJ2491801478213374120671035786486938603300
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — HigherJ25918013072114639854824666375028422300
Physics (Gateway Science) — FoundationJ24918010257884965364223201100
Physics (Twenty First Century Science) — FoundationJ2591809553804459333821181000
AwardCodeMax987654321U
Physics (Gateway) — HigherJ249180139771246911061945278436335482700
Physics (Twenty First Century) — HigherJ25918012067105589151764262344827341900
Physics (Gateway) — FoundationJ2491809151754256313721191100
Physics (Twenty First Century) — FoundationJ259180955377435631351915800