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Grade boundaries

Pearson Edexcel A-level, June 2023 to 2026, as a percentage of the maximum mark. Every subject the board sets, ranked by how far its boundary has moved at the grade you choose, and for each one, which papers did the moving.

The boundary shown for every subject: the marks needed for this grade, as a share of the maximum.Grade
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44 A-levels with a June series in every year since 2023. Of their 169 components, 20 have carried identical boundaries in every one of those series. Almost all of those are coursework, practicals and speaking tests; the written papers are where the lines move.

Subject2023–262026Δ 25Spread
Further Mathematics10 components, all moved79.0+1.313.7Biology A (Salters Nuffield)3 components, all moved65.3−1.39.7Physics3 components, all moved71.7+5.38.3Statistics3 components, all moved76.3+7.97.9Chemistry3 components, all moved70.7+1.77.0Arabic3 components, all moved67.6+4.66.5Biology B3 components, all moved63.0+0.36.3Mathematics3 components, all moved70.0−1.36.0Economics A3 components, all moved79.1+0.96.0Business3 components, all moved69.6+0.65.1English Language & Literature3 components, all moved69.3−1.05.0Portuguese3 components, all moved77.3+0.04.6Russian3 components, all moved65.0+3.54.3Design and Technology1 of 2 components held still70.8+0.04.2Religious Studies9 components, all moved78.3+0.44.2German1 of 3 components held still75.0+4.04.0Drama and Theatre1 of 5 components held still80.7−0.33.7English Language4 components, all moved64.0+3.23.2Greek3 components, all moved76.8+1.92.7French3 components, all moved75.3+1.52.5Economics B3 components, all moved58.8+0.62.4History of Art2 components, all moved61.8+1.82.3Physical Education2 of 4 components held still65.8+1.12.2Music2 of 3 components held still75.2+0.42.0Spanish3 components, all moved74.3−0.52.0Art and Design (Photography)2 components, all moved73.3+0.61.7Music Technology2 of 4 components held still73.3−0.71.7Urdu3 components, all moved78.9+0.51.6History27 components, all moved80.0+0.01.5Italian1 of 3 components held still72.5+0.81.5Geography4 components, all moved69.1−0.91.4Japanese3 components, all moved69.7+1.41.4Politics4 components, all moved62.7+0.41.2Turkish1 of 3 components held still84.1+1.11.1Chinese3 components, all moved75.0+0.00.8Psychology3 components, all moved51.9+0.40.7English Literature4 components, all moved70.0+0.00.7Art and Design (3D Design)1 of 2 components held still71.7+0.60.6Art and Design (Art, Craft and Design)1 of 2 components held still71.7+0.60.6Art and Design (Fine Art)1 of 2 components held still71.7+0.60.6Art and Design (Graphic Communication)1 of 2 components held still71.7+0.60.6Art and Design (Textile Design)1 of 2 components held still71.7+0.60.6Persian1 of 3 components held still76.5+0.00.5Gujarati3 of 3 components held still61.1+0.00.0

Whole-qualification boundaries as a percentage of the maximum mark. Every strip on this page shares one scale, 45 to 95%, so a flat line is a boundary that did not move. Δ is the change on 2025 in percentage points; spread is the highest boundary minus the lowest across 2023 to 2026. Multi-route subjects (Drama and Theatre, Further Mathematics, History, Politics, Religious Studies) show one option route for the whole qualification, but every option paper is counted among their components, which is why History and Further Mathematics run high. June 2022 is left out of the line: that series carried pandemic adaptations. Source: Pearson Edexcel published grade boundaries (subject and notional component PDFs), June series.