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GCSE Combined Science — Grade Boundaries

AQA · Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Combined overall · Higher & Foundation

 
 
 
How to read this: Values are percentage scores (of total marks) needed to achieve each grade boundary. Each science subject is marked out of 140 total (Papers 1 & 2 combined). The overall combined grade is out of 420. An em-dash (—) means that grade is not available on that tier.
Individual Subjects — Biology, Chemistry, Physics (each out of 140 marks)

Values shown are the minimum percentage of total marks needed. Multiply by 1.4 to get the raw mark (e.g. 66% × 140 = 92 marks).

Grade Biology P1 & P2 Chemistry P1 & P2 Physics P1 & P2
Higher Foundation Higher Foundation Higher Foundation
9 66% 70% 70%
8 56% 61% 61%
7 47% 53% 53%
6 39% 42% 44%
5 31%58% 31%65% 35%59%
4 24%49% 21%57% 26%50%
3 17%37% 11%46% 18%38%
2 24% 37% 24%
1 12% 27% 12%
Combined Science Overall (out of 420 marks)

Combined Science awards a double grade (e.g. 5-5, 6-5, 7-7). The percentage shown is of the 420-mark total across all six papers.

Combined grade Higher tier % Foundation tier %
9-969%
9-864%
8-860%
8-755%
7-751%
7-646%
6-641%
6-537%
5-532%60%
5-428%56%
4-423%52%
4-319%46%
3-314%40%
3-234%
2-228%
2-123%
1-117%