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A Level Physics grade boundaries

7408AQA · June 2017 to June 2025

Check a mark

Add up your marks across every paper in a past series and enter the total. The chart and table below update to show what it would have got in every series.

Option
Exam series

Enter a mark to see your grade.

Boundaries move every series, so treat this as a guide, not a prediction.

How the boundaries have moved

As a percentage of the maximum mark, so years with different paper totals compare fairly. Summer exams were cancelled in 2020 and 2021, so those years show the smaller autumn series.

20%40%60%80%Jun 17Jun 18Jun 19Nov 20Nov 21Jun 22Jun 23Jun 24Jun 25Grade A*Grade AGrade C

Every series

The minimum total mark for each grade. Entry code 7408A.

Grade boundaries for Option A: Astrophysics, newest series first
SeriesMax markA*ABCDESource
June 20252501821521261007550Board PDF, p5 (opens in a new tab)
June 2024250171138114916845Board PDF, p6 (opens in a new tab)
June 2023250164129107856342Board PDF, p12 (opens in a new tab)
June 2022250167137113896643Board PDF, p14 (opens in a new tab)
November 20212501881581291017345Board PDF, p8 (opens in a new tab)
November 20202501881581291007244Board PDF, p15 (opens in a new tab)
June 20192501981711431168962Board PDF, p9 (opens in a new tab)
June 20182501831501251007551Board PDF, p8 (opens in a new tab)
June 20172501811491261038159Board PDF, p7 (opens in a new tab)

These are overall raw-mark boundaries for the whole qualification. Component boundaries, and anything we don't hold yet, are in AQA's grade boundary documents. If a figure here doesn't match the board's document, the board's document is right.