Education GCSE results day: How the 9-1 grading scale works - and 2024's grade boundaries for OCR, AQA, Edexcel and more By Amber Allott Education writer Comment Published 22nd Aug 2024, 11:23 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now Exam boards require you to get over 90% of possible marks to get a top grade in some subjects 😬 It’s GCSE results day, and exam boards are also releasing their grade boundaries for this year today. These determine how many marks you needed to score in your exam to get each grade on the 9-1 scale.

Exam takers needed to get 76 to 91% of all possible marks to get the highest possible grade in key subjects. This is different for each subject and exam board, but they all have their own dedicated webpages to find out more. Finding out how close you were to a higher or a lower grade in your GCSEs can be a useful tool to better understand the depth of your own knowledge.

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This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. Today, Thursday 22 August, is GCSE results day for secondary schools in England, Wales, and.