It’s A-level results day and if you’re collecting your results or know someone who is, you might be wondering what the grade boundaries are for 2024.

With a variety of exams available to sit and different exam boards issuing the papers, the grade boundaries can be different.

To help you see how many marks (the minimum) you needed to get each grade, we have rounded up the grade boundaries for AQA, OCR and Pearson Edexcel.

2024 A-level exam grade boundaries for AQA, OCR and Pearson Edexcel

AQA

The grade boundaries are split into the exams that were available to take and the minimum mark you needed to achieve each grade – A*-E.

You can find all the grade boundaries for AQA exams and the maximum mark for each on its website now.

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OCR

If you took OCR exams, you can find the grade boundaries via the website.

You can check the grade boundaries for the exams you took and the minimum mark you need to achieve each grade – A*-U.

You’ll also find the maximum mark that was available when sitting the exam.

Pearson Edexcel

Grade boundaries for exams sat with papers from Pearson Edexcel are available to see on the exam board’s website.

You can find out the maximum mark for each exam and the minimum scores needed to reach each grade – A*-E.

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Is a grade D or E a pass in A-level results?

Those who receive a grade D or E have still passed their exams as A-level passes are split into grades A*, A, B, C, D and E.

So, anyone who receives these grades has passed their A-levels but lots of courses will prefer to have grades from A*-C but you might be able to use clearing to help you on your way to your desired next steps.

A U is considered an 'unclassified' attempt, according to Pearson Edexcel, so anyone with this grade for an exam hasn't passed it.

It is sometimes also referred to as 'ungraded' and means students haven't met the minimum mark for the grade boundary for grade E.