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AQA GCSE Statistics grade calculator

Type a mark from a mock or a past paper to see the grade it would have got on AQA's own grade boundaries, for the newest series and every year before it. It runs in this browser, so nothing you type is sent to us.

Type a mark to see the grade it would have got on AQA GCSE Statistics's past boundaries.

How the boundaries have moved

On the Foundation tier, a grade 4 needed 50.6% of the marks in June 2019 and 47.5% in June 2026. On the Higher tier, a grade 7 needed 71.3% of the marks in June 2019 and 51.9% in June 2026.

Foundation tier
30%45%60%201920222023202420252026June 2019: grade 4 needed 81 out of 160 (50.6%)June 2022: grade 4 needed 69 out of 160 (43.1%)June 2023: grade 4 needed 75 out of 160 (46.9%)June 2024: grade 4 needed 85 out of 160 (53.1%)June 2025: grade 4 needed 82 out of 160 (51.3%)June 2026: grade 4 needed 76 out of 160 (47.5%)4
Higher tier
10%45%80%201920222023202420252026June 2019: grade 7 needed 114 out of 160 (71.3%)June 2022: grade 7 needed 82 out of 160 (51.3%)June 2023: grade 7 needed 95 out of 160 (59.4%)June 2024: grade 7 needed 98 out of 160 (61.3%)June 2025: grade 7 needed 95 out of 160 (59.4%)June 2026: grade 7 needed 83 out of 160 (51.9%)7June 2019: grade 4 needed 55 out of 160 (34.4%)June 2022: grade 4 needed 36 out of 160 (22.5%)June 2023: grade 4 needed 40 out of 160 (25%)June 2024: grade 4 needed 42 out of 160 (26.3%)June 2025: grade 4 needed 38 out of 160 (23.8%)June 2026: grade 4 needed 35 out of 160 (21.9%)4

Each point is the lowest mark for that grade in the June series, as a percentage of the total. A solid line is the higher grade and a dashed line the lower one.

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Foundation tier
SeriesGrade 4
June 202676/160 (47.5%)
June 202582/160 (51.3%)
June 202485/160 (53.1%)
June 202375/160 (46.9%)
June 202269/160 (43.1%)
June 201981/160 (50.6%)
Higher tier
SeriesGrade 7Grade 4
June 202683/160 (51.9%)35/160 (21.9%)
June 202595/160 (59.4%)38/160 (23.8%)
June 202498/160 (61.3%)42/160 (26.3%)
June 202395/160 (59.4%)40/160 (25%)
June 202282/160 (51.3%)36/160 (22.5%)
June 2019114/160 (71.3%)55/160 (34.4%)

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Common questions

What mark do you need for each grade in GCSE Statistics?

In June 2026, a grade 4 needed 76 out of 160 on the Foundation tier. On the Higher tier, a grade 7 needed 83 out of 160 and a grade 4 needed 35. Boundaries are set again for every series, so these are last time's marks rather than the next exam's.

Is a mock exam grade the same as the real grade?

Not always. Schools often mark mocks against an older year's boundaries, sometimes more strictly to leave room to improve, and the real exam's boundaries are set only after it has been marked. A grade from a mock is a useful guide to where things stand, not a prediction of the result.

Can I work out a grade from one paper?

As a rough guide, yes: AQA publishes a boundary for each paper, which it calls notional, and the calculator uses those. The real grade comes from the marks for all the papers added together, so one strong or weak paper can be balanced by the others.

Why does the same mark get a different grade in different years?

Boundaries are set after each exam is marked, so that a grade means the same standard even when one year's paper is harder than another's. A harder paper usually has lower boundaries, so the same mark can be worth a higher grade.

cookie is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any exam board. Every paper here is a link to the board's own copy on its own website, and the papers belong to the boards that set them. If a link has stopped working, the board's own past paper page is linked on each course. The grade boundaries are copied from the boards’ own published documents, each linked under its table.