What banding for AQA gets the student an A-star? (simplified question)

Have a look at the 2019 grade boundaries, they're the most reliable since they weren't affected by covid.
https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-A-LEVEL-RL-GDE-BDY-JUN-2019.PDF

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Voxdei

Original post by yangoe

Have a look at the 2019 grade boundaries, they're the most reliable since they weren't affected by covid.
https://filestore.aqa.org.uk/over/stat_pdf/AQA-A-LEVEL-RL-GDE-BDY-JUN-2019.PDF

Many thanks, I have this, but what I want is more specific - if the written paper is 40 marks, and say each paper is classed as A from 17-20, what is in essence an A star. There's got to be more "granularity" (a more nuanced grading) between 17 and 20.

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yangoe

Original post by Voxdei

I'm not sure how solid of an answer you can get since grade boundaries fluctuate so much. The only help I can give would be to use the grade boundaries to figure out what mark you'd need to get per paper for an A*.

For example, the total mark is 100, with 2 papers worth 50 each. If the grade boundaries said A* was 80/100, then you'd need 40 per paper for an A*.

I think this is what you're trying to work out? It depends on the subject and what contributes to the overall grade, since you can't really assess just one paper as a certain grade, especially if coursework is involved.

Also I'm a bit unsure with what you mean with your example. If 17/40 is the minimum to get an A, wouldn't 20+ be an A*? Between 17-20 is just A