How the A-level Physics grade boundaries have been set by AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas
Once your A-level exam papers have been marked, grade boundaries are used to translate that mark into an A-level grade.
Those grade boundaries change every year. Students will find some papers harder than others, and so exam boards will keep things fair for everyone by adjusting grade boundaries to reflect that.
You can read more about what grade boundaries are for and how they are set in our guide to grade boundaries.
On this page, we've got grade boundaries from the past few years for each of AQA, Edexcel, OCR and Eduqas. You can use the quick links below to jump straight to a specific exam board's grade boundaries.
And in the forums you'll find physics discussions on The Student Room, as well as discussions specifically about physics exams.
| A-level Physics grade boundaries by exam board |
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AQA | A-level Physics grade boundaries
Subject title | Physics (astrophysics)
Exam board | AQA
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 250 | 171 | 138 | 114 | 91 | 68 | 45 |
| 2023 | 250 | 164 | 129 | 107 | 85 | 63 | 42 |
| 2022 | 250 | 167 | 137 | 113 | 89 | 66 | 43 |
| 2019 | 250 | 198 | 171 | 143 | 116 | 89 | 62 |
Subject title | Physics (electronics)
Exam board | AQA
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 250 | 173 | 139 | 116 | 93 | 70 | 47 |
| 2023 | 250 | 169 | 135 | 112 | 89 | 66 | 44 |
| 2022 | 250 | 175 | 145 | 120 | 95 | 70 | 46 |
| 2019 | 250 | 203 | 175 | 146 | 118 | 90 | 62 |
Subject title | Physics (engineering)
Exam board | AQA
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 250 | 175 | 135 | 112 | 89 | 67 | 45 |
| 2023 | 250 | 164 | 132 | 109 | 87 | 65 | 43 |
| 2022 | 250 | 166 | 136 | 112 | 89 | 66 | 43 |
| 2019 | 250 | 198 | 169 | 142 | 115 | 89 | 63 |
Subject title | Physics (medical)
Exam board | AQA
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 250 | 174 | 139 | 115 | 91 | 68 | 45 |
| 2023 | 250 | 162 | 127 | 105 | 84 | 63 | 42 |
| 2022 | 250 | 169 | 139 | 115 | 91 | 67 | 44 |
| 2019 | 250 | 197 | 169 | 142 | 115 | 88 | 61 |
Subject title | Physics (turning points)
Exam board | AQA
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 250 | 172 | 138 | 114 | 91 | 68 | 45 |
| 2023 | 250 | 166 | 133 | 110 | 87 | 64 | 42 |
| 2022 | 250 | 165 | 134 | 111 | 88 | 65 | 42 |
| 2019 | 250 | 198 | 170 | 142 | 115 | 88 | 61 |
Edexcel | A-level Physics grade boundaries
Subject title | Physics
Exam board | Edexcel
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 300 | 231 | 199 | 166 | 133 | 100 | 68 |
| 2023 | 300 | 223 | 190 | 158 | 126 | 94 | 62 |
| 2022 | 300 | 209 | 174 | 143 | 112 | 82 | 52 |
| 2019 | 300 | 206 | 176 | 148 | 120 | 92 | 65 |
OCR | A-level Physics grade boundaries
Subject title | Physics A
Exam board | OCR
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 270 | 207 | 175 | 146 | 117 | 88 | 59 |
| 2023 | 270 | 211 | 182 | 151 | 120 | 90 | 60 |
| 2022 | 270 | 211 | 181 | 147 | 113 | 80 | 47 |
| 2019 | 270 | 230 | 204 | 174 | 144 | 114 | 84 |
Subject title | Physics B (Advancing Physics)
Exam board | OCR
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 270 | 194 | 158 | 134 | 110 | 87 | 64 |
| 2023 | 270 | 207 | 170 | 141 | 112 | 84 | 56 |
| 2022 | 270 | 177 | 143 | 116 | 89 | 63 | 37 |
| 2019 | 270 | 209 | 176 | 148 | 120 | 92 | 65 |
Eduqas | A-level Physics grade boundaries
Subject title | Physics
Exam board | Eduqas
| Year | Max mark | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
| 2024 | 320 | 258 | 226 | 187 | 148 | 109 | 71 |
| 2023 | 320 | 255 | 221 | 181 | 141 | 102 | 63 |
| 2022 | 320 | 249 | 214 | 172 | 130 | 89 | 48 |
| 2019 | 320 | 267 | 228 | 189 | 150 | 111 | 72 |
