Is the 2018 GCSE AQA Maths Grade Boundaries going to be higher than 2017?

Last year's (June 2017) AQA Maths grade boundaries were much lower than the ones in July 2016. 2018 Boundaries was 124 marks out of 240 to get a 7 (Equivalent to an A) and for June 2016 it was 125 marks out of 175 to get an A (Which should be around 168 marks out of 240 if you compare it to the new 9-1 exams).

124 marks and 168 marks is a very big difference, which made me really worried. Can someone tell me if the grade boundaries are going to change to make the 2018 boundaries are higher?

I think i'll get like 42/80 for paper 1 and 54/80 for paper 2 and 56/80 for paper 3 (I haven't done paper 3 yet) So i'm guessing i'll get around 140 marks - 155 marks)

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Prasiortle

Original post by KennyK241

Last year (2017) was the first year of the new GCSE, which was specifically designed to be a lot harder than the old (up to 2016) GCSE. That's the reason for the difference. The 2018 boundaries will probably be roughly the same as the 2017 boundaries.