AQA Geography GCSE grade boundaries

My teacher has been using really harsh grade boundaries (in comparison to literally every other subject) all through the course and i don't understand why. I wouldn't say it was an easy subject so it doesn't really make sense that it would have grade boundaries. On my most recent mock i got 73% and apparently thats a 5 one mark off a 6. In any other subject that would be classed a 6 or 7 or even an 8 in some. Is she just trying to stress us out?

Reply 1

serpent666

I think that teachers are using harsh grade boundaries to prepare us, as they really don't know. I think in my last mock I got a 7- with 75%. It really depends on how everyone else does so I'm just focusing on picking up as many marks as possible rather than the grades.

Reply 2

Nihilisticb*tch

Original post by serpent666

Thats probably the best attitude to have since no one has any clue what the boundaries will be like. However its a bit difficult to gage how well youre doing without grades. Im doing well compared to my class but i dont know what grades they would have gotten otherwise

Reply 3

Switch01

At my school its 65% for a 6, 75% for 7 and 85% for an 8

Reply 4

dipper_19

in my last mocks i got 77/88 and 66/88 and that was a 6a on avrage
grade boundaries are really high (I got the highest in the year)

Reply 5

Sunko02

In my January mock I got a level 8 with 79%. My teacher reckons that the grade boundaries will drop like a stone because there’s no coursework involved.