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I was wondering if anyone could help me calculate my grades for Btec Business Level 3 Extended Diploma.I am aiming for DDD.
These are my grades so far:
Unit 1 Exploring Business- M
Unit 2 Developing a marketing campaign- P
Unit 3 Personal and business finance - N|P
Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection - P
Unit 14 Investigating Customer Service - M
Unit 16 Visual Merchandising- D
Unit 24 Employment Law- D
Unit 4 Managing an Event- D
Unit 19 Pitching an event- Predicting: D
Unit 7 Business decision making Predicting: M
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Original post by ttshaye
I was wondering if anyone could help me calculate my grades for Btec Business Level 3 Extended Diploma.I am aiming for DDD.
These are my grades so far:
Unit 1 Exploring Business- M
Unit 2 Developing a marketing campaign- P
Unit 3 Personal and business finance - N|P
Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection - P
Unit 14 Investigating Customer Service - M
Unit 16 Visual Merchandising- D
Unit 24 Employment Law- D
Unit 4 Managing an Event- D
Unit 19 Pitching an event- Predicting: D
Unit 7 Business decision making Predicting: M

What does N|P mean for Unit 3? Was it a Pass or Near Pass?

I haven't checked, but I'm fairly sure that the BTEC Nationals Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business contains 13 units. So do you have a prediction for your remaining units? Or are you try to establish what you need to get in them for DDD overall?

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Original post by DataVenia
What does N|P mean for Unit 3? Was it a Pass or Near Pass?

I haven't checked, but I'm fairly sure that the BTEC Nationals Level 3 Extended Diploma in Business contains 13 units. So do you have a prediction for your remaining units? Or are you try to establish what you need to get in them for DDD overall?


Unit 5 and 6 (Exam) are missing which are Mandatory plus one other Optional unit

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Unit 5- D Predicted
Unit 6- D Predicted
Unit 9-D Predicted
For unit 3 I got a near pass
I want to know What would I get overall with all of my grades?
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Original post by ttshaye
Unit 5- D Predicted
Unit 6- M Predicted
Unit 9-D Predicted
For unit 3 I got a near pass
I want to know What would I get overall with all of my grades?

If your predictions are accurate, you have a minimum of DDM overall and a maximum of DDD overall.

I realise that's a tad vague, but it's because of the way external units are handled in BTECs. Every grade gives you a certain number of points (depending on the grade and the size of the unit, in guided learning hours - GLH). However, for external units (the ones with exams) they adjust the points based upon your mark (not just your grade). For example, a 120 GLH external unit (like Unit 6 or Unit 7) earns you 20 points for a Merit and 32 points for a Distinction. However, if your mark was half-way between the M and D grade boundaries, you get 26 points (i.e. have way between the M points and the D points). So unless you happen to know you mark per exam, all I can give you are minimums and maximums.

You can see these minimum and maximum overall grades below (note that the Unit Grade for each unit is identical in both calculations - it's the Unit Points for the external units which are different):

BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - ttshaye - DDM.JPG

BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - ttshaye - DDD.JPG

(Do feel free to check I've entered your unit grade correctly!)

You will note that you overall points range from 200 to 230. For a DDD you need 216. So it's 50/50 whether you get DDM or DDD. :s-smilie:
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Original post by ttshaye
I was wondering if anyone could help me calculate my grades for Btec Business Level 3 Extended Diploma.I am aiming for DDD.
These are my grades so far:
Unit 1 Exploring Business- M
Unit 2 Developing a marketing campaign- P
Unit 3 Personal and business finance - N|P
Unit 8 Recruitment and Selection - P
Unit 14 Investigating Customer Service - M
Unit 16 Visual Merchandising- D
Unit 24 Employment Law- D
Unit 4 Managing an Event- D
Unit 19 Pitching an event- Predicting: D
Unit 7 Business decision making Predicting: M

its DMM why NP and P gives you less points so they weigh less when marking.

Reply 6

I’m thinking to retake unit 3 anyways to get my near pass up but essentially my other Distinctions make up for it. But thank you very much!
Original post by ttshaye
I’m thinking to retake unit 3 anyways to get my near pass up but essentially my other Distinctions make up for it. But thank you very much!

Feel free to retake Unit 3, but note that it may make very little difference given that for examined units they award you unit points based upon your mark and not your grade. So if your mark goes up just enough to tip your from just below the Pass boundary (a Near Pass) to the Pass boundary (a Pass) it would earn you just 1 extra unit point. As you're chasing a 216-point target for a DDD, than won't have an awful lot of impact.

On the other hand, you could retake Unit 6 or Unit 7 and gain up to 11 extra points whilst still remaining on a Merit for the unit. So don't get hung-up on the unit grade. Retake any units where you think you can improve your mark significantly.

Reply 8

Thanks for the advice, for unit 7 I get my results in march & it’s very possible I could maybe get a distinction in that so hopefully I will. Also for unit 6 haven’t done the exam yet but so far the unit is going well so I’m definitely aiming for a distinction!

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Original post by DataVenia
If your predictions are accurate, you have a minimum of DDM overall and a maximum of DDD overall.
I realise that's a tad vague, but it's because of the way external units are handled in BTECs. Every grade gives you a certain number of points (depending on the grade and the size of the unit, in guided learning hours - GLH). However, for external units (the ones with exams) they adjust the points based upon your mark (not just your grade). For example, a 120 GLH external unit (like Unit 6 or Unit 7) earns you 20 points for a Merit and 32 points for a Distinction. However, if your mark was half-way between the M and D grade boundaries, you get 26 points (i.e. have way between the M points and the D points). So unless you happen to know you mark per exam, all I can give you are minimums and maximums.
You can see these minimum and maximum overall grades below (note that the Unit Grade for each unit is identical in both calculations - it's the Unit Points for the external units which are different):
BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - ttshaye - DDM.JPG
BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - ttshaye - DDD.JPG
(Do feel free to check I've entered your unit grade correctly!)
You will note that you overall points range from 200 to 230. For a DDD you need 216. So it's 50/50 whether you get DDM or DDD. :s-smilie:

Hi, can I ask where you found this spreadsheet and how to use it please :smile:
Original post by emilybursell
Hi, can I ask where you found this spreadsheet and how to use it please :smile:

Sure. You'll find a series of BTEC grade calculators on the Pearson web site here. The one most people will want to use is called "BTEC Nationals - Grade Calculator". Note that to use the calculator you'll need to enable macros once the spreadsheet has loaded into Microsoft Excel.

Use one of the orange buttons on the Start tab to pick your qualification size (Diploma, Extended Certificate etc.), or just manually select the tab by that name. Then select you subject (e.g. Applies Science or Business) from the Select Sector drop-down list, select the names of the optional units you're doing from the orange drop-down lists, and enter the points or grade you got for each unit. Then look at what it says for Overall Grade in the blue section near the bottom.

The thing which throws most people is that they have no idea how many points they have (which is what you need to enter for the examined units - the external ones). Points are awarded on a sliding scale, so if (for example) you just reach the merit grade boundary for a 120 GLH unit you'll get 20 points, if you're just short of the distinction boundary you'll get 31 points (as a distinction itself is 32 points), if you're midway between the two boundaries you'll get 26 points (as that's half-way between 20 and 32). So for a merit, you could get anywhere between 20 and 31 points (for an external 120 GLH unit).

In the calculator you'll see a little table which shows how many points you get for each grade, depending on the size of the unit (in GLH) so you can use this to estimate your points if you know your grade (pick the lowest points you could get for that grade for a pessimistic scenario and the highest points you could get for that grade for an optimistic scenario).

Enjoy! :smile:

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for all my units, unit 1,4,5,8,10,13,14,18,27 and for the exam i got pass for unit 2 and 3. for unit 6 and 7 i got a near pass. what overall grade will i get? because i need a DDM
Original post by JUSTINOKEKE
for all my units, unit 1,4,5,8,10,13,14,18,27 and for the exam i got pass for unit 2 and 3. for unit 6 and 7 i got a near pass. what overall grade will i get? because i need a DDM

Can you please confirm which BTEC Extended Diploma you're doing? Is it Business, the same as the user who created this thread four months ago?

Also, the way you've worded the above is a little odd. Can I confirm that you're saying that you got a P (pass) in 11 of the 13 units, and a NP (near pass) in the other two? If that's the case, I think I can safely say that you're not going to get a DDM overall.

However, please confirm / correct what I've written above and I'll estimate your overall grade. (Note that it will an estimate, as an accurate overall grade depends on the mark you got in each exam - not just the grade.)

Reply 13

i got 48 marks on unit 2 exam

distinction on unit 3 exam

51 on unit 7 exam

48 on unit 6 exam

n distinctions on all assignments
what will my final overall grade be for btec business level 3 extended diploma
Original post by rahdomuser
i got 48 marks on unit 2 exam

distinction on unit 3 exam

51 on unit 7 exam

48 on unit 6 exam

n distinctions on all assignments
what will my final overall grade be for btec business level 3 extended diploma

Your most likely grade is D*D*D. It's impossible to be entirely sure as the grade boundaries move about and you haven't mentioned when you took each of those exams. I calculate you as having 269 BTEC points from those grades, where 252 are needed for a D*D*D and 270 are need for a D*D*D*. So it's possible you'll actually just scrape a D*D*D*. :smile:

See mock-up below (using random optional units):
BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - rahdomuser - DstarDstarD.JPG

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Original post by DataVenia
Your most likely grade is D*D*D. It's impossible to be entirely sure as the grade boundaries move about and you haven't mentioned when you took each of those exams. I calculate you as having 269 BTEC points from those grades, where 252 are needed for a D*D*D and 270 are need for a D*D*D*. So it's possible you'll actually just scrape a D*D*D*. :smile:
See mock-up below (using random optional units):
BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - rahdomuser - DstarDstarD.JPG
what would it be if I had got a pass (39/42 on unit 2), merit in unit 3, merit in unit 6 and pass in unit 7, then distinction in all coursework units.
Original post by pitbullgreen
what would it be if I had got a pass (39/42 on unit 2), merit in unit 3, merit in unit 6 and pass in unit 7, then distinction in all coursework units.

For what BTEC subject? (Applied Science, Business, Engineering, etc.)

For what BTEC size? (Extended Certificate, Foundation Diploma, Extended Diploma, etc.)

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Original post by DataVenia
For what BTEC subject? (Applied Science, Business, Engineering, etc.)
For what BTEC size? (Extended Certificate, Foundation Diploma, Extended Diploma, etc.)

Business level 3 extended diploma
Original post by pitbullgreen
what would it be if I had got a pass (39/42 on unit 2), merit in unit 3, merit in unit 6 and pass in unit 7, then distinction in all coursework units.

Original post by pitbullgreen
Business level 3 extended diploma

Thanks. I can't work-out your exact grade, because you haven't provided the mark you got in each exam-based unit and the year/month you took it. But I can provide you a range. That range is DDD to D*D*D.

The DDD scenario is where in each exam you just managed to reach the grade you did (e.g. you just managed to achieve a Pass in Unit 2, and just managed to achieve a Merit in Unit 3, etc.):

BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - pitbullgreen - DDD.JPG

The D*D*D scenario is where in each exam you almost managed to reach the next grade, but were one mark short. You get more points for that (as the exam-based units earn you points on a sliding scale). This obviously relies on knowing both your mark and when you took each exam (as the grade boundaries move).

BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - pitbullgreen - DstarDstarD.JPG

If you glance down the Unit Grade column on the far right of each screenshot, you'll note that they're the same. However, the Unit Points are different for the exam-based units as they reflect the minimum (top screenshot) and maximum (bottom screenshot) number of points that grade can earn.

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Original post by DataVenia
Your most likely grade is D*D*D. It's impossible to be entirely sure as the grade boundaries move about and you haven't mentioned when you took each of those exams. I calculate you as having 269 BTEC points from those grades, where 252 are needed for a D*D*D and 270 are need for a D*D*D*. So it's possible you'll actually just scrape a D*D*D*. :smile:
See mock-up below (using random optional units):
BTEC Nationals Extended Diploma - Business - rahdomuser - DstarDstarD.JPG

hi i took the unit 6 and 7 exam in 2025 and the unit 3 in 2024 and also i acc got 49 marks on unit 6 exam sry

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