What will the 2023 AQA A-Level grade boundaries be?

Welcome to our 2023 AQA A-Level grade boundaries.

2023 A-Level grade boundaries

School Entrance Tests answer the following key A-Level results and A-Level grade boundary questions:

– When will 2023 A-Level pupils receive their results?

– What do the 2023 A-Level grades mean?

– Which 2023 A-level mark is a pass?

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Two Summary points 2022 A-Level results

Overall A level results are higher than in 2019. Outcomes at grade A are 35.9% compared with 25.2% in 2019, and outcomes at grade B and above are 62.2% compared with 51.1% in 2019.
Overall AS results are higher than in 2019. Outcomes at grade A are 25.2% compared to 20.1% in 2019. Entries for AS have fluctuated in recent years, making it much more difficult to interpret any changes.

2022 A-Level Infographics

Centre type	2019	2021	2022
Academies	24.1	42.1	35.0
Free schools	35.2	48.9	45.2
FE establishment	12.7	29.2	16.5
Independent	44.7	70.4	58.0
Other	23.2	52.0	28.7
Secondary comprehensive	20.5	39.4	30.7
Secondary modern	18.5	36.4	27.8
Secondary selective	36.3	56.5	50.4
Sixth form college	22.0	35.3	31.9
Tertiary college	20.7	34.3	27.5

2022 A-Level Centre variability compared to 2021 A-levels

Ofqual’s interactive visualisation shows the level of variation in schools’ and colleges’ A level results compared to 2019.

Centre type	2019	2021	2022
Academies	24.1	42.1	35.0
Free schools	35.2	48.9	45.2
FE establishment	12.7	29.2	16.5
Independent	44.7	70.4	58.0
Other	23.2	52.0	28.7
Secondary comprehensive	20.5	39.4	30.7
Secondary modern	18.5	36.4	27.8
Secondary selective	36.3	56.5	50.4
Sixth form college	22.0	35.3	31.9
Tertiary college	20.7	34.3	27.5

Our A-Level resources

Key points about last year’s A-Level grade boundaries 2022

School Entrance Tests’ aim is to explain firstly, how A-level grades switched to a numerical system in a reset of exams after the grade inflation of the pandemic.
Secondly A-Level grade boundaries for EdExcel A-Levels and for AQA A-Levels.

The A-Level pass grades are A*, A, B, C, D and E. If you fail your exam, you get a U (meaning ungraded).

When is A-Level Results Day 2023?

Previous year 2021 A-Level grade boundaries

45% of 2021 A-levels were either A* or A. This is much higher than 2019’s top A-Level grades (26%).

Hence, according to the Head of Ofqual, firstly every single school should expect to see its GCSE and A-level grades fall this summer compared to 2021 GCSEs and 2021 A-Levels. Secondly, 2022 A-Level grade boundaries will be set to reflect 2019 and 2021’s midpoint. The intention being to reverse the earlier years’ A-Level grade inflation.

EdExcel A-Level grade boundaries 2022

2201_IAL_Subject_Grade_Boundaries_complete_v3 (2022 Edexcel International AS and A level grade boundaries 2022)

A-Level grade-boundaries-january-2021-ial (2021 Edexcel International AS and A level grade boundaries 2021)

The above documents show the 2022 A-Level grade boundaries and 2021 A-Level grade boundaries.

These are both for Pearson EdExcel’s International AS and A level qualifications. Also shown are the maximum number of available A-Level 2022 marks and individual A-Level 2022 units.

Example A-Level grade boundaries 2022

Assume a B A-Level grade boundary is 60 marks; 60 is the minimum mark at which a B can be achieved. A mark of 59 would therefore be a C grade.

Raw mark grade boundaries may change from exam session to exam session to take into account variations in the difficulty of assessments.

A Certifying Statement of Provisional Results (results slip) will always show the UMS mark for modular qualifications.

You can find out more about Pearson 2022 A-Level grade boundaries

Ofqual A-Level assessment materials

Ofqual published questions in advance which teachers can use to help assess students’ grades. The A Level exam boards published online a bank of A Level questions from past A Level papers which teachers can use to test their A Level pupils.

Noting that these 2021 A Level questions are not the sole source of evidence for teachers to use. Additional sources of teacher assessment evidence includes:”, with evidence such as

2021 A Level coursework.
A Level class work 2021.
2021 A Level mock exam results.

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