AQA A Level Maths Grade Boundaries
7357 and AS 7356 · June 2018 to June 2026 · official AQA figures
What were the AQA A Level Maths grade boundaries in 2026?
In June 2026, AQA A Level Maths (7357) needed 260 out of 300 for an A*, 219 for an A, 182 for a B, 145 for a C, 108 for a D and 72 for an E. AS Maths (7356) needed 121 out of 160 for an A, 108 for a B, 95 for a C, 83 for a D and 71 for an E.
These are totals across all your A Level papers. Source: AQA June 2026 grade boundaries (PDF).
What were the AQA A Level Maths grade boundaries in every year since 2018?
AQA official grade boundariesA Level Mathematics 7357
Marked out of 300| Series | A* | A | B | C | D | E | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 260 87% | 219 73% | 182 61% | 145 48% | 108 36% | 72 24% | |
| June 2025 | 260 87% | 221 74% | 183 61% | 145 48% | 108 36% | 71 24% | |
| June 2024 | 259 86% | 222 74% | 184 61% | 147 49% | 110 37% | 73 24% | |
| June 2023 Allowance for disruption | 248 83% | 201 67% | 163 54% | 125 42% | 87 29% | 49 16% | |
| June 2022 Transition year - graded low | 220 73% | 171 57% | 138 46% | 106 35% | 74 25% | 42 14% | |
| Autumn 2021 Autumn resit series | 208 69% | 162 54% | 133 44% | 105 35% | 77 26% | 49 16% | |
| Summer 2021 | No exams Exams cancelled – grades were assessed by teachers, so no boundaries were set. | ||||||
| Autumn 2020 Autumn resit series | 218 73% | 171 57% | 140 47% | 109 36% | 78 26% | 47 16% | |
| Summer 2020 | No exams Exams cancelled – grades were assessed by teachers, so no boundaries were set. | ||||||
| June 2019 | 231 77% | 185 62% | 151 50% | 118 39% | 85 28% | 52 17% | |
| June 2018 | 230 77% | 181 60% | 158 53% | 135 45% | 112 37% | 90 30% | |
In the years graded normally, the A* boundary has ranged from 230 (June 2018) to 260 (June 2026) out of 300. Boundaries are set after each series to match how hard that year's papers were, so nobody knows next summer's in advance: use these as a guide to the range, not a prediction.
What are the AQA AS Maths grade boundaries?
AS Maths is a separate qualification, marked out of 160 with no A* grade. In June 2026 an A needed 121.
AS Mathematics 7356
Marked out of 160| Series | A | B | C | D | E | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | 121 76% | 108 68% | 95 59% | 83 52% | 71 44% | |
| June 2025 | 127 79% | 112 70% | 98 61% | 84 53% | 70 44% | |
| June 2024 | 115 72% | 102 64% | 89 56% | 77 48% | 65 41% | |
| June 2023 Allowance for disruption | 106 66% | 91 57% | 76 48% | 61 38% | 46 29% | |
| June 2022 Transition year - graded low | 92 57% | 76 48% | 60 38% | 45 28% | 30 19% | |
| Autumn 2021 Autumn resit series | 93 58% | 78 49% | 63 39% | 49 31% | 35 22% | |
| Summer 2021 | No exams Exams cancelled – grades were assessed by teachers, so no boundaries were set. | |||||
| Autumn 2020 Autumn resit series | 91 57% | 76 48% | 61 38% | 47 29% | 33 21% | |
| Summer 2020 | No exams Exams cancelled – grades were assessed by teachers, so no boundaries were set. | |||||
| June 2019 | 102 64% | 87 54% | 73 46% | 59 37% | 45 28% | |
| June 2018 | 84 53% | 72 45% | 61 38% | 50 31% | 39 24% | |
How is my A Level Maths grade worked out?
Your grade comes from your total mark across every paper, not from each paper separately. AQA A Level Maths is marked out of 300, and the boundaries on this page are the totals you needed for each grade. So a weak paper can be pulled back by a strong one: there is no separate pass mark to clear on any individual paper.
Exam boards also publish “notional component” boundaries for single papers, but they label them as illustrative only and they play no part in your result. They are left off this page deliberately.
Why do the 2020 to 2023 boundaries look so different?
Five of the series on this page are affected, and each one carries a label in the tables above. Comparing your mock against the wrong one will give you a badly misleading idea of where you stand, so it is worth knowing which is which.
- No exams Summer 2020 and summer 2021 – no exams at all
- Both series were cancelled. In 2020 grades came from centres, and in 2021 from teacher assessment. No papers were sat, so no boundaries were ever set. They appear on this page as empty rows on purpose – the data is not missing, it does not exist.
- Autumn resit series Autumn 2020 and autumn 2021 – real exams, unusual entry
- Replacement series were run for students who wanted to sit papers rather than take an assessed grade. These boundaries are genuine, but the entry was small and self-selecting, and the figures sit well below the summer series either side of them. Useful history, poor benchmark.
- Transition year - graded low June 2022 – graded deliberately low
- The first summer exams back were graded midway between 2019 and 2021, as a planned step towards pre-pandemic standards. That makes 2022 the most generous real series here, and the worst one to measure yourself against.
- Allowance for disruption June 2023 – back to normal, with a cushion
- Grading returned to pre-pandemic standards, but with allowance built in for the teaching students had lost, so boundaries stayed a little softer than a straight 2019 comparison.
The series before the pandemic, and everything from June 2024 onwards, were graded normally. If you want a realistic benchmark for what a paper needs today, use any series from 2024.
Grading policy above is Ofqual's, set out in its approach to grading in summer 2022 and autumn 2021 and grading in summer 2023 and autumn 2022. The boundary figures themselves are the exam boards' own, linked on every row.
Where do these numbers come from?
Every boundary is taken from AQA's own published grade boundary document for that series – the PDF link on each row opens the exact source. No third-party data is used.