GCSE Design & Technology Cambridge IGCSE (CIE) Grade Boundaries

Grade thresholds are the minimum weighted marks you need for each grade in Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology (syllabus 0445). Cambridge sets the thresholds once marking is complete for the whole cohort, based on how the papers scored and how past cohorts performed.

Syllabus 0445 reports on the letter-grade scale (A*-G). Cambridge also offers a parallel 9-1 variant (syllabus 0979) that reports on the reformed 9-1 scale.

Cambridge lets candidates sit different combinations of components (called 'options') for IGCSE Design & Technology, and the syllabus covers several design areas (Resistant Materials, Graphic Products, Systems and Control) each with their own coursework and written papers. Component 02 is the design coursework; Components 11-13 are Paper 1 variants; Components 31-33, 41-43 and 51-53 are area-specific written papers; Components 82 and 92 are alternative externally-set assignments used in place of coursework.

Your school decides which option to enter you for based on the area you've studied. Check your statement of entry, or ask your teacher which combination you sat.

This page pulls together Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology (0445) thresholds from June 2022 through June 2025, plus the November worldwide series for 2022, 2023 and 2024. Cambridge does not run the 0445 syllabus in the March (India) series. Some DY, DZ, FY and FZ options were split into 82- and 92-component variants in 2023-2024; where thresholds are identical, we've listed them together and flagged the variant in the option label.

Cambridge scales individual component marks before adding them up, so the total after weighting sits at the value in the 'max' column, not the raw sum of component maxes. When you're scoring past papers, add up your raw marks, apply Cambridge's published scaling, then compare the weighted total against the threshold on this page.

Cambridge International publishes grade threshold tables per syllabus within a few days of IGCSE results being issued each August. They land on Cambridge's grade threshold tables page as one PDF per syllabus.

Sit past papers timed, mark them against the official Cambridge mark scheme, and compare your weighted total to the threshold for your option. A Cambridge IGCSE Design & Technology course can help you work through the syllabus systematically. Score against the past-papers library as you go.