GCSE History AQA Grade Boundaries

Q: What are AQA GCSE History grade boundaries?

Grade boundaries are the minimum raw marks you need for each grade in AQA GCSE History (specification 8145). AQA sets them once marking is complete for the whole cohort, based on how the papers scored and how past cohorts performed.

Q: Why are there so many option rows per year?

AQA GCSE History gives you a wide choice of topic combinations across the papers. Every combination that candidates entered for gets its own row of boundaries, because the papers have slightly different difficulty profiles. Check your statement of entry for your option code, then find the matching row for the year you sat.

Q: When are the boundaries published?

AQA publishes GCSE grade boundaries at 8am on GCSE results day, alongside the grades themselves. They land as one large PDF covering every GCSE subject that series. We update this page shortly after AQA releases the boundaries.

Q: How should I use these boundaries when I'm revising?

Sit past papers timed, mark against the official mark scheme, and compare your total to the boundary for the option code you sat. If you're consistently short of your target, use a [Cognito History past-papers library](https://cognito.org/past-papers) to work through more practice questions.

Q: Can I use Cognito for AQA GCSE History practice?

Yes. We host AQA GCSE History past papers by year on our [past-papers library](https://cognito.org/past-papers). Filter by your option code and sit the papers timed. Score against the official mark scheme, then check your total on this page against the boundary for your option.

Q: Which years and options are covered on this page?

This page covers every option code AQA published boundaries for in Jun 2025, Jun 2024, Jun 2023, Jun 2019 and Jun 2018. Jun 2020 and Jun 2021 grades were centre-assessed (no exam-based boundaries were issued). Jun 2022 published per-paper boundaries only (each paper had its own row), so the combined per-option-pair schema does not apply and is not shown here. Not every option pair runs every year. options only appear in the years where candidates were entered for that combination, so gaps in a row mean AQA published no boundary for that code that series.

GCSE History (AQA)

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Type a mark to see your grade in every year, and choose how boundaries appear in the table below.

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Raw marksPercentagesBoth

Series	Max	Grade 9	Grade 8	Grade 7	Grade 6	Grade 5	Grade 4	Grade 3	Grade 2	Grade 1
Jun 2025Latest	168	114	102	91	79	68	57	41	25	9
Jun 2024	168	111	101	91	79	68	57	40	24	8
Jun 2023	168	114	104	94	82	70	58	41	25	9
Jun 2019	168	112	99	87	76	65	55	40	25	11
Jun 2018	168	110	97	85	73	61	50	36	22	8

undefined tier. All marks out of 168. Source: AQA.

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What are AQA GCSE History grade boundaries?

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