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Edexcel GCSE Maths grade boundaries by year

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Grade

Edexcel GCSE Maths Higher

The grade 7 boundary has ranged from 52% to 65%

Lowest in 2017, highest in 2025. June 2026: 146 out of 240.

Every grade, June 2017 to 2026
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'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25'2652%65%
  • Grade 7
  • Other grades

2027 exams

  1. Fri 14 MayPaper 1 (Non-Calculator) Higher TierMorning
  2. Thu 27 MayPaper 2 (Calculator) Higher TierMorning
  3. Mon 14 JunPaper 3 (Calculator) Higher TierMorning

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Questions people ask

What was the grade 7 boundary for Edexcel GCSE Maths in 2026?

146 out of 240 (61%) on Higher. Since 2017 it has been as low as 52% (2017) and as high as 65% (2025).

When are the Edexcel GCSE Maths exams in 2027?

The first paper is on Friday 14 May 2027 and the last on Monday 14 June 2027.

Why do grade boundaries change every year?

Each year's papers are different, so the board moves the boundaries to keep a grade worth the same. A harder paper gets lower boundaries.

How we work this out

What it does

Every June Edexcel GCSE Maths grade boundary from 2017 to 2026 as a percentage, and the 2027 exam dates.

Edexcel GCSE Maths: the board's published June qualification boundaries from 2017 to 2026. No summer exams were sat in 2020 or 2021.

Method

  1. Each boundary is the published mark divided by the qualification's total marks that June.
  2. The range is the lowest and highest of those percentages across the years shown, rounded to the nearest whole percent.
  3. Where the board sets different boundaries for different option papers, each option has its own line.