CCEA A-level Computer Science (Digital Technology) grade boundaries 2026

CCEA A-level Digital Technology grade boundaries 2026

The tables copy CCEA's Raw to Uniform Mark Boundaries for GCE Digital Technology (A2656), Summer 2026, dated 13 August 2026. We use this page for our A-level computer science daily paper, the nearest match. The course has four units: AS 1 Approaches to Systems Development and AS 2 Fundamentals of Digital Technology, each a 1 hour 30 written exam (20% of the A-level); A2 1 Information Systems, a 2 hour 30 written exam (40%); and A2 2 Application Development (Case Study), an internally assessed portfolio (20%).

Uniform marks at each boundary

Subject lines for AS and A-level

The case study barely moves

The A2 2 Case Study is an internal assessment, so its boundaries behave differently. In 2026 they were 102, 90, 79, 68 and 57 for grades a to e out of 120, exactly the same as in 2025. A grade e was 57 in 2024, 2025 and 2026. CCEA's own guidance says the raw mark for an internally assessed unit is normally fixed from one series to the next. The three written units are the ones that move.

A worked example at grade c

A candidate on the grade c raw boundary in every unit scores 38, 45, 69, 79. These convert to 48 + 48 + 96 + 48 = 240 uniform marks, which is exactly the C line. At A2 that candidate has 144 of 240. A grade a in all four units would give 64 + 64 + 128 + 64 = 320, an A, with 192 from the A2 units, which is 24 below the 216 an A* needs.

How 2026 compares with 2025

The two big movers were the AS 2 Fundamentals paper, grade a up nine from 52 to 61, and the A2 1 Information Systems paper, grade a up ten from 86 to 96. Their grade e boundaries rose too: AS 2 from 23 to 31 and A2 1 from 34 to 43. AS 1 went the other way, grade a falling two marks to 56. The 2026 AS 2 and A2 1 papers gave up marks more easily than the 2025 ones.

Using the table

• A2 1 Information Systems is the largest unit at 160 of 400 uniform marks, so it carries 40% of the grade on its own.
• The Case Study is 20% and has a fixed raw boundary, so the marks you earn there are the most predictable.
• AS units can be cashed in on their own as an AS Digital Technology, graded out of 160.

Try today's computer science paper as a timed check. It has 8 questions worth 25 to 35 marks and is written by us. It is not based on the CCEA Digital Technology specification, so treat it as general practice. See also our A-level Computer Science guide.

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