CCEA A-level Maths grade boundaries 2026: raw marks by unit

CCEA A-level Maths grade boundaries 2026

The unit table copies CCEA's Raw to Uniform Mark Boundaries for GCE Mathematics (A2212), Summer 2026, dated 13 August 2026. A-level Maths has four units. AS 1 is Pure Mathematics (1 hour 45, 100 marks, 24% of the A-level), AS 2 is Applied Mathematics (1 hour 15, 70 marks, 16%), A2 1 is Pure Mathematics (2 hours 30, 150 marks, 36%) and A2 2 is Applied Mathematics (1 hour 30, 100 marks, 24%). The AS units alone make a full AS qualification.

Uniform marks at each boundary

Subject lines for AS and A-level

The A* in A-level Maths

There is no A* row above because it is not a line. To get an A* a candidate needs a grade A overall (at least 320 out of 400) and 90% or more of the A2 uniform marks, which is 216 out of 240. CCEA does not award an A* at AS or for a single unit. Add the A2 uniform marks at the grade a boundary: 116 + 77 = 193. That is 23 short of 216, so a candidate on the grade a line in both A2 units, however they did at AS, does not reach the A* even though the total could be above 320.

A worked example at grade c

A candidate on the grade c raw boundary in every unit scores 49, 30, 63, 43. Those convert to 58 + 39 + 87 + 58 = 242 uniform marks, which is a C (the line is 240). The AS part, 97 of 160, would also be an AS grade C on its own at 96. If that candidate then needs a B they need 280, so another 38 uniform marks from any of the four units.

How 2026 compares with 2025

A2 2 Applied moved most: grade a rose from 58 to 68, ten marks, and grade c from 35 to 43. That is a higher raw mark for the same uniform mark, so the 2026 paper gave up marks more easily than the 2025 one. A2 1 Pure went the other way, grade a from 105 to 99 and grade e from 31 to 28. AS 1 rose five at grade a, from 67 to 72, and AS 2 fell four, from 48 to 44.

Using the table

• Work out the uniform mark per unit, not only the raw one. The Pure units are bigger: AMT1 alone is worth 144 of 400.
• The AS units count for 40% of the A-level. A strong AS gives you a cushion at A2.
• Check which formulae you are given in the CCEA formula booklet.
• The AS 2 Applied paper is half mechanics and half statistics, so our mechanics and statistics papers match it.

Try today's algebra and functions, calculus, statistics or mechanics paper. Each is 8 questions and 25 to 35 marks, written by us and not by CCEA. It will find weak topics, and one paper tells you little about a grade.

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