CCEA A-level Physics grade boundaries 2025: raw marks by unit
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CCEA A-level Physics grade boundaries 2025, unit by unit
These are the numbers in CCEA's Raw to Uniform Mark Boundaries for GCE Physics, Summer 2025. There are three AS units and three A2 units. Each has its own raw total: 100, 100 and 90 at AS, then 100, 100 and 90 at A2, scaled to 96, 96, 48, 144, 144 and 72 uniform marks.
| Unit grade | AS 1 | AS 2 | AS 3 | A2 1 | A2 2 | A2 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out of | 100 | 100 | 90 | 100 | 100 | 90 |
| a | 77 | 79 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 71 |
| b | 70 | 71 | 64 | 72 | 71 | 65 |
| c | 64 | 63 | 56 | 65 | 62 | 59 |
| d | 58 | 56 | 48 | 58 | 53 | 53 |
| e | 52 | 49 | 41 | 52 | 45 | 47 |
| Unit grade | AS 1 | AS 2 | AS 3 | A2 1 | A2 2 | A2 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most you can earn | 96 | 96 | 48 | 144 | 144 | 72 |
| a | 77 | 77 | 39 | 116 | 116 | 58 |
| b | 68 | 68 | 34 | 101 | 101 | 51 |
| c | 58 | 58 | 29 | 87 | 87 | 44 |
| d | 48 | 48 | 24 | 72 | 72 | 36 |
| e | 39 | 39 | 20 | 58 | 58 | 29 |
Subject lines, AS and A-level
| Grade | AS, out of 240 | A-level, out of 600 |
|---|---|---|
| A | 192 | 480 |
| B | 168 | 420 |
| C | 144 | 360 |
| D | 120 | 300 |
| E | 96 | 240 |
Raw to uniform in a worked example
Suppose a candidate lands exactly on the grade c boundary in every unit in 2025. The raw marks are 64, 63, 56, 65, 62, 59, which convert to 58 + 58 + 29 + 87 + 87 + 44 = 363 uniform marks, a C. The AS units contribute 145 of 240, which on their own is an AS grade C at 144. At A2 the candidate has 218 of 360.
Notice how little AS 3 adds. It is worth only 48 uniform marks, so even a very good practical unit is a small share of 600. But its boundary can swing. A grade c needed 49 raw marks in 2024 and 56 in 2025.
2025 compared with 2024
| Unit and grade | Summer 2024 | Summer 2025 | Change in last year |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS 1, grade a | 75 | 77 | +2 |
| AS 2, grade a | 82 | 79 | −3 |
| AS 3, grade c | 49 | 56 | +7 |
| A2 1, grade a | 90 | 79 | −11 |
| A2 2, grade a | 88 | 80 | −8 |
| A2 3, grade a | 76 | 71 | −5 |
The A2 units dropped. A2 1 grade a went from 90 to 79, A2 2 from 88 to 80, and the A2 grade e boundaries fell by 10 each, from 62 to 52 and from 55 to 45. At AS the movement was a few marks up: AS 1 grade a from 75 to 77, AS 3 from 67 to 72, while AS 2 slipped from 82 to 79. In 2026 A2 1 recovered to 86.
What the numbers do not say
A fall of eleven raw marks on A2 1 Deformation of Solids, Thermal Physics, Circular Motion, Oscillations and Atomic and Nuclear Physics does not mean candidates got worse. The uniform boundary stayed at 116 for grade a. CCEA sets raw boundaries after marking so that the same standard earns the same grade every year, which is the whole reason for the uniform scale.
- Learn the A2 content properly: those units are 60% of the grade.
- Do not ignore the practical units. AS 3 and A2 3 add up to 20% of the A-level.
- Check what is on the CCEA Physics data sheet before you memorise formulae.
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