Edexcel A-level Physics grade boundaries 2025: every grade

Edexcel A-level Physics (9PH0) boundaries, June 2025

Taken from Pearson's June 2025 GCE document. Each is the lowest total, out of 300, that earns the grade.

For the course see the Edexcel A-level Physics guide and the data sheet guide. All subjects for the year are in Edexcel A-level grade boundaries 2025.

Three papers, 300 marks

Paper 3 is worth 120 marks, 40% of the total, and sits across the whole course and the experimental methods. It is the single biggest paper, so a poor Paper 3 is hard to make up on the other two.

What changed from 2024

Here are the 2024 and 2025 lines from Pearson's June 2024 document and the 2025 one:

The movement was A* −4, A 0, B +3, C +6, D +9, E +12. The top fell and the bottom rose, so the grades were more compressed than in 2024. AS Physics rose by 9 to 102 at A and 4 at E.

A worked example

A student scores 63 on Paper 1, 65 on Paper 2 and 84 on Paper 3, a total of 63 + 65 + 84 = 212 out of 300. The 2025 lines are A* 227 and A 199, so 212 is an A, 15 marks short of an A*. In 2024 the A* line was 231, so the same total was 19 short.

That is about 70% on every paper (63 of 90, 65 of 90 and 84 of 120), or 71% of the total.

The practical endorsement is separate

The Science Practical Endorsement is assessed by your teacher and monitored by Pearson, and it is reported as a pass beside the grade, not as marks inside the 300. The specification includes 16 core practicals, which are examined in the written papers, so practical work reaches the grade through Paper 3 and the others, not through the endorsement. Nothing in the boundary table changes for a student who does not pass the endorsement.

The gaps between the grades in 2025 were 28 from A* to A, 30 from A to B, 30 from B to C, 30 from C to D and 29 from D to E.

Setting a Physics target

• An A* asked for 76% and an A for 66%.
• An E asked for 27%, up from 23% in 2024.
• Mathematics is part of the marks. Pearson says at least 40% of the marks across the three papers are for mathematics at Level 2 or above, so practise the working, not just the physics.

Use today's Physics Year 1 and Year 2 papers (8 questions, 25 to 35 marks, not Edexcel papers) for a share, then compare it with the table.

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