Eduqas A-level Computer Science grade boundaries 2026: the marks for each grade
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Eduqas A-level Computer Science grade boundaries 2026
The Computer Science row (A500QS) of Eduqas GCE A Level Grade Points, June 2026, last updated 13 August 2026, gives these weighted totals.
| Grade | Lowest total mark (out of 500) | Share of the total |
|---|---|---|
| A* | 395 | 79% |
| A | 349 | 70% |
| B | 291 | 58% |
| C | 233 | 47% |
| D | 175 | 35% |
| E | 117 | 23% |
Other Eduqas A-level subjects are at Eduqas A-level grade boundaries 2026.
Three summers side by side
Eduqas published 2024 and 2025 files too, so the trend is easy to read.
| Grade | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| A* | 383 | 393 | 395 |
| A | 335 | 347 | 349 |
| B | 280 | 289 | 291 |
| C | 225 | 231 | 233 |
| D | 170 | 174 | 175 |
| E | 115 | 117 | 117 |
The A* has gone 383, 393, 395: a big rise, then a small one. The E went 115, 117, 117, so the pass mark is now unchanged. For a student, the table has settled after the 2025 step.
Paper by paper in 2026
Eduqas gives notional boundaries for each component, as a guide for centres and not as grades. The brackets show the change from 2025.
| Paper | Raw max | A* | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component 1: Programming and System Development (counts twice) | 100 | 79 (−2) | 68 (−2) | 56 (−1) | 44 (0) | 32 (0) | 20 (0) |
| Component 2: Computer Architecture, Data, Communication and Applications (counts twice) | 100 | 79 (+2) | 70 (+2) | 58 (+2) | 46 (+1) | 33 (0) | 21 (0) |
| Component 3: Programmed Solution to a Problem (counts once) | 100 | 79 (+2) | 73 (+2) | 63 (0) | 53 (0) | 45 (+1) | 35 (0) |
| Overall, after weighting | 500 | 395 | 349 | 291 | 233 | 175 | 117 |
Component 1, Programming and System Development, went down: its A* fell from 81 to 79 raw marks. Component 2 went up by 2 at A*, from 77 to 79. Both count twice, so the overall boundary reflects them as −4 and +4, plus +2 from the project, which gives +2.
One mark either side of a boundary
A total of 290 out of 500 shows how small the shift was. In 2025 the B boundary was 289, so 290 was a B. In 2026 it is 291, so 290 is a C, one mark short. A different student on 336, made from 66, 62 and 80 raw marks weighted as 132 + 124 + 80, is a B in both years: 13 marks from an A in 2026 and 11 in 2025.
Planning with a weighted paper
- A mark on a written paper is worth two. Five more raw marks on Component 2 add 10 to your total.
- The project is a fifth of the grade. A strong one is worth up to 100 of the 500 marks.
- Know your shares. An A is 70% and a B is 58% of the weighted total in 2026.
Check yourself with a daily paper
Each day A-level Computer Science gets a fresh 8-question paper on our practice papers, worth 25 to 35 marks. Eduqas did not set it, and it has no project component. Compare your percentage with the share column. See our predicted grades guide for how to combine results.
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UK · A-levelEduqas A-level Computer Science grade boundaries 2025Eduqas's official June 2025 A-level Computer Science boundaries (A500QS), how the 2, 2 and 1 weighting makes a total of 500, and a comparison with 2024.