Eduqas GCSE grade boundaries 2026: the mark for each grade

Eduqas GCSE grade boundaries 2026

The figures below are from Eduqas GCSE Grade Points, June 2026, which Eduqas last updated on 20 August 2026. Eduqas says on its grade boundaries page that boundaries are released on the day results are issued. In 2026 that was 13 August for AS and A-level and 20 August for GCSE. Each number is the lowest total mark for the grade, and the file is split here into grades 9 to 3 and grades 5 to 1 so that the Foundation tier fits beside the Higher.

Our own guides go deeper on the two subjects we write papers for: Eduqas GCSE Maths and Eduqas GCSE Computer Science.

How 2026 compares with 2025

Eduqas's June 2025 file has the previous year's marks. The biggest movements were in Maths Foundation, where both grade boundaries rose by more than 10 marks:

The Higher Maths grade 9 fell 11 marks, from 196 to 185, while grades 7 and 4 held almost still. Computer Science went the other way at the top: grade 9 rose 9 marks to 170, and grade 4 rose 4 to 80.

Eduqas against AQA

Boundaries differ between boards because the papers do. In 2026 a Higher Maths grade 4 was 28 out of 240 with Eduqas, against 63 out of 240 with AQA, whose figures are in our AQA GCSE grade boundaries 2026 guide. On Foundation, grade 4 was 121 with Eduqas and 154 with AQA. Do not read a lower boundary as an easier grade. It reflects the paper that was set.

A Computer Science example, with scaling

Computer Science has two components. The first is out of 100. The second is out of 80 but carries a weighting factor of 1.25 in the file, so its marks are scaled up to count out of 100, giving the total of 200. Suppose a student scores 59 on Component 1 and 56 on Component 2.

1. Scale Component 2: 56 × 1.25 = 70.
2. Add: 59 + 70 = 129 out of 200.
3. Compare: 129 is above 116 (grade 6) and below 134 (grade 7), so it is a grade 6, 5 marks short of a 7.

Maths in 2026: the formulae sheet

Eduqas's Maths page says the additional formulae sheet will be built into the exam paper from summer 2026, on page 2 of the paper with the list on page 3. That change falls in the same series as these boundaries. Our GCSE Maths guide covers what is and is not given.

Science and the other subjects

Eduqas offers no GCSE Biology, Chemistry, Physics or Combined Science, so the file has none. English Language grade 4 was 89 out of 200 and English Literature grade 4 was 88 out of 200. Every other subject in the file is in the tables above.

Use today's paper to find your own level

Sit Maths Foundation, Maths Higher or Computer Science on our daily papers. Each is 8 questions and 25 to 35 marks, a short timed paper that Eduqas did not write. Your share of the marks is what to compare with the table: on the 2026 figures a Maths Foundation grade 4 is 50% of the total and a Higher grade 4 is 12%. Our GCSE grades guide explains what each grade means.

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