WJEC A-level Physics grade boundaries 2026: raw marks for every unit
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WJEC A-level Physics grade boundaries June 2026
Physics (1420) has two AS units, Motion, Energy and Matter and Electricity and Light, two A2 units, Oscillations and Nuclei and Fields and Options, and a practical examination as Unit 5, according to the specification. The five units carry 100, 100, 125, 125 and 50 uniform marks, so a unit grade a to e always means the same uniform mark. These unit minimums are fixed by WJEC and never change.
| Unit | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physics AS Unit 1 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
| Physics AS Unit 2 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
| Physics A2 Unit 3 | 100 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 50 |
| Physics A2 Unit 4 | 100 | 88 | 75 | 63 | 50 |
| Physics A2 Unit 5 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 |
Raw marks for each unit, 2026
The raw mark is what changes. This is the 2026 conversion from WJEC's grade converter, with a column for how the A boundary moved from 2025.
| Unit | A, 2026 | B | C | D | E | A, change on 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Unit 1 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 32 | 25 | +1 |
| AS Unit 2 | 49 | 41 | 33 | 25 | 18 | 0 |
| A2 Unit 3 | 63 | 55 | 47 | 39 | 32 | −11 |
| A2 Unit 4 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 34 | 25 | −8 |
| A2 Unit 5 | 40 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 24 | −1 |
A worked grade
Take raw marks of 48, 41, 55, 50 and 32 across Units 1 to 5. The converter gives 70, 70, 88, 84, 30 uniform marks, 342 in all. That is above the C boundary of 300 and 8 short of B at 350. The A2 units give 202, so an A* is not in play: it needs 270 on the A2 units as well as an overall A.
How 2026 compares with 2025
Across the five units the raw mark for an A moved by +1, 0, −11, −8 and −1, and the raw mark for an E by +3, +2, −5, −3 and 0. So the AS units asked for slightly more in 2026, while both A2 written units asked for noticeably less. A candidate who sat the A2 papers in 2026 needed fewer raw marks than a 2025 candidate for the same uniform marks.
Senedd Research reports that 29.6% of Welsh A level grades in 2026 were A* or A and 97.7% were A* to E, on provisional JCQ data.
What to take from the 2026 numbers
- Unit 3 and Unit 4 fell together. Both needed 63 raw marks for an A, against 74 and 71 in 2025, so A2 papers were easier to score on that summer.
- Unit 2 did not move. An A stayed at 49 raw marks.
- The practical is only 50 uniform marks. Its A needed 40 raw marks, one fewer than in 2025.
- Plan in uniform marks. An A overall is 80% of 500, however the raw marks wander.
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