How it started; how it’s going…

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Maximum Raw Marks

Each component of the course has a Maximum Raw Mark, comprised of the marks available for each question on the exam paper.
The Maximum Raw Mark is weighted to produce a Scaled Maximum Mark.

Component	Maximum Raw Mark	Scaling Factor	Scaled Maximum Mark	% Weighting
Component 1	120	1.167	140	35
Component 2	100	1.4	140	35
Component 3	60	2	120	30
Total	280		400	100
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Grades

The Scaled Maximum Mark is used to assign a final grade.

	A*	A	B	C	D	E
2019 Summer	338	305	259	213	168	123
	85%	76%	65%	53%	42%	31%
2020 Autumn	~~215~~	~~189~~	~~156~~	~~123~~	90	57
2021 Autumn	~~209~~	~~183~~	~~151~~	~~119~~	88	57
2022 Summer	322	295	249	204	159	114
	81%	74%	62%	51%	40%	28%
2023 Summer	339	313	264	216	168	120
	85%	78%	66%	54%	42%	30%
2024 Summer	339	313	264	216	168	120
	85%	78%	66%	54%	42%	30%
2025 Summer	339	312	264	216	168	120
	85%	78%	66%	54%	42%	30%
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COVID

Don't trust the numbers from 2020 Autumn and 2021 Autumn — everything was weird...
The boundaries for 2022 Summer are strangely low, too… </aside>

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Post-COVID Averages

	A*	A	B	C	D	E
Average	339	313	264	216	168	120
	85%	78%	66%	54%	42%	30%
Component 1a	34	31	26	22	17	12
Component 1b	34	31	26	22	17	12
Component 1c	34	31	26	22	17	12
Component 2a	34	31	26	22	17	12
Component 2b	17	16	13	11	9	6
Component 2c	17	16	13	11	9	6
Component 2d	17	16	13	11	9	6
Component 3	51	47	40	32	25	18
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Resources

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Documents

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Links

More details can be found on the Eduqas Grade Boundaries page… </aside>

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