Grading & Grade Boundaries
The A*–E grading scale, how grade boundaries are set each year, and what your grade actually means.
This page will explain the Cambridge A Level grading scale (A*–E, with U for ungraded). It will cover what grade boundaries are, why they shift each exam session based on paper difficulty, how to find past grade boundaries on the Cambridge website, and what the minimum mark for each grade typically looks like. It will also clarify the difference between raw marks and uniform marks, and what "passing" means in the context of university requirements.