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Edexcel Biology (Foundation tier) grade boundaries

June 2026 boundaries are not published yet. In June 2025, a grade 4 in Edexcel GCSE Biology (Foundation tier) needed 111 out of 200 raw marks — 56%. A 5 needed 130 (65%).

111 / 200 raw marks for a grade 4 · June 2025 · 56%

June 2026 is not out yet. NOT PUBLISHED YET. GCSE results day 2026 is Thursday 20 August 2026; 13 August 2026 was A-level results day. Verified absent: Pearson's grade-boundaries page June 2026 document list contains only BTEC Nationals, T Levels, AEA, GCE A-level (subject and notional component), International A-level, Edexcel Awards L3, Core Maths and Level 3 Project. max_mark is the specification total, not a 2026 observation. Everything below is the most recent series the board has actually published — no figure on this page is a prediction.

Boundaries, every published series

June 2025 (out of 200)

GradeRaw marksPercentage
513065%
411156%
38140%
25126%
12211%
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How far apart the grades sit (June 2025)

GapWidth
5 → 419 marks
4 → 330 marks
3 → 230 marks
2 → 129 marks

The gap table is the revision-planning number: it's how many extra marks each grade actually costs. A gap this size is usually one exam question done properly, not a different student.

Questions

How many marks do you need for a 5 in Edexcel Biology (Foundation tier)?

130 out of 200 in June 2025 — 65% of the raw marks.

What percentage is a 4 in Edexcel GCSE Biology (Foundation tier)?

56% in June 2025: 111 raw marks out of 200. The percentage moves each year with the paper's difficulty — the grade is fixed, the marks aren't.

Why do grade boundaries change every year?

Boundaries are set after marking so that a grade represents the same standard despite papers varying in difficulty. A harder paper gets lower boundaries; an easier one gets higher. Predicting next year's boundary from this year's is guessing the difficulty of an unwritten paper.

Other subjects and boards

Read 18 August 2026 from the official Edexcel grade boundaries document: source PDF. Boundaries are set per series and never apply to next year's papers.

Boundaries read 19 August 2026 from the official board documents, linked on every page. Boundaries are set per exam series; nothing here predicts a future paper.