Grade thresholds – June 2021

Cambridge IGCSE™ (9–1) Biology (0970)

Grade thresholds taken for Syllabus 0970 (Biology) in the June 2021 examination.

minimum raw mark required for grade:

maximum raw
mark 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
available
Component 11 40 – – – – – 22 18 15 12
Component 21 40 34 31 28 25 22 20 17 14 11
Component 22 40 35 32 29 26 23 20 17 14 11
Component 31 80 – – – – – 44 34 24 13
Component 41 80 54 48 42 36 30 23 19 14 10
Component 42 80 54 48 43 37 30 24 20 15 10
Component 51 40 31 28 25 22 19 16 12 9 6
Component 61 40 34 31 28 25 22 20 15 10 6
Component 62 40 34 31 28 25 23 21 16 11 7

The maximum total mark for this syllabus, after weighting has been applied, is 200.

The overall thresholds for the different grades were set as follows.

Combination of
Option 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Components
BX 21, 41, 51 150 135 120 105 90 75 61 48 35
CX 21, 41, 61 153 138 123 108 93 79 64 49 35
CY 22, 42, 62 154 139 125 110 95 81 66 51 36
FX 11, 31, 51 – – – – 123 104 82 61 40
GX 11, 31, 61 – – – – 126 108 85 62 40

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