Cambridge0990Latest series: June 2026

Cambridge IGCSE (9–1) First Language English (0990) grade boundaries

In short

In June 2026, candidates needed 113 to 125 out of 160 for grade 9 and 73 to 80 for grade 4.

Grade boundaries by series

Series	Max	9	8	7	6	5	4
June 2026	160	113–125	104–116	96–107	88–97	80–88	73–80
November 2025	160	124–129	115–119	107–110	98–100	89–90	80–81
June 2025	160	114–125	106–115	98–106	90–97	83–88	76–79
November 2024	160	126–131	118–122	110–113	101–103	92–93	83
June 2024	160	115–125	107–115	100–106	92–96	84–87	76–79
November 2023	160	125–130	117–121	109–112	100–102	90–92	81–83
June 2023	160	118–125	110–115	102–106	93–97	84–88	75–79
November 2022	160	124–128	116–119	108–110	99–100	90–91	81–82
June 2022	160	116–126	106–115	97–104	88–94	80–85	72–76

Where a syllabus has several paper variants or entry options in a series, each cell shows the lowest and highest threshold across them. Thresholds for Core routes and the remaining grades are in the source documents.

How to read these numbers

Across the 9 series in the table, the highest grade 9 threshold ranged from 125 to 131. Thresholds change from series to series because each set of papers is different: a harder paper has a lower threshold.

A threshold is the minimum total mark for the grade. Compare your total on a full set of papers with the thresholds for that series and paper variant.

Sources

Figures from the grade threshold tables published by Cambridge International. ExaminerPrep is not affiliated with Cambridge. Always check the source document for your own series and paper variant.

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