IGCSE Religious Studies (4RS1) grade boundaries — June 2025

Edexcel International GCSE (Pearson) (4RS1). The official grade thresholds for the June 2025 series — the minimum raw mark needed for each grade, by tier and paper combination. Pick the option matching the papers you sat.

Edexcel publishes these as grade threshold tables: "grade thresholds" and "grade boundaries" are two names for the same numbers.

June 2025 at a glance

A 9 in Religious Studies required 120/167 (72%) on overall (9–1).
That 9 threshold is 2 marks lower than June 2024 — slightly easier to achieve.
Across paper variants, the 9 boundary ranged from 117 to 124 marks — variant choice mattered this session.
A grade 4 needed roughly 50% on overall (9–1).

Overall (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	120	72%
8	111	67%
7	103	62%
6	96	58%
5	89	54%
4	83	50%
3	71	43%
2	59	36%
1	47	29%

Maximum mark: 167.

Overall · variant 2 (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	124	75%
8	115	69%
7	107	65%
6	100	60%
5	93	56%
4	87	53%
3	74	45%
2	62	38%
1	50	30%

Maximum mark: 167.

Overall · variant 3 (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	117	71%
8	110	66%
7	104	63%
6	98	59%
5	92	56%
4	86	52%
3	73	44%
2	60	36%
1	48	29%

Maximum mark: 167.

Overall · variant 4 (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	117	71%
8	112	68%
7	107	65%
6	100	60%
5	93	56%
4	86	52%
3	73	44%
2	61	37%
1	49	30%

Maximum mark: 167.

Overall · variant 5 (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	121	73%
8	113	68%
7	106	64%
6	100	60%
5	94	57%
4	89	54%
3	75	45%
2	61	37%
1	48	29%

Maximum mark: 167.

Overall · variant 6 (9–1)

Grade	Min mark	Min %
9	117	71%
8	110	66%
7	104	63%
6	98	59%
5	92	56%
4	86	52%
3	73	44%
2	60	36%
1	47	29%

Maximum mark: 167.

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Figures sourced from the official Edexcel grade threshold tables. Always confirm with your exam board.