Grading System in the United Kingdom
Grading scales:
Most Common
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Grade
|
Scale
|
Grade Description
|
Division
|
US Grade
|
|
|
70.00 - 100.00
|
First Class Honours
|
|
A
|
|
|
65.00 - 69.99
|
Second Class Honours
|
Upper Division
|
A-
|
|
|
60.00 - 64.99
|
Second Class Honours
|
Upper Division
|
B+
|
|
|
50.00 - 59.99
|
Second Class Honours
|
Lower Division
|
B
|
|
|
45.00 - 49.99
|
Third class
|
|
C+
|
|
|
40.00 - 44.99
|
Pass
|
|
C
|
|
P
|
|
Pass
|
|
S
|
|
|
0.00 - 39.99
|
Fail
|
|
F
|
Most Common Postgraduate
|
Scale
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
70.00 - 100.00
|
Distinction
|
A
|
|
65.00 - 69.99
|
Merit
|
A-
|
|
60.00 - 64.99
|
Merit
|
B+
|
|
50.00 - 59.99
|
Pass
|
B
|
|
0.00 - 49.99
|
|
F
|
GCSE (1994 - present)
|
Grade
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
A*
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
B
|
|
B
|
|
C
|
|
B
|
|
D
|
|
C
|
|
E
|
|
C
|
|
F
|
|
D
|
|
G
|
|
D
|
|
n/a
|
Ungraded
|
F
|
New GCSE
Starting 2017
|
Grade
|
US Grade
|
|
9
|
A+
|
|
8
|
A
|
|
7
|
A
|
|
6
|
B+
|
|
5
|
B
|
|
4
|
B
|
|
3
|
C+
|
|
2
|
C
|
|
1
|
D
|
|
U
|
F
|
IGCSE
|
Grade
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
A*
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
B
|
|
B
|
|
C
|
|
B
|
|
D
|
|
C
|
|
E
|
|
C
|
|
F
|
|
D
|
|
G
|
Lowest Pass
|
D
|
|
n/a
|
Ungraded
|
F
|
GCE Advanced level (2010 - present)
|
Grade
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
A*
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
A
|
|
B
|
|
B
|
|
C
|
|
B
|
|
D
|
|
C
|
|
E
|
|
C
|
|
n/a
|
Ungraded
|
F
|
BTEC
|
Grade
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
D
|
Distinction
|
A
|
|
M
|
Merit
|
B
|
|
P
|
Pass
|
C
|
|
N
|
Near Pass
|
D
|
|
S
|
Pass (Pass/Fail)
|
S
|
|
|
Fail
|
F
|
International Baccalaureate Diploma
|
Scale
|
US Grade
|
|
6.00 - 7.00
|
A
|
|
5.00 - 5.99
|
B
|
|
3.00 - 4.99
|
C
|
|
1.00 - 2.99
|
D
|
|
0.00 - 0.99
|
F
|
University of Nottingham Postgraduate
|
Scale
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
70.00 - 100.00
|
Distinction
|
A
|
|
65.00 - 69.99
|
Merit
|
A-
|
|
60.00 - 64.99
|
Merit
|
B+
|
|
50.00 - 59.99
|
Pass
|
B
|
|
0.00 - 49.99
|
|
F
|
University of Surrey
|
Scale
|
US Grade
|
|
90.00 - 100.00
|
A
|
|
80.00 - 89.99
|
A
|
|
70.00 - 79.99
|
A
|
|
60.00 - 69.99
|
B+
|
|
50.00 - 59.99
|
B
|
|
40.00 - 49.99
|
C+
|
|
30.00 - 39.99
|
C
|
|
20.00 - 29.99
|
F
|
|
10.00 - 19.99
|
F
|
|
0.00 - 9.99
|
F
|
ECTS
|
Grade
|
Grade Description
|
US Grade
|
|
A
|
Excellent
|
A
|
|
B
|
Very Good
|
AB
|
|
C
|
Good
|
B
|
|
D
|
Satisfactory
|
BC
|
|
E
|
Sufficient
|
C
|
|
Z
|
Requirements Fulfilled
|
S
|
|
FX
|
Fail
|
F
|
|
F
|
Fail
|
F
|
