IGCSE Mathematics (0580) Grade Thresholds

The minimum marks Cambridge set for each grade in 17 IGCSE Mathematics sessions from 2020 to 2026, taken from Cambridge's grade threshold table for each session. Every table is linked, so you can check any number against the source: from March 2022 the links go to Cambridge's own PDFs; for 2020 and 2021, which Cambridge no longer lists, to copies of the same tables.

Latest: June 2026

An A* needed 162 to 177 out of 200 (81% to 89%) on the Extended options, depending on the option. A grade C needed 82 to 83 out of 160 (51% to 52%) on the Core options and 87 to 94 out of 200 (44% to 47%) on the Extended options.

Where each grade starts on one Extended option: components 21, 41, out of 200. Across all 3 Extended options in June 2026, an A* needed 162 to 177.

Where each grade starts on one Core option: components 11, 31, out of 160. Core options are graded C to G. Across all 3 Core options, a C needed 82 to 83.

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2026 (PDF) · June 2026 papers

How the A* threshold has moved

The mark needed for an A*, as a percentage of the maximum, in each session in our files. Where options differed, the bar runs from the lowest to the highest. Core options, which do not award an A*, are not included.

M = March, J = June, N = November. Sessions with no grade threshold table in our files, or whose table gives no maximum mark for these options, are left out. Every number is in the table below.

A* and C thresholds by session

Session	A*	C	Source
June 2026	162 to 177 out of 200 (81% to 89%)	Core: 82 to 83 out of 160 (51% to 52%) Extended: 87 to 94 out of 200 (44% to 47%)	Cambridge (PDF)
March 2026	168 out of 200 (84%)	Core: 87 out of 160 (54%) Extended: 76 out of 200 (38%)	Cambridge (PDF)
November 2025	169 to 177 out of 200 (85% to 89%)	Core: 89 to 112 out of 160 (56% to 70%) Extended: 82 to 90 out of 200 (41% to 45%)	Cambridge (PDF)
June 2025	156 to 178 out of 200 (78% to 89%)	Core: 86 to 92 out of 160 (54% to 58%) Extended: 81 to 97 out of 200 (41% to 49%)	Cambridge (PDF)
March 2025	180 out of 200 (90%)	Core: 101 out of 160 (63%) Extended: 95 out of 200 (48%)	Cambridge (PDF)
November 2024	168 to 180 out of 200 (84% to 90%)	Core: 88 to 108 out of 160 (55% to 68%) Extended: 81 to 100 out of 200 (41% to 50%)	Cambridge (PDF)
June 2024	152 to 175 out of 200 (76% to 88%)	Core: 77 to 93 out of 160 (48% to 58%) Extended: 72 to 85 out of 200 (36% to 43%)	Cambridge (PDF)
March 2024	181 out of 200 (91%)	Core: 97 out of 160 (61%) Extended: 103 out of 200 (52%)	Cambridge (PDF)
November 2023	171 to 173 out of 200 (86% to 87%)	Core: 90 to 109 out of 160 (56% to 68%) Extended: 81 to 91 out of 200 (41% to 46%)	Cambridge (PDF)
June 2023	158 to 174 out of 200 (79% to 87%)	Core: 71 to 94 out of 160 (44% to 59%) Extended: 78 to 88 out of 200 (39% to 44%)	Cambridge (PDF)
March 2023	172 out of 200 (86%)	Core: 97 out of 160 (61%) Extended: 84 out of 200 (42%)	Cambridge (PDF)
November 2022	148 to 170 out of 200 (74% to 85%)	Core: 82 to 105 out of 160 (51% to 66%) Extended: 67 to 80 out of 200 (34% to 40%)	Cambridge (PDF)
June 2022	133 to 159 out of 200 (67% to 80%)	Core: 73 to 80 out of 160 (46% to 50%) Extended: 52 to 71 out of 200 (26% to 36%)	Cambridge (PDF)
March 2022	165 marks	Core: 84 marks Extended: 64 marks	Cambridge (PDF)
June 2021	139 to 154 marks	Core: 78 to 91 marks Extended: 61 to 74 marks	Copy (PDF)
March 2021	152 marks	Core: 86 marks Extended: 62 marks	Copy (PDF)
November 2020	148 to 165 marks	Core: 84 to 99 marks Extended: 69 to 100 marks	Copy (PDF)

No grade threshold table in our files for: March 2020, May/June 2020, October/November 2021.

How to read these tables

Your grade comes from your total mark across the papers you sat, after Cambridge's weighting. Each option is one combination of papers, written as component codes: for most components the first digit is the paper and the second is the variant, so 12 is Paper 1, Variant 2 (a few, mostly in the English tables, use other codes). Schools in different administrative zones sit different variants, which is why one session has several rows. Use the row with your components; your exams officer can tell you which ones you were entered for.

Cambridge sets the thresholds after marking, aiming to keep each grade as hard to reach as it was the year before, so they move from session to session.

A dash means that grade is not available on that option (for example, Core options go no higher than C).

From 2026 Cambridge's tables list each combination of components without an option code, so the Option column shows a dash for those sessions.

For the 2020 to early-2022 tables, Cambridge states one maximum mark for the whole syllabus, but in Mathematics the Core and Extended options have different maximums, so those rows show marks without a maximum.

Cambridge's tables also list a 90-mark option made only of component 50 (with component 60 in some English tables). It is not one of the 0580 papers in the syllabus, so it is left out here. The linked PDF always has the full table.

Every session's thresholds

June 2026: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
–	11, 31	160	–	–	–	82	68	55	42	29
–	12, 32	160	–	–	–	83	67	52	37	22
–	13, 33	160	–	–	–	83	69	55	42	29
–	21, 41	200	162	138	114	90	73	56	–	–
–	22, 42	200	177	154	120	87	68	49	–	–
–	23, 43	200	177	154	124	94	71	49	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2026 (PDF) · June 2026 papers and mark schemes

March 2026: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
–	12, 32	160	–	–	–	87	71	56	40	24
–	22, 42	200	168	137	106	76	61	47	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2026 (PDF) · March 2026 papers and mark schemes

November 2025: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	92	76	60	44	28
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	89	73	58	43	28
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	112	96	80	64	48
BX	21, 41	200	172	144	114	84	66	48	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	169	140	111	82	66	50	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	177	155	122	90	71	52	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, November 2025 (PDF) · November 2025 papers and mark schemes

June 2025: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	86	72	59	46	33
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	86	68	51	34	17
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	92	77	62	48	34
BX	21, 41	200	156	131	106	81	68	55	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	176	152	119	86	68	51	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	178	157	127	97	74	52	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2025 (PDF) · June 2025 papers and mark schemes

March 2025: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	101	83	66	48	30
BY	22, 42	200	180	161	128	95	78	62	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2025 (PDF) · March 2025 papers and mark schemes

November 2024: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	88	70	53	35	17
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	103	87	72	57	42
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	108	90	73	56	39
BX	21, 41	200	168	140	112	84	66	49	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	180	160	130	100	82	64	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	174	149	115	81	63	45	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, November 2024 (PDF) · November 2024 papers and mark schemes

June 2024: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	77	63	50	36	22
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	89	72	55	38	21
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	93	79	65	51	37
BX	21, 41	200	152	125	98	72	56	40	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	175	150	117	85	66	48	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	172	144	114	85	65	45	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2024 (PDF) · June 2024 papers and mark schemes

March 2024: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	97	79	62	45	28
BY	22, 42	200	181	162	132	103	86	70	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2024 (PDF) · March 2024 papers and mark schemes

November 2023: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	91	74	57	40	23
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	109	90	71	52	33
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	90	73	57	41	25
BX	21, 41	200	173	146	118	91	74	57	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	173	146	118	91	76	62	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	171	143	112	81	65	49	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, November 2023 (PDF) · November 2023 papers and mark schemes

June 2023: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	71	58	46	35	24
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	94	76	59	43	27
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	84	70	56	43	30
BX	21, 41	200	158	132	106	81	62	44	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	174	148	113	78	61	44	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	173	146	117	88	66	45	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2023 (PDF) · June 2023 papers and mark schemes

March 2023: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	97	78	60	42	24
BY	22, 42	200	172	145	114	84	63	43	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2023 (PDF) · March 2023 papers and mark schemes

November 2022: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	82	65	48	32	16
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	105	86	68	50	32
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	85	67	50	33	16
BX	21, 41	200	154	127	100	74	59	45	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	170	140	110	80	67	54	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	148	121	94	67	52	37	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, November 2022 (PDF) · November 2022 papers and mark schemes

June 2022: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	160	–	–	–	73	58	44	30	16
AY	12, 32	160	–	–	–	79	63	48	33	18
AZ	13, 33	160	–	–	–	80	67	54	41	28
BX	21, 41	200	133	106	79	52	38	25	–	–
BY	22, 42	200	159	127	95	63	46	30	–	–
BZ	23, 43	200	154	126	98	71	53	35	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2022 (PDF) · June 2022 papers and mark schemes

March 2022: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AY	12, 32	–	–	–	–	84	67	51	35	19
BY	22, 42	–	165	131	97	64	51	38	–	–

Source: Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2022 (PDF) · March 2022 papers and mark schemes

June 2021: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	–	–	–	–	78	62	46	31	16
AY	12, 32	–	–	–	–	80	64	48	32	16
AZ	13, 33	–	–	–	–	91	74	58	42	26
BX	21, 41	–	154	126	98	71	54	37	–	–
BY	22, 42	–	139	113	87	61	46	32	–	–
BZ	23, 43	–	148	123	98	74	54	35	–	–

Source: copy of the Cambridge grade threshold table, June 2021 (PDF) · June 2021 papers and mark schemes

March 2021: 2 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AY	12, 32	–	–	–	–	86	68	50	33	16
BY	22, 42	–	152	122	92	62	51	41	–	–

Source: copy of the Cambridge grade threshold table, March 2021 (PDF) · March 2021 papers and mark schemes

November 2020: 6 options

Option	Components	Out of	A*	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
AX	11, 31	–	–	–	–	84	67	51	35	19
AY	12, 32	–	–	–	–	99	80	62	44	26
AZ	13, 33	–	–	–	–	91	72	53	35	17
BX	21, 41	–	148	123	98	73	59	45	–	–
BY	22, 42	–	165	143	121	100	85	70	–	–
BZ	23, 43	–	150	123	96	69	52	35	–	–

Source: copy of the Cambridge grade threshold table, November 2020 (PDF) · November 2020 papers and mark schemes

Frequently asked questions

How many marks do you need for an A* in IGCSE Mathematics?

In June 2026, an A* needed 162 to 177 out of 200 (81% to 89%) on the Extended options, depending on the option (the combination of papers) you were entered for. Across the 13 sessions on this page that state a maximum mark, the A* threshold ran from 67% to 91% of the marks, so it is worth checking the table for the session you are practising.

Why does one 0580 session have several grade thresholds?

Cambridge sets a threshold for each option, and each option is a different combination of papers and variants. Schools in different administrative zones sit different variants, so use the row that matches the papers you sat. Your exams officer can tell you which components you were entered for.

Where do these 0580 grade thresholds come from?

From Cambridge International's grade threshold table for each session, linked next to every session on this page. Cambridge publishes grade thresholds after each exam series on its grade threshold tables page.

Official source: Cambridge IGCSE grade threshold tables. If a number here ever differs from the table your school received, the school's copy is the one that counts, so ask your exams officer.

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