Grades and awards
Grades
Successful candidates will be awarded a Pass, Merit or Distinction in each subject where applicable.
This is the grading for the ABE's RQF qualifications (the core syllabus):
| Mark | Grade |
| 70% + | Distinction |
| 55% - 69% | Merit |
| 40% - 54% | Pass |
| 0% - 39% | Fail |
ABE's short awards have a slightly different grading scale as follows:
| Mark | Grade |
| 80% + | Distinction |
| 65% - 79% | Merit |
| 50% - 64% | Pass |
| 0% - 49% | Fail |
ABE's QCF grades (from the syllabus delivered from 2011 - 2017) were as follows:
| A* | 75% - 100% | Higher Distinction |
| A | 65% - 74% | Distinction |
| B | 50% - 64% | Merit |
| C | 40% - 49% | Pass |
| D | 30% - 39% | Marginal Fail |
| E | 15% - 29% | Fail |
| F | 0% - 14% | Unclassified |
| CF | - | Criteria Fail |
Top Paper Awards
ABE believes in rewarding success. Every session, we honour our highest achievers in each unit with a special Top Paper award. Recipients and their tutors get a special certificate and the chance to publicise their achievement. All learners also receive one year's free subscription.
Click here to read the stories from the last session's winners.