> ## Documentation Index
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# Grading scales

> The grade bands a percentage is converted into, and the GES points that go with them.

A grading scale turns a percentage into a grade, a label and — for JHS — a GES point.

## The default scale

Every school starts with GES-style A–F banding:

| Grade | Range   | Label     | GES point |
| ----- | ------- | --------- | --------- |
| **A** | 80–100% | Excellent | 1         |
| **B** | 70–79%  | Very good | 2         |
| **C** | 60–69%  | Good      | 3         |
| **D** | 50–59%  | Credit    | 4         |
| **E** | 40–49%  | Pass      | 5         |
| **F** | 0–39%   | Fail      | 9         |

Edit any of it — the grade letters, the boundaries, the labels and the points are all yours to set.

## Different scales for different sections

A school can run more than one scale. Early years are commonly graded descriptively while JHS runs GES points, and the two need not share bands.

A scale that names no particular programme applies to any class that has no more specific scale of its own.

<Tip>
  Set your scales before the first report card of the year, and leave them alone after that. A boundary changed mid-year means Term 1 and Term 2 report cards grade the same percentage differently, and parents compare them.
</Tip>

## Bands must cover the range

Bands run from 0 to 100 and should meet without gaps or overlaps. A percentage that falls in a gap has no grade to be given, and a percentage in an overlap has two.

## Where grades are used

Grades appear on the gradebook as marks are entered, on the terminal report card, and in the class performance distribution the head teacher reviews before publishing — see [Report cards](/docs/marks-and-reports/report-cards).

## Who can edit it

The `edit_academics` permission.