Find your country
Pick your country or programme. Its page tells you everything about how pupils are graded there, year by year: the scale in each stage, the words on each mark, the pass mark, how the year is split, how averages are worked out, conduct, national exams, regional differences and common practice that is not official. It then shows how to set it up in MarkBook, with the national scales ready to copy and a picture of each one in the scale editor.
Year 1 is the first year of primary school, about age 6–7. The column "Years: scale" gives a short view: open the page for the details.
New to MarkBook grading? Read Choosing a Grading System first. It explains the building blocks that every country's setup uses.
Your country is not listed?
Look at a neighbour or a country with the same kind of scale, then use the recipes on Set Up Any Grading System. Every scale is one of a few patterns: whole-number marks, 1 as the best mark, words in the first years, a written description only, a wide range of points, letters, or the school's own choice.
Countries by region
Central and Eastern Europe
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 1-4: FB–I · 5-8: 1–10 · 9-12: 1–10 |
| 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova | 1-3: EX–R · 4: 10–5 / text · 5-9: 1–10 · 10-12: 1–10 |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 1: words · 2-3: words · 4-7: 2–6 · 8-12: 2–6 |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | 1: written description · 2-8: 1–5 · 9-12: 1–5 |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1: 1–5 / text · 2-8: 1–5 · 9-12: 1–5 |
| 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 1-3: written description · 4-6: 1–5 / text · 7-9: 1–5 · 10-13: 1–5 |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | 1-3: written description · 4-8: 1–6 · 9-12: 1–6 |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 1-5: 1–5 (1 best) · 6-9: 1–5 (1 best) · 10-13: 1–5 (1 best) |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 1-4: 1–5 / text (1 best) · 5-9: 1–5 (1 best) · 10-13: 1–5 (1 best) |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1: written description · 2: 1–5 / text · 3-8: 1–5 · 9-12: 1–5 |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1-2: written description · 3-6: 1–5 · 7-9: 1–5 · 10-13: 1–5 |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1-2: written description · 3-4: П–В · 5-9: 1–12 · 10-11: 1–12 |
German-speaking countries and Benelux
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🇦🇹 Austria | 1 to half of 2: 1–5 / text (1 best) · end of 2 to 4: 1–5 (1 best) · 5-8: 1–5 (1 best) · 9-12: 1–5 (1 best) |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | 1-2: written description · 2 or 3 to 4: 1–6 (1 best) · 5-9/10: 1–6 (1 best) · 10/11-12/13: 0–15 |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1: written description · 2-6: 1–6 · 7-9: 1–6 · 10-12/13: 1–6 |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1-6: 1–10 / text · 7-8/9: 1–10 · bovenbouw: vmbo to 10, havo to 11, vwo to 12: 1–10 |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium — French Community (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles) | 1-6: school choice · 7-8: school choice · 9-12: school choice |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium — Flemish Community (Vlaanderen) | 1-6: school choice · 7-8: school choice · 9-12: school choice |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 1-6: school choice · 7-9/10: 1–60 · 10-13: 1–60 |
Southern and Western Europe
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 France | 1-5: words · 6-9: 0–20 · 10-12: 0–20 |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 1-6: IN–SB · 7-10: 1–10 / text · 11-12: 0–10 |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1-4: MB–I · 5-6: 1–5 · 7-9: 1–5 · 10-12: 0–20 |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | 1-5: words · 6-8: 0–10 · 9-13: 0–10 |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | 1-2: written description · 3-4: A–D · 5-6: 1–10 / text · 7-9: 0–20 · 10-12: 0–20 |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1-6: not graded · 7-9: 1–20 / text · 10-12: 1–20 |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey (Türkiye) | 1-4: words · 5-8: 0–100 · 9-12: 0–100 |
Nordic and Baltic countries
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | 1-6: school choice · 7-9: 1–5 · 10-12: 1–5 |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | 1-3: S–P · 4-9: 1–10 · 10-12: 1–10 |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 1-4: words · 5-10: 1–10 · 11-12: 1–10 |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1-7: written description · 8-9: 12 to −3 · 3 years after form 9 or 10: 12 to −3 |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1-5: written description · 6-9: A–F · 10-12: A–F |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | 1-3: 4–10 / text · 4-9: 4–10 · 10-12: 4–10 |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 1-7: written description · 8-10: 1–6 · 11-13: 1–6 |
United Kingdom and Ireland
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🏴 United Kingdom - England | 1-2: WTS–GDS · 3-6: School / SATs · 7-9: School · 10-11: 9–1 · 12-13: A*–E |
| 🏴 United Kingdom - Scotland | 1-4: CfE level · 5-7: CfE level · 8-10: CfE level · 11-13: A–D |
| 🏴 United Kingdom - Wales | 1-6: written description · 7-9: written description · 10-11: A*–G · 12-13: A*–E |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - Northern Ireland | NI Years 1-2: written description · NI Years 3-7: words · NI Years 8-10: words · NI Years 11-12: A*–U · NI Years 13-14: A*–E |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | pre-primary: written description · 1-6: written description · 7-9: words · 10: School · 10-11 or 11-12: H1–H8 (1 best) |
Americas and international programmes
| Country | Years: scale |
|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 United States | 1-5: 1–4 / text · 6-8: A–F · 9-12: A–F |
| 🌐 International Baccalaureate (PYP, MYP, DP) | 1-5/6: written description · 6-10: 0–8 · 11-12: 1–7 |
| 🇬🇧 Cambridge International (Primary, Lower Secondary, IGCSE, AS/A Level) | 1-6: written description · 7-9: 0–50 / text · 10-11: A*–E · 12-13: A*–U |
The descriptions come from public sources (ministries, national laws, Eurydice) read in October 2026. Rules change with reforms: check the current official text for anything your school reports to the ministry.