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France Sets Stricter Baccalauréat Rules for 2026, Capping Jury Boosts and Limiting Resits

The ministry says a decree will formalize the tougher thresholds on Friday to reinforce the exam’s credibility.

Overview

  • Jury-awarded bonus points will be capped at 0.5 of the overall average for the 2026 session and beyond, equivalent to a maximum of 50 points.
  • Students scoring below 8 out of 20 on written exams will be ineligible for the rattrapage resit, the minister confirmed.
  • Édouard Geffray called for clearer, more demanding marking instructions, including refusing a passing mark for unintelligible copies.
  • New ministry figures show a 91.9% overall pass rate in 2025, with 75.7% of the generation obtaining the diploma.
  • In 2025, points jury influenced outcomes, including 1.7% of general-track diplomas and 6.7% of mentions, with higher impacts in the technological track.