CBSE report card format for Classes VI to VIII, in Word, PDF and Excel.

What CBSE prescribes for Classes VI to VIII

CBSE's Circular Acad-14/2017, dated 21 March 2017, set one system of assessment, exams and report cards for Classes VI to IX in all its affiliated schools, from the 2017-18 session. Annexure-2 of that circular is the report card for Classes VI to VIII. This template follows it row for row.

The year has two terms, each worth 100 marks in every subject:

• Periodic test, 10 marks, on the syllabus covered up to the date the school announces the test.
• Notebook submission, 5 marks, at the end of the term.
• Subject enrichment, 5 marks. These are subject activities done through the term and assessed at its end.
• Half-yearly exam in Term 1 and yearly exam in Term 2, 80 marks. The yearly exam covers the whole Term 2 syllabus, plus significant topics from Term 1: 10% of it in Class VI, 20% in Class VII and 30% in Class VIII.

The subject rows are Language 1, Language 2, Language 3, Mathematics, Science, Social Science and any other subject. Write your own subject names in place of the language slots.

Below the marks, the card grades Work Education (or Pre-vocational Education), Art Education and Health and Physical Education each term, and discipline too. Discipline covers things like attendance, sincerity, behaviour, values, tidiness and respect for rules. The circular also asks for the CBSE logo on the left of the card and the school's logo on the right. The template marks both places; it doesn't include either logo.

We haven't found a later CBSE circular that replaces this scheme for Classes VI to VIII. It's the latest one we could find, so check cbseacademic.nic.in for anything newer before you print the year's cards.

How grades are given

Each subject gets a grade for each term, from the marks out of 100. The scale is absolute, so a student's grade depends only on their own marks:

In Term 1, Diya's Language 1 marks are 9 + 5 + 5 + 69 = 88, so it's an A2. For Classes VI to VIII the circular labels E "needs improvement", where its Class IX scale said "failed".

The bands are whole numbers, and the circular says nothing about fractions, so a total of 90.5 sits between A2 and A1. The Excel file rounds each term total to a whole mark, halves up, before it grades, so 90.5 is an A1. If your school rounds another way, change the grade formula to match.

Annexure-2 has no overall percentage, rank or grade for the year. If your school adds one, it's your own addition, not part of the CBSE format. To check a set of marks quickly, use the CBSE grade calculator.

What the Excel file does

• Setup holds the school, session, class, section, class teacher, place and date of issue, the subject names and the student list. The grading scale is here too, if you ever need to change it.
• Term 1 and Term 2 take the four marks for each subject. Each cell only accepts a number from 0 to that part's maximum. The total and grade appear once all four marks are in, and an E is shaded so it stands out. In the sample, Vihaan Gupta's Term 1 Mathematics comes to 32, an E.
• Co-scholastic takes A, B or C for each area and discipline, each term, plus the class teacher's remarks and the class the student is promoted to.
• Report card is the printable card. Type a roll number at the top and it fills in that student's details, marks, grades and remarks on one A4 page. Change the roll number for the next student.

There's room for 50 students in the class, with every formula in place.

Classes IX, X and XII work differently

Don't use this card for Class IX. Under CBSE's 2026-27 secondary curriculum, the major subjects in Classes IX and X have an 80-mark exam (the school's annual exam in Class IX, the Board exam in Class X) and 20 marks of internal assessment. Other subjects follow the marks given in their own syllabus. The internal assessment splits equally into periodic assessment, multiple assessment, portfolio and subject enrichment. There are three periodic assessments in the year, and the average of the best two counts.

• Class IX uses absolute grades on the same bands, from A1 (91 to 100) down to D (33 to 40). CBSE says it grades Class IX this way in view of the number of students appearing from any one school, as against the positional grades used for Class X.
• Classes X and XII get positional grades from the Board, for students who pass. The Board ranks all passed students in a subject: the top eighth get A-1, the next eighth A-2, and so on down to D-2. E means essential repeat.

To pass a subject in Classes IX and X, a student needs at least 33% in the external exam and in internal assessment separately.

Percentages and the 9.5 rule

CBSE doesn't work out an overall percentage for Classes X and XII. Its Examination Bye-Laws say no overall division, distinction or aggregate is awarded. A notice of 30 November 2023 says the Board doesn't calculate, declare or inform the percentage of marks, and that if a student has more than five subjects, the institution or employer admitting them may decide which five to count.

The 9.5 multiplier is in CBSE's Circular No. 24 of 28 May 2010. That was for the CCE grading scheme brought in from 2009-10, where an indicative percentage was 9.5 times the CGPA. The Class X Board exam was restored from 2017-18, and today's Board grades are positional, so the 9.5 rule doesn't apply to current results.

Holistic Progress Cards

NCERT's PARAKH has published Holistic Progress Card prototypes for each stage of school. On 27 December 2023, CBSE issued a notification on the HPC for the Foundational Stage, saying its schools may adopt or adapt the prototypes. Its 2026-27 secondary curriculum goes further: schools are required to implement HPCs as a way of reporting progress to families, and CBSE has given guidelines and prototypes for the Foundational and Preparatory Stages.

For Classes VI to VIII, the middle stage, we haven't found a CBSE circular that withdraws the Acad-14/2017 card or puts an HPC in its place. If your school is moving to HPCs for these classes, PARAKH's middle-stage prototype is the place to start.

How to use the Excel report card

1. Fill in Setup. Enter the school, session, class, section, class teacher, place and the date for the cards. Change the subject names if yours differ.
2. List the students. Type each student's roll number, name, admission number, parents' names and date of birth on the Setup sheet.
3. Enter Term 1 marks. On the Term 1 sheet, enter the periodic test, notebook, subject enrichment and half-yearly exam marks. The total and grade fill in.
4. Enter Term 2 and co-scholastic grades. Do the same on Term 2 with the yearly exam, then give A, B or C on the Co-scholastic sheet and add remarks.
5. Print each card. On the Report card sheet, type a roll number at the top and print. Change the roll number for the next student.

Sources

We read each of these on 21 October 2026. Rules change, so check the latest circular before you rely on a detail.

1. Circular No. Acad-14/2017: Uniform System of Assessment, Examination and Report Card for classes VI-IX from Academic Year 2017-18 onwards, CBSE, 21 March 2017.
2. Secondary School Curriculum Part-1 (Classes IX-X) 2026-27, Tables 8 and 9 and section 3.3, CBSE, Circular Acad-14/2026, 1 April 2026.
3. Secondary School Curriculum Part-II (Classes XI-XII) 2026-27, section 4.1, CBSE.
4. Examination Bye-Laws, Scheme of Examinations and Pass Criteria, CBSE.
5. Calculation of Percentage of Class X & XII, CBSE, Notice CBSE/Coord/PS/(e-113153)/2023, 30 November 2023.
6. Circular No. 24: Admission of CBSE students in Class XI for academic year 2010-11 after Introduction of Grading at Secondary School level by the Board, CBSE, 28 May 2010.
7. Notification: Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for Foundational Stage, CBSE, 27 December 2023.
8. Holistic Progress Card, NCERT (PARAKH).