Acceptable

Acceptable was one of the three passing grades, and one of six grades overall, in the Ordinary Wizarding Levels, Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, and Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Tests. It was the third highest mark and lowest passing grade, immediately below 'Exceeds Expectations' and immediately above 'Poor'.
==Advancement==
As 'Acceptable' was a passing grade, the student might have been able to enter into the N.E.W.T. class that they passed in. However, some teachers, like Severus Snape, only allowed students with an 'Outstanding' grade to enter his N.E.W.T. classes. Additionally, Minerva McGonagall refused to accept Neville Longbottom into her N.E.W.T.-level Transfiguration class with only an 'Acceptable' on his Ordinary Wizarding Level. This may indicate that students who received only an 'Acceptable' O.W.L. for a subject might not routinely be allowed to continue at N.E.W.T.-level, as Professor McGonagall believed that Neville would not be able to cope with the course load. It is therefore also likely that, given that a student had already passed a subject with an 'Acceptable' grade, that the student could not retake that subject.
==Recipients of an A==
Known students 	Subject 	Date
Harry Potter 	Astronomy O.W.L. 	1996
Ronald Weasley 	Astronomy O.W.L. 	1996
Neville Longbottom	Transfiguration O.W.L.	1996
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