Top grades since 2014
Share of art and design subjects entries awarded A*–A, and A* alone, across the UK. The shaded years are 2020 and 2021, when grades were awarded without exams.
Male and female entries
A*–A rate by sex. In 2026 there were 10,451 male entries and 32,169 female entries; at A* the rates were 13.2% and 17.6% respectively.
Entries
Entries have been broadly flat over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42,620 | 16.5% | 35.2% | 99.5% | |
| 2025 | 43,124 | 15.9% | 35.4% | 99.4% | |
| 2024 | 43,668 | 13.9% | 31.9% | 99.1% | |
| 2023 | 43,464 | 13.1% | 31.2% | 99% | |
| 2022 | 44,690 | 18.6% | 38.7% | 99.5% | |
| 2021 | 42,237 | 21.5% | 46.7% | 99.7% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 41,846 | 17.5% | 41.5% | 99.9% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 42,307 | 12.2% | 27.8% | 99% | |
| 2018 | 43,034 | 12.3% | 27.7% | 98.8% | |
| 2017 | 43,653 | 12.3% | 27.5% | 98.9% | |
| 2016 | 43,242 | 12.2% | 27.6% | 99.3% | |
| 2015 | 44,864 | 11.8% | 28.2% | 99.2% | |
| 2014 | 44,922 | 11.5% | 27.5% | 99.2% |
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About the data
Source: JCQ joint results tables, © JCQCIC. Provisional June-series results for the UK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), all ages, as published at 9:30am each results day. Percentages are cumulative, so "A*–A" means the share of entries graded A* or A. Free to reuse our charts and computed figures with credit to Tutorperch and JCQ.