Top grades since 2014
Share of biology 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 25,875 male entries and 48,050 female entries; at A* the rates were 9.4% and 9.2% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 5.5% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73,925 | 9.3% | 27.8% | 96.2% | |
| 2025 | 71,400 | 9% | 28% | 95.9% | |
| 2024 | 74,367 | 9.1% | 27.7% | 95.5% | |
| 2023 | 74,650 | 9% | 27.1% | 95.7% | |
| 2022 | 71,979 | 13.3% | 34.9% | 97.8% | |
| 2021 | 70,055 | 18.4% | 45.1% | 99.5% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 65,120 | 13.3% | 37.5% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 69,196 | 7% | 24.2% | 96.1% | |
| 2018 | 63,819 | 7.6% | 25.9% | 96.6% | |
| 2017 | 61,908 | 7.9% | 26.2% | 96.9% | |
| 2016 | 62,650 | 9.3% | 27.1% | 97.2% | |
| 2015 | 63,275 | 9.1% | 27.1% | 97.4% | |
| 2014 | 64,070 | 9.4% | 27.5% | 97.4% |
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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.