Top grades since 2014
Share of chemistry 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 28,418 male entries and 37,123 female entries; at A* the rates were 11.3% and 8% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 9.3% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65,541 | 9.4% | 32.3% | 96% | |
| 2025 | 63,538 | 9.5% | 32.6% | 95.7% | |
| 2024 | 62,583 | 9.8% | 32.7% | 95.6% | |
| 2023 | 61,284 | 9.6% | 32.2% | 95.9% | |
| 2022 | 58,881 | 14.3% | 39.4% | 97.5% | |
| 2021 | 59,978 | 19.6% | 48.6% | 99.4% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 56,100 | 14.8% | 42.9% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 59,090 | 7.6% | 29.1% | 96.1% | |
| 2018 | 54,134 | 8.4% | 31.1% | 96.6% | |
| 2017 | 52,331 | 8.6% | 31.7% | 97% | |
| 2016 | 51,811 | 8.4% | 31.9% | 97.3% | |
| 2015 | 52,644 | 9.4% | 32.4% | 97.9% | |
| 2014 | 53,513 | 9.1% | 32.6% | 97.7% |
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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.