Top grades since 2014
Share of computing 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 16,227 male entries and 3,782 female entries; at A* the rates were 6% and 7.8% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 44.7% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20,009 | 6.3% | 25.5% | 95.9% | |
| 2025 | 19,796 | 5.9% | 25.2% | 95.7% | |
| 2024 | 20,370 | 5.8% | 24% | 95.1% | |
| 2023 | 18,306 | 5.3% | 22.2% | 94.8% | |
| 2022 | 15,693 | 14.5% | 35.4% | 97.5% | |
| 2021 | 13,829 | 19.9% | 44.5% | 99.5% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 12,428 | 13.7% | 36.6% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 11,124 | 3.4% | 17.9% | 94.7% | |
| 2018 | 10,286 | 3.3% | 18.2% | 95% | |
| 2017 | 8,299 | 3.1% | 16.9% | 94.6% | |
| 2016 | 6,242 | 2.7% | 16.4% | 95.8% | |
| 2015 | 5,383 | 2.9% | 15.7% | 95.4% | |
| 2014 | 4,171 | 2.8% | 15.9% | 95.5% |
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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.