Top grades since 2017
Share of english language 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 3,479 male entries and 9,713 female entries; at A* the rates were 2% and 2.7% respectively.
Entries
Entries have fallen 9.2% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13,192 | 2.5% | 12.4% | 99.3% | |
| 2025 | 12,734 | 2.4% | 12.8% | 99.2% | |
| 2024 | 13,260 | 2.3% | 11.6% | 99% | |
| 2023 | 13,394 | 2.5% | 12.3% | 99.2% | |
| 2022 | 14,476 | 6.2% | 22.5% | 99.4% | |
| 2021 | 14,534 | 7.8% | 27.5% | 99.7% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 15,053 | 5.1% | 21.8% | 99.9% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 14,114 | 1.8% | 11.3% | 99.3% | |
| 2018 | 18,049 | 1.8% | 11% | 99.1% | |
| 2017 | 21,178 | 1.6% | 10.5% | 99.1% |
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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.