Top grades since 2014
Share of french 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 2,150 male entries and 4,738 female entries; at A* the rates were 11.7% and 11.3% respectively.
Entries
Entries have fallen 17.8% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6,888 | 11.5% | 39% | 98.8% | |
| 2025 | 6,858 | 11.6% | 39.1% | 98.7% | |
| 2024 | 7,544 | 12.1% | 39.3% | 98.7% | |
| 2023 | 7,063 | 11.3% | 38.7% | 98.7% | |
| 2022 | 7,929 | 20.4% | 50.9% | 99.3% | |
| 2021 | 8,383 | 26.7% | 60.3% | 99.8% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 8,263 | 20.4% | 54.4% | 99.9% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 8,355 | 10% | 36.8% | 98.9% | |
| 2018 | 8,713 | 10% | 38.6% | 99% | |
| 2017 | 9,468 | 10.3% | 39% | 99.1% | |
| 2016 | 9,672 | 8.8% | 37.3% | 99.1% | |
| 2015 | 10,328 | 8.1% | 37.3% | 99.2% | |
| 2014 | 10,433 | 6.6% | 37.6% | 99.3% |
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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.