Top grades since 2014
Share of further mathematics 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 15,482 male entries and 5,550 female entries; at A* the rates were 29.2% and 28.1% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 33.6% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21,032 | 29% | 58.9% | 98.3% | |
| 2025 | 19,390 | 28.9% | 58.2% | 98.1% | |
| 2024 | 18,082 | 28.7% | 58.4% | 98.2% | |
| 2023 | 15,080 | 29.2% | 58.5% | 98% | |
| 2022 | 15,146 | 40.6% | 67.8% | 99% | |
| 2021 | 15,748 | 49.6% | 75.5% | 99.6% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 14,979 | 41.8% | 71.7% | 99.8% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 14,527 | 24.7% | 53.5% | 97.9% | |
| 2018 | 16,157 | 28.8% | 57.8% | 97.6% | |
| 2017 | 16,172 | 30.1% | 58.1% | 98% | |
| 2016 | 15,257 | 28.7% | 56.2% | 98.1% | |
| 2015 | 14,993 | 29% | 56.3% | 97.8% | |
| 2014 | 14,028 | 26.5% | 56% | 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.