Top grades since 2021
Share of health & social care (single award) 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 364 male entries and 3,181 female entries; at A* the rates were 0.3% and 0.9% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 8.6% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3,545 | 0.8% | 16.5% | 99.6% | |
| 2025 | 3,219 | 0.6% | 16.4% | 99.3% | |
| 2024 | 3,265 | 0.6% | 16.7% | 99.3% | |
| 2023 | 3,353 | 1.9% | 22.5% | 99.3% | |
| 2022 | 3,277 | 2.5% | 28.3% | 99.2% | |
| 2021 | 3,264 | 3.9% | 35% | 99.5% | teacher-assessed grades |
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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.