Top grades since 2014
Share of ict 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 726 male entries and 316 female entries; at A* the rates were 10.6% and 11.7% respectively.
Entries
Entries have fallen 27.2% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,042 | 10.9% | 26.8% | 97.8% | |
| 2025 | 959 | 10.6% | 25% | 97.2% | |
| 2024 | 1,038 | 5.2% | 17.3% | 95.3% | |
| 2023 | 1,338 | 7% | 23.3% | 96.3% | |
| 2022 | 1,403 | 9.6% | 31.2% | 97.2% | |
| 2021 | 1,431 | 14.7% | 46.3% | 99.3% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 1,333 | 7.1% | 28.4% | 99.9% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 1,572 | 3.6% | 15.4% | 95.6% | |
| 2018 | 5,643 | 1.9% | 10.2% | 95.3% | |
| 2017 | 7,607 | 1.1% | 10% | 96.2% | |
| 2016 | 8,737 | 1.3% | 10.3% | 96.3% | |
| 2015 | 9,124 | 1.3% | 10.8% | 96.5% | |
| 2014 | 9,479 | 1.5% | 11.4% | 96.6% |
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.