Top grades since 2014
Share of 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 72,619 male entries and 42,761 female entries; at A* the rates were 19.4% and 15% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 18.1% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 115,380 | 17.7% | 42.5% | 96.4% | |
| 2025 | 112,138 | 16.8% | 41.7% | 96.5% | |
| 2024 | 107,427 | 16.9% | 42% | 96.1% | |
| 2023 | 96,853 | 17.2% | 41.9% | 96.4% | |
| 2022 | 95,635 | 23.4% | 48.2% | 97.8% | |
| 2021 | 97,690 | 28.8% | 55.2% | 98.9% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 94,264 | 23.8% | 50.3% | 99.6% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 91,895 | 16.5% | 41% | 96.8% | |
| 2018 | 97,627 | 15.9% | 42.2% | 96.3% | |
| 2017 | 95,244 | 17.9% | 42.3% | 97% | |
| 2016 | 92,163 | 17.5% | 41.8% | 97.1% | |
| 2015 | 92,711 | 17.7% | 41.7% | 97.2% | |
| 2014 | 88,816 | 17.3% | 42.1% | 97.3% |
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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.