Top grades since 2014
Share of music 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 2,896 male entries and 2,210 female entries; at A* the rates were 7.7% and 7.2% respectively.
Entries
Entries have fallen 10.2% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,106 | 7.5% | 25.2% | 98.5% | |
| 2025 | 5,418 | 7.3% | 24.8% | 97.8% | |
| 2024 | 5,517 | 6.8% | 24.2% | 98.1% | |
| 2023 | 5,493 | 6.7% | 24.2% | 97.7% | |
| 2022 | 5,916 | 16.9% | 42.3% | 98.8% | |
| 2021 | 5,686 | 23.7% | 54.8% | 99.8% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 5,699 | 13.3% | 41.1% | 99.9% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 5,848 | 4.5% | 19.4% | 98.2% | |
| 2018 | 6,251 | 4.5% | 20% | 98.3% | |
| 2017 | 6,428 | 5% | 19.8% | 98.5% | |
| 2016 | 7,089 | 4.1% | 19% | 98.6% | |
| 2015 | 7,776 | 4.6% | 18.9% | 98.7% | |
| 2014 | 8,375 | 3.4% | 18.1% | 98.5% |
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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.