Top grades since 2014
Share of political studies 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 12,364 male entries and 12,460 female entries; at A* the rates were 7.9% and 8.3% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 34.4% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24,824 | 8.1% | 27.4% | 97.9% | |
| 2025 | 22,185 | 8.3% | 28% | 98% | |
| 2024 | 21,926 | 8.5% | 28.4% | 97.8% | |
| 2023 | 22,163 | 8.3% | 27.9% | 97.9% | |
| 2022 | 20,496 | 14.9% | 39.1% | 98.8% | |
| 2021 | 18,473 | 19.1% | 46.5% | 99.5% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 17,659 | 13.8% | 39.8% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 19,729 | 6.8% | 26% | 98% | |
| 2018 | 17,964 | 7.6% | 27.6% | 97.9% | |
| 2017 | 17,523 | 6.7% | 26.8% | 98% | |
| 2016 | 15,540 | 6.5% | 27.2% | 98.2% | |
| 2015 | 15,103 | 7.3% | 27.4% | 98.3% | |
| 2014 | 13,761 | 7.7% | 27.9% | 98.1% |
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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.