Top grades since 2014
Share of psychology 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 19,357 male entries and 59,844 female entries; at A* the rates were 2.9% and 7% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 11.2% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79,201 | 6% | 20.1% | 97.1% | |
| 2025 | 75,943 | 5.8% | 19.4% | 97% | |
| 2024 | 78,556 | 5.8% | 19.4% | 96.6% | |
| 2023 | 80,493 | 5.7% | 19.1% | 96.6% | |
| 2022 | 78,741 | 10.4% | 28.7% | 98.2% | |
| 2021 | 71,235 | 13.9% | 37% | 99.4% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 65,263 | 9% | 29.2% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 64,598 | 4.2% | 16.6% | 97.1% | |
| 2018 | 59,708 | 4.6% | 17.7% | 97.2% | |
| 2017 | 58,663 | 4.5% | 18% | 97.3% | |
| 2016 | 59,469 | 5.2% | 17.9% | 97.3% | |
| 2015 | 57,014 | 4.4% | 17.1% | 97.1% | |
| 2014 | 54,818 | 4.8% | 16.8% | 96.9% |
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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.