Top grades since 2014
Share of sociology 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 9,938 male entries and 33,624 female entries; at A* the rates were 3.4% and 6.1% respectively.
Entries
Entries have grown 3.5% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43,562 | 5.5% | 19% | 98% | |
| 2025 | 43,875 | 5.6% | 19.1% | 98% | |
| 2024 | 44,359 | 5.4% | 18.3% | 97.7% | |
| 2023 | 47,436 | 5.7% | 19.1% | 97.8% | |
| 2022 | 45,281 | 9.1% | 26.8% | 98.5% | |
| 2021 | 42,091 | 10.9% | 32.5% | 99.4% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 38,994 | 8.5% | 27.9% | 99.7% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 38,015 | 4.8% | 18.3% | 98% | |
| 2018 | 34,873 | 4.9% | 18.2% | 97.9% | |
| 2017 | 34,607 | 4.8% | 18.8% | 98.2% | |
| 2016 | 33,980 | 5.6% | 18.8% | 97.9% | |
| 2015 | 32,258 | 4.1% | 17.7% | 98% | |
| 2014 | 30,594 | 5.1% | 18.3% | 97.9% |
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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.