Top grades since 2014
Share of spanish 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 2,818 male entries and 5,616 female entries; at A* the rates were 8.8% and 10.9% respectively.
Entries
Entries have fallen 7.7% over the last five years.
Every year in numbers
| Year | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8,434 | 10.2% | 34.9% | 99.1% | |
| 2025 | 8,325 | 10.5% | 36.1% | 98.9% | |
| 2024 | 8,238 | 10.9% | 37% | 98.8% | |
| 2023 | 8,110 | 10.3% | 36% | 98.8% | |
| 2022 | 9,088 | 22.3% | 51% | 99.5% | |
| 2021 | 9,139 | 31% | 63.2% | 99.9% | teacher-assessed grades |
| 2020 | 8,707 | 21.7% | 54.3% | 100% | centre-assessed grades |
| 2019 | 8,625 | 10.1% | 35.3% | 99.1% | |
| 2018 | 8,255 | 10.4% | 35.7% | 99.3% | |
| 2017 | 8,601 | 10.2% | 36.9% | 99.1% | |
| 2016 | 8,460 | 8.4% | 34.4% | 99.2% | |
| 2015 | 8,694 | 8.1% | 35% | 99.4% | |
| 2014 | 7,601 | 7.7% | 35.6% | 99.4% |
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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.