GCSE results day 2026 is Thursday 20 August. This page shows 2025 until the new tables are published at 9:30am that morning — they will be charted here the same day.

The national picture since 2014

67.4% of entries reached grade 4 or above in 2025 (−0.2pp on the year before) and 21.9% reached grade 7 or above. The 2020–21 bump is the two years grades were awarded without exams.

Where a grade 7 is hardest

Share of entries at grade 7 or above in 2025, every subject with 5,000 or more entries.

Science 5.8%Science: double award 9.3%Mathematics: numeracy 13.6%Welsh: first language 13.9%Health and social care 15.5%English language 15.6%Mathematics 16.6%Citizenship studies 16.9%Business studies 19.5%Media/film/TV studies 19.7%English literature 20.5%Statistics 21.0%Food preparation and nutrition 21.3%Welsh: second language 22.0%Design and technology 22.9%Art and design subjects 24.1%Physical education 24.3%Geography 25.2%History 26.5%Drama 27.2%Performing/expressive arts 27.3%ICT 27.7%Spanish 27.8%Computing 29.6%French 30.1%Religious studies 32.1%Economics 33.1%Music 33.9%German 34.4%Biology 43.5%Physics 45.2%Chemistry 46.1%

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The gender gap, subject by subject

The percentage-point gap at grade 7 or above between male and female entries in 2025, subjects with 2,000 or more entries of each sex. Girls lead at grade 7 in 25 of 30 subjects listed; nationally the rates are 24.5% for female entries and 19.4% for male.

female ahead ← → male ahead

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Biggest moves on 2024

Change in each subject's grade-7-or-above rate against the year before, subjects with 5,000 or more entries in both years.

Risers

ICT +3.5pp German +1.9pp French +1.7pp Performing/expressive arts +1.3pp Computing +1.3pp Biology +1.3pp

Fallers

Welsh: first language −0.7pp Mathematics −0.3pp Business studies −0.2pp Citizenship studies −0.2pp Health and social care −0.2pp English language −0.1pp

The most-entered subjects

Entries for the twelve biggest GCSEs in 2025, with each one's movement on the year before.

1 Science: double award 989,264 +0.9% –2 Mathematics 893,198 +1.7% –3 English language 866,023 +2.4% –4 English literature 649,481 −1% –5 History 306,759 −5.7% –6 Geography 302,706 +1.8% –7 Religious studies 237,515 −3.1% –8 Art and design subjects 206,598 −1.1% –9 Biology 183,539 −5.8% –10 Chemistry 174,088 −6% –11 Physics 173,227 −6.4% –12 Business studies 137,924 +2.1% –

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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 each results day. England grades GCSEs 9 to 1, Wales and Northern Ireland still use letters, so the comparable metrics are JCQ's key grades: 7/A, 4/C and 1/G. Subjects with under 5,000 entries are not listed, and 2021 to 2023 carry no male–female split in the machine-readable tables. Our charts and computed statistics are free to reuse with credit to Tutorperch and JCQ.

GCSE results 2025, subject by subject