A-level results in the United Kingdom 2000-2024, by grade

Published by D. Clark, Sep 3, 2024

In 2024, 9.3 percent of students in the United Kingdom achieved the highest possible grade (an A*) in their A-Levels, with more than a quarter of entries achieving an B, the most common individual grade level in this year. Grades in 2020 and 2021 were generally a lot higher than in previous years due to the different grading circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

GCE Advanced Level (A-level) results in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2024, by grade

CharacteristicA*ABCDEU
2000 0% 17.8% 19.2% 21.2% 18.5% 12.4% 10.9%
2001 0% 18.6% 19.3% 21.4% 18.1% 12.4% 10.2%
2002 0% 20.7% 21.9% 22.7% 18.1% 10.9% 5.7%
2003 0% 21.6% 22.9% 23% 17.8% 10.1% 4.6%
2004 0% 22.4% 23.4% 23.2% 17.5% 9.5% 4%
2005 0% 22.8% 23.8% 23.3% 17.2% 9.1% 3.8%
2006 0% 24.1% 24% 23.2% 16.6% 8.7% 3.4%
2007 0% 25.3% 24.4% 23.1% 16% 8.1% 3.1%
2008 0% 25.9% 24.9% 23.1% 15.7% 7.6% 2.8%
2009 0% 26.7% 25.3% 23.1% 15.2% 7.2% 2.5%
2010 8.1% 18.9% 25.2% 23.2% 15.2% 7% 2.4%
2011 8.2% 18.8% 25.6% 23.6% 15.1% 6.5% 2.2%
2012 7.9% 18.7% 26% 24% 14.9% 6.5% 2%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Percentage of entriesA*ABCDEU2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
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Release date

August 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Age group

16-19 years

Supplementary notes

Data for years prior to 2022 taken from previous versions of this report:

2020 page 7
2019 page 7
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2016 page 8
2015 page 8
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2013 page 7
2012 page 7
2011 page 8
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2009 page 8
2008 page 8
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2001 page 13

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