GCSE entries that achieved a high pass grade in the UK 2000-2024, by gender

Published by D. Clark, Sep 3, 2024

In the United Kingdom 24.7 percent of female students achieved an A/7 grade or higher at GCSE level, compared with 19 percent of female students in Summer 2024. In the provided time period, female students have consistently had a higher pass rate for high grades than male students, with the pass rates at this level peaking in 2020 and 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique grading methods used in these academic years.

Proportion of GCSE entries awarded a A/7 or higher in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2024, by gender

CharacteristicMaleFemale
2024 19% 24.7%
2023 19.1% 24.9%
2022 22.6% 30%
2021 24.4% 33.4%
2020 22.2% 30.2%
2019 17.6% 24.1%
2018 17.2% 23.2%
2017 16.4% 23.7%
2016 16.8% 24.1%
2015 17.5% 24.7%
2014 17.6% 24.8%
2013 17.6% 24.8%
2012 18.9% 25.6%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of GSCE entries that were A/7 or higher13.1%13.1%13.4%13.4%13.7%13.7%14.1%14.1%14.7%14.7%15.6%15.6%16.4%16.4%16.9%16.9%17.9%17.9%18.7%18.7%19.5%19.5%19.8%19.8%18.9%18.9%17.6%17.6%17.6%17.6%17.5%17.5%16.8%16.8%16.4%16.4%17.2%17.2%17.6%17.6%22.2%22.2%24.4%24.4%22.6%22.6%19.1%19.1%19%19%18.4%18.4%18.7%18.7%19%19%19.3%19.3%20%20%21.1%21.1%21.8%21.8%22.1%22.1%23.5%23.5%24.4%24.4%25.5%25.5%26.5%26.5%25.6%25.6%24.8%24.8%24.8%24.8%24.7%24.7%24.1%24.1%23.7%23.7%23.2%23.2%24.1%24.1%30.2%30.2%33.4%33.4%30%30%24.9%24.9%24.7%24.7%MaleFemale2000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
10%15%20%25%30%35%

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Release date

August 2024

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Supplementary notes


Data for years prior to 2023 taken from previous versions of this report:

2022 page 8
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2006 page 7
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2001 page 10

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