A Level grades UK 2023

In 2023, 7.7 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 Coronavirus pandemic.

GCE Advanced Level (A Level) results in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2023, by grade

Characteristic	A*	A	B	C	D	E	U
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%
2013	7.6%	18.7%	26.6%	24.3%	14.7%	6.2%	1.9%
2014	8.2%	17.8%	26.4%	24.3%	14.8%	6.5%	2%
2015	8.2%	17.7%	26.9%	24.5%	14.7%	6.1%	1.9%
2016	8.1%	17.7%	27.1%	24.7%	14.6%	5.9%	1.9%
2017	8.3%	18%	26.8%	24.3%	14.6%	5.9%	2.1%
2018	8%	18.4%	26.6%	24%	14.5%	6.1%	2.4%
2019	7.8%	17.7%	26.1%	24.2%	15.2%	6.6%	2.4%
2020	14.3%	24.2%	27.6%	21.9%	9%	2.7%	0.3%
2021	19.1%	25.7%	25.5%	18.2%	7.8%	3.2%	0.5%
2022	14.6%	21.8%	26.3%	19.8%	11%	4.9%	1.6%
2023	7.7%	17.7%	26.2%	24.3%	15.1%	6.6%	2.4%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2023

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
2018 page 7
2017 page 7
2016 page 8
2015 page 8
2014 page 8
2013 page 7
2012 page 7
2011 page 8
2010 page 8
2009 page 8
2008 page 8
2007 page 7
2006 page 7
2005 page 6
2004 page 6
2003 page 7
2002 page 6
2001 page 13