UK GCSE pass rate 2023

In Summer 2023 GCSE students in the United Kingdom had a pass rate (achieving a grade of C/4 or higher) of 68.2 percent, the lowest since 2019 but still a noticeable increase when compared with years prior to 2020. The Coronavirus pandemic, and closure of schools in the UK led to exams throughout the country being cancelled, with grades in 2020 and 2021 based on assessment by teachers and schools.

Proportion of GCSE entries awarded a C/4 or higher in the United Kingdom between 1988 and 2023

Characteristic	Share of GSCE entries that were C/4 or higher
2023	68.2%
2022	73.2%
2021	77.1%
2020	76.3%
2019	67.3%
2018	66.9%
2017	66.4%
2016	66.9%
2015	69%
2014	68.8%
2013	68.1%
2012	69.4%
2011	69.8%
2010	69.1%
2009	67.1%
2008	65.7%
2007	63.3%
2006	62.4%
2005	61.2%
2004	59.2%
2003	58.1%
2002	57.9%
2001	57.1%
2000	56.6%
1999	55.8%
1998	54.8%
1997	54.4%
1996	54%
1995	53%
1994	52.8%
1993	51.5%
1992	50.5%
1991	48.5%
1990	47.7%
1989	45.6%
1988	41.9%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1988 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Data for years prior to 2021 taken from previous versions of this report:

2020 page 8
2019 page 9
2018 page 9
2017 page 9
2016 page 10
2015 page 10
2014 page 10
2013 page 9

Results prior to 2013 taken from an article concerning this topic by The Guardian newspaper.