GCSE high pass rate in UK 2022

In 2022, 26.3 percent of GCSE entries in the United Kingdom earned a grade of A/7 or higher. The significant jump between 2019 and 2020 when compared with 2019 was due to the unique grading situation necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic. The higher pass rate for students at this educational level increased from 8.4 percent in 1988 to 23.2 percent by 2011, before the pass rate dropped slightly to the low 20s until 2020.

Proportion of GCSE entries awarded a A/7 or higher in the United Kingdom between 1988 and 2022

Characteristic	Share of GSCE entries that were A/7 or higher
2022	26.3%
2021	28.9%
2020	26.2%
2019	20.8%
2018	20.5%
2017	20%
2016	20.5%
2015	21.1%
2014	21%
2013	21.3%
2012	22.4%
2011	23.2%
2010	22.6%
2009	21.6%
2008	20.7%
2007	19.5%
2006	19.1%
2005	18.4%
2004	17.2%
2003	16.7%
2002	16.4%
2001	16.1%
2000	15.8%
1999	15.2%
1998	14.7%
1997	14.1%
1996	13.7%
1995	13.1%
1994	13%
1993	12.5%
1992	12.3%
1991	11.4%
1990	10.8%
1989	9.9%
1988	8.4%

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1988 to 2022

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.