GCSE entries that achieved a high pass grade in the UK 2000-2022, by gender
In the United Kingdom 22.6 percent of male students achieved an A/7 grade or higher at GCSE level, compared with 30 percent of female students in summer of 2022. 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 Coronavirus pandemic and the unique grading methods used in these year.
