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GCE Advanced Level (A Level) results in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2023, by grade Statistics on " Education in the UK " Other statistics that may interest you Education in the UK Statistics Topics

Published by D. Clark, Aug 17, 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 circ*mstances brought on by the Coronavirus pandemic.

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

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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%