UK A-level results 2024

In 2024, 9.3 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 COVID-19 pandemic.

GCE Advanced Level (A-level) results in the United Kingdom from 2000 to 2024, 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	8.9%	18.3%	26.3%	22.5%	14.2%	7.1%	2.7%
2024	9.3%	18.5%	26.1%	22.5%	14%	6.8%	2.8%

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Release date

August 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

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