A-level · 20222025

Ancient History

The published A-level grade distribution for Ancient History, nationally and board by board, 2022 to 2025. Official figures, shown as they were published: a distribution, not a difficulty rating.

1,024
entries · 2025
2.4%
A* rate
19.0%
A*–A
54.8%
A*–B

OCR — the only board publishing this subject · 2025

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16.635.825.413.7
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Year by year

The spread since 2022.

2022 grades were the assessed-grades peak; the reset since is visible in the shape of each year.

2022A*–A 31.9% · 695 entries
9.92235.321.4
2023A*–A 19.4% · 835 entries
16.639.825.49.1
2024A*–A 18.7% · 986 entries
16.832.929.212.7
2025A*–A 19.0% · 1,024 entries
16.635.825.413.7

Board by board · 2025

One board publishes Ancient History.

With a single board there is no cross-board comparison to draw; the figures below are the complete published picture.

OCR
1,024 entries
16.635.825.413.7
19.0%
A*–A

Ancient History is also offered at GCSE: see the GCSE distribution →

Grade distributions reflect who enters a subject as much as the exam itself, so nothing on this page is a difficulty ranking. Figures are published cumulative percentages from JCQ and the awarding bodies; per-grade shares are derived by subtracting adjacent bands. How the data is sourced and worked out.