A-level · 2022–2025

Business

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

45,235
entries · 2025
4.3%
A* rate
16.6%
A*–A
48.3%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
12.331.728.615.4
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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 25.2% · 42,461 entries
17.834.623.811.1
2023A*–A 16.2% · 44,852 entries
12.130.528.416.3
2024A*–A 16.2% · 44,961 entries
12.129.528.816.9
2025A*–A 16.6% · 45,235 entries
12.331.728.615.4

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published Business results.

Differences between boards reflect who enters each board as much as any difference in standard. The data shows the divergence; it does not explain it.

National reference: A*–A 16.6% · 45,235 entries

AQA
15,578 entries
11.627.729.817.7
15.7%
A*–A
Edexcel
21,844 entries
12.134.228.314.3
16.2%
A*–A
OCR
943 entries
10.725.527.421.68.6
14.5%
A*–A
WJEC
1,383 entries
15.328.72816
20.6%
A*–A
Eduqas
3,744 entries
12.834.828.113.2
17.8%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
9.414.12017.412.819.6
16.1%
A*–A

Business 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.