A-level · 2022–2025

English Language and Literature

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

7,274
entries · 2025
4.0%
A* rate
15.0%
A*–A
46.9%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
1131.932.916.1
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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 25.0% · 7,507 entries
8.816.234.326.710.3
2023A*–A 15.0% · 7,352 entries
10.630.633.216.4
2024A*–A 14.5% · 7,773 entries
10.329.532.418.1
2025A*–A 15.0% · 7,274 entries
1131.932.916.1

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published English Language and Literature 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 15.0% · 7,274 entries

AQA
2,861 entries
9.731.534.616.5
13.8%
A*–A
Edexcel
2,176 entries
12.635.732.512.9
16.0%
A*–A
OCR
1,285 entries
10.131.232.716.7
14.2%
A*–A
WJEC
570 entries
13.225.628.422.5
17.9%
A*–A
Eduqas
390 entries
11.323.929.721.3
16.9%
A*–A

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.