A-level · 2022–2025

English Language

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

12,734
entries · 2025
2.4%
A* rate
12.8%
A*–A
44.4%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

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10.431.634.116.9
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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 22.5% · 14,476 entries
16.335.12811.3
2023A*–A 12.3% · 13,394 entries
9.831.83516.5
2024A*–A 11.6% · 13,260 entries
9.330.634.217.9
2025A*–A 12.8% · 12,734 entries
10.431.634.116.9

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published English Language 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 12.8% · 12,734 entries

AQA
8,765 entries
10.232.934.116.2
12.6%
A*–A
Edexcel
1,483 entries
10.829.133.618.7
13.0%
A*–A
OCR
1,267 entries
10.230.135.216.3
12.6%
A*–A
WJEC
276 entries
14.526.831.917.4
16.3%
A*–A
Eduqas
1,035 entries
10.52733.921
13.3%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
13.821.523.432.7
1.5%
A*–A

English Language 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.