A-level · 2022–2025

English Literature

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

37,931
entries · 2025
9.2%
A* rate
24.6%
A*–A
55.5%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
9.215.430.926.413.6
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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 36.7% · 35,791 entries
16.120.630.5218.9
2023A*–A 25.9% · 36,743 entries
1015.93225.312.4
2024A*–A 25.2% · 39,673 entries
9.715.531.925.912.6
2025A*–A 24.6% · 37,931 entries
9.215.430.926.413.6

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published English 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 24.6% · 37,931 entries

AQA
7,281 entries
13.527.427.917.6
20.9%
A*–A
Edexcel
10,137 entries
8.815.231.327.513.2
24.0%
A*–A
OCR
8,664 entries
11.817.336.922.28.8
29.1%
A*–A
WJEC
1,514 entries
15.527.529.816.5
21.7%
A*–A
Eduqas
2,510 entries
1417.835.823.8
31.8%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
11.516.71918.613.915.5
16.3%
A*–A

English Literature 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.