Year by year
Every bar below is the national figure, every board blended, UK-wide. 2022 grades were the assessed-grades peak, and the reset since is visible in the shape of each year.
National (JCQ)
Board by board · 2026
With a single board there is no cross-board comparison to draw; the figures below are the complete published picture.
National reference: A*–A 14.7% · 2,521 entries
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.