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. Board by board, the same years look different; the explorer has that view.
National (JCQ)
Board by board · 2026
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 16.0% · 7,761 entries
Film Studies 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.