GCSE · 20222025 · 9-1 scale

Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies

The published GCSE grade distribution for Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies, nationally and board by board, 2022 to 2025. Official figures, shown as they were published: a distribution, not a difficulty rating.

27
entries · 2025
14.8%
Grade 9
25.9%
7+
48.1%
5+ (strong pass)

OCR — the only board publishing this subject · 2025

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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.

20227+ 44.4% · 72 entries
19.49.715.313.915.39.79.7
20237+ 55.7% · 61 entries
21.321.313.111.58.211.58.2
20247+ 46.4% · 56 entries
17.917.910.710.78.912.512.5
20257+ 25.9% · 27 entries
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Board by board · 2025

One board publishes Art and Design: Critical and Contextual Studies.

With a single board there is no cross-board comparison to draw; the figures below are the complete published picture.

OCR
27 entries
14.811.118.529.722.2
25.9%
7+

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.