A-level · 2022–2025

Music

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

5,418
entries · 2025
7.3%
A* rate
24.8%
A*–A
52.2%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
17.527.424.814.8
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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 42.3% · 5,916 entries
16.925.424.618.39.8
2023A*–A 24.2% · 5,493 entries
17.526.32515.1
2024A*–A 24.2% · 5,517 entries
17.42824.715.2
2025A*–A 24.8% · 5,418 entries
17.527.424.814.8

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published Music 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 24.8% · 5,418 entries

AQA
874 entries
18.82923.213.7
26.7%
A*–A
Edexcel
1,138 entries
9.2202723.813
29.2%
A*–A
OCR
329 entries
13.721.63020.410.7
35.3%
A*–A
WJEC
243 entries
18.125.13015.3
24.3%
A*–A
Eduqas
1,279 entries
8.120.827.323.413.8
28.9%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
22.830.220.810.7
30.2%
A*–A

Music 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.