A-level · 2022–2025

Physics

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

44,957
entries · 2025
11.2%
A* rate
32.1%
A*–A
52.9%
A*–B

National (JCQ) · 2025

A*ABCDEU
11.220.920.818.814.39.4
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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 39.5% · 39,753 entries
16.922.620.517.612.7
2023A*–A 31.7% · 38,379 entries
11.320.419.717.915.210.8
2024A*–A 31.9% · 43,114 entries
11.320.619.518.315.610
2025A*–A 32.1% · 44,957 entries
11.220.920.818.814.39.4

Board by board · 2025

Every board that published Physics 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 32.1% · 44,957 entries

AQA
23,469 entries
112119.118.715.210.4
32.0%
A*–A
Edexcel
4,536 entries
1120.623.818.612.28.6
31.6%
A*–A
OCR
13,241 entries
10.420.222.119.314.19.1
30.6%
A*–A
WJEC
1,774 entries
1221.523.219.114.3
33.5%
A*–A
Eduqas
604 entries
27.327.22013.1
54.5%
A*–A
Cambridge
entries not published
13.219.520.617.112.98.78
32.7%
A*–A

Physics 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.