The graphs and tables show the A level outcomes at a choice of grade thresholds by centre type (the type of school or college) for individual subjects. The outcomes are presented as cumulative percentages. This means that when you select grade threshold "A and above", you will see the percentage of students achieving grades A or A*.
A level outcomes by centre type
A level outcomes by centre type
These interactive graphs and tables show summaries of A level grades by centre (school or college) type in England.
To allow meaningful comparisons between years, for each subject, only centres with results issued in all years covered by the visualisation are included.
When viewing results for 'All subjects combined', this only includes data for the centre and subject combinations with results issued in all years, for subjects where the visualisation contains at least one third of all results issued for all years.
For more explanation of these tables and graphs, click on the Questions and Answers tab.
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Grading is continuing as normal in summer 2024 following the return to pre-pandemic standards in summer 2023. Further information is avaialble in the Ofqual guide for schools and colleges, the Ofqual student guide 2024 and our news story on summer 2024 grading.
In 2020 and 2021, when GCSE, AS and A level exams did not go ahead due to the pandemic, national outcomes were higher than prior to the pandemic. Outcomes were also higher than pre-pandemic in 2022, when grading was at a midway point between summer 2019 and summer 2021. The return to pre-pandemic grading in summer 2023 meant that national results were similar to pre-pandemic and were lower than in summer 2022. Further information is available on the Ofqual website.
We have used the following 9 centre (school or college) types, as categorised in the National Centre Number (NCN) register. Centre types are self-reported by schools, colleges and other exam centres according to the following list of categories:
- Academies
- Further education establishment
- Free schools
- Independent school
- Secondary comprehensive or middle school
- Secondary modern school
- Secondary selective school
- Sixth form college
- Other (eg college of higher education, university department, tutorial college, language school, special school, pupil referral unit, HM Young Offender Institute, HM Prison, training centre)
We have used the centre type that was reported for the summer 2024 awards and applied this categorisation across all years in the visualisation. This will introduce a small proportion of classification errors for past years where centres have changed categories prior to 2024.
Please note, the tertiary college category is no longer in use and centres that previously used this category are now classed as further education establishments.
For each subject group, we have only included centres which had grades awarded in all years covered by the visualisation so that comparisons between years are meaningful.
When viewing results for 'All subjects combined', this only includes data for the centre and subject combinations with grades awarded in all years, for subjects that meet the criteria listed in '5. Which subjects are included?' (see below).
This means that, for example, if a centre offered numerous subjects but only mathematics had grades awarded in every year covered by the visualisation, only the centre's mathematics outcomes would be included when viewing outcomes for 'All subjects combined'.
We have included A level subject groups where:
- there were centres with results issued in all years covered by the visualisation
- there were centre types which had at least 10 centres and 100 results issued in all years covered by the visualisation
- after applying these criteria, the visualisation contained at least one third of all results issued for all years covered by the visualisation.
Subjects are grouped using the groupings established by the Joint Council for Qualifications (JCQ). Most groupings contain a single subject but some groupings contain multiple subjects. For example, 'classical subjects' includes Biblical Hebrew, ancient history, classical civilisation, classical Greek and Latin.
Students of all ages from centres (schools and colleges) in England are included.
When you hover over a point on the graph, a pop-up box will appear. This shows the number of centres included, overall number of results included in the app, and percentage of results at the selected grade threshold for the relevant year and centre type.
To limit the influence of individual candidates and centres on results, which is greater when numbers are small, we have imposed a minimum number of candidates and a minimum number of centres. For each subject, if there are not at least 100 grades awarded and at least 10 centres in any one centre type it is omitted from the graphs and tables. Where there are a relatively small number of centres for a particular combination of subject and centre type, the graphs are likely to say more about the individual centres than the overall picture. Such cases should be interpreted with additional caution.
As a result of only including the data outlined above, some subjects' outcomes contain a relatively small proportion of all grades issued for that subject. Where the visualisation contains less than two thirds of all grades issued in any year covered by the visualisation, additional caution is advised when interpreting outcomes as data may not be representative of all results.
For subjects where the visualisation would include less than one third of all results issued in any year, graphs and tables are not displayed and the subject does not contribute to figures for 'All subjects combined'.
Data is supplied to Ofqual by exam boards near to results day. At the point in time Ofqual receive the data, not all results may have been fully processed. Additionally, the data do not reflect changes to grades that may occur after results are issued.
To ensure confidentiality of the data, all figures for the number of results have been rounded to the nearest 5 per Ofqual's rounding policy. Percentages have been calculated based on unrounded values.
We are publishing this data in the interests of openness and transparency and so that students, schools, policy makers and other stakeholders can access this data in an interactive manner.
For any feedback on these graphs, please contact [email protected].
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