A level results 2026 by subject
The share of A level results in England at the top grade and at the usual pass in 2026, for every subject Ofqual reports. Pick a subject for every grade and every year.
| Subject | A* | A or above | C or above | E or above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All subjects | 9.6% | 28.3% | 78.1% | 97.5% |
| Accounting | 1.4% | 12% | 60.4% | 94.5% |
| Ancient history | 2.1% | 19.7% | 81.9% | 98.5% |
| Art and design subjects | 16.6% | 35.2% | 89% | 99.6% |
| Biology | 9.1% | 27.4% | 71.6% | 96% |
| Business | 4.1% | 15.6% | 76.8% | 97.9% |
| Chemistry | 9.2% | 31.7% | 74% | 95.8% |
| Classical civilisation | 5.2% | 26.4% | 84.9% | 99.1% |
| Classical subjects | 9.3% | 33.5% | 85.8% | 98.8% |
| Computing | 6.3% | 25.3% | 70.2% | 95.7% |
| Design and technology | 6.3% | 19.5% | 73.5% | 97.7% |
| Drama | 6.5% | 23.3% | 89.1% | 99.8% |
| Economics | 7.6% | 30.1% | 83.1% | 98.2% |
| Electronics | 14.7% | 35.6% | 70.7% | 95.7% |
| English language | 2.5% | 12.3% | 78.9% | 99.3% |
| English language and literature | 3.7% | 14.6% | 80.8% | 99.3% |
| English literature | 9.6% | 25% | 82.7% | 99.3% |
| Environmental science | 3.9% | 13.4% | 63.2% | 94.3% |
| Film studies | 2.7% | 16% | 90.2% | 99.5% |
| French | 11.3% | 38.9% | 86.1% | 98.8% |
| Further mathematics | 28.7% | 58.6% | 90.7% | 98.2% |
| Geography | 5.8% | 24.5% | 80.7% | 98.5% |
| Geology | 9.9% | 27.1% | 73.3% | 98.2% |
| German | 15.3% | 45.4% | 88.5% | 99.4% |
| History | 5.9% | 24.8% | 83.9% | 99% |
| Latin | 24.4% | 65.4% | 90.9% | 97.9% |
| Law | 4.7% | 16.7% | 64.7% | 96.1% |
| Mathematics | 17.6% | 42.1% | 77.9% | 96.3% |
| Mathematics (including statistics) | 17.4% | 41.8% | 77.7% | 96.3% |
| Media / film / TV studies | 2.2% | 14.6% | 83.8% | 99.4% |
| Media studies | 1.9% | 13.8% | 80.4% | 99.4% |
| Music | 7.5% | 25.3% | 77.9% | 98.4% |
| Other modern languages | 37% | 67.9% | 95.2% | 99.1% |
| Other sciences | 11.9% | 30.6% | 72.2% | 97.2% |
| Performing and expressive arts | 8.9% | 28.7% | 83.2% | 99.4% |
| Philosophy | 5.6% | 23.3% | 73.6% | 96.9% |
| Physical education | 5.6% | 18.9% | 71.9% | 97.3% |
| Physics | 11.4% | 32.2% | 72.6% | 95.6% |
| Political studies | 8.1% | 27.3% | 81.9% | 97.9% |
| Psychology | 5.9% | 20% | 73.4% | 97.1% |
| Religious studies | 6% | 25.3% | 81.1% | 98.5% |
| Sociology | 5.4% | 18.6% | 76.5% | 98% |
| Spanish | 10% | 34.5% | 85.2% | 99% |
| Statistics | 1.5% | 12.5% | 57.6% | 92.7% |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofqual analytics. England, all candidates (all ages). Figures are based on JCQ data before 2020 and on Ofqual data from 2020 onwards. Ofqual's figures, the licence.