GCSE results 2026 by subject
The share of GCSE 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 | 9 | 7 or above | 4 or above |
|---|---|---|---|
| All subjects | 5% | 21.8% | 67% |
| Ancient history | 9.1% | 35.5% | 68.8% |
| Art and design subjects | 5.4% | 23.4% | 77% |
| Astronomy | 4.2% | 26.6% | 67.3% |
| Biology | 13.7% | 43.5% | 89.6% |
| Business studies | 3.7% | 19.5% | 65.6% |
| Chemistry | 14.7% | 47% | 92.1% |
| Citizenship studies | 2.8% | 17.2% | 66.8% |
| Classical civilisation | 11.9% | 41.2% | 83.3% |
| Classical Greek | 55.4% | 90.2% | 98.1% |
| Classical subjects | 26.5% | 60% | 87.9% |
| Combined science | - | - | - |
| Computing | 9.3% | 30% | 70.7% |
| Design and technology | 4.6% | 23% | 66.4% |
| Drama | 6.4% | 27.8% | 77.6% |
| Economics | 8.2% | 34.4% | 82.9% |
| Electronics | 32.9% | 65.6% | 89.8% |
| Engineering | 2.7% | 18.5% | 63.6% |
| English language | 2.2% | 15.2% | 59.5% |
| English literature | 3.4% | 19.7% | 73.4% |
| Film studies | 4.3% | 19.6% | 65.1% |
| Food preparation and nutrition | 4.4% | 21.6% | 69.2% |
| French | 9% | 30.2% | 73.6% |
| Geography | 5% | 25.1% | 65.6% |
| Geology | 26.5% | 66.1% | 93.8% |
| German | 10.9% | 34.8% | 80.2% |
| History | 5.8% | 26.1% | 64.1% |
| Latin | 36.3% | 73.7% | 93.6% |
| Mathematics | 3.4% | 16.8% | 57.2% |
| Media / film / TV studies | 3.7% | 19.7% | 69.7% |
| Media studies | 3.6% | 19.7% | 70.7% |
| Music | 9.8% | 33.8% | 76.4% |
| Other modern languages | 41% | 72.7% | 93% |
| Other sciences | 18% | 47.2% | 80% |
| Performing and expressive arts | 6.1% | 27.7% | 77.9% |
| Physical education | 4.6% | 23.7% | 72.5% |
| Physics | 13.8% | 45.9% | 91.6% |
| Psychology | 3.9% | 20.9% | 64.3% |
| Religious studies | 8.3% | 32.3% | 73.7% |
| Social science subjects | 3.6% | 20.4% | 66.2% |
| Sociology | 3.4% | 20.1% | 67.5% |
| Spanish | 7.9% | 28.9% | 71.9% |
| Statistics | 4.4% | 22.8% | 72% |
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.