In 2020 and 2021, grades were awarded by centre-assessed grades (CAGs) and teacher-assessed grades (TAGs) respectively, due to the disruption caused by the Covid pandemic. These different forms of assessment meant that grades were higher than in normal (pre-pandemic) exam years. Last summer, 2022, there was a transition to grades that were set at roughly a midpoint between the 2019 and 2021 results.
Now, in 2023, the government and Ofqual have announced that grades awarded nationally are expected to be similar to the 2019 (pre-pandemic) profile. Even if the quality standard of exams is lower than in 2019, they have put protections in place to ensure that grades awarded are not lower. In other words, candidates have the same chance of getting a 9, or a 7, as they would have done in 2019. This means that national results today will be lower than they were in the previous three years, and individual schools are expecting to see this same pattern.
The class of 2023 achieved the following grades:
A Level results 2023 by subject
A Level Subject
Entries
A*
A*-A
A*-B
A*-C
Art & Design Fine Art
7
43%
57%
100%
100%
Biology
36
22%
53%
81%
97%
Chemistry
33
18%
61%
73%
97%
Classical Civilisation
2
50%
100%
Computer Science
7
14%
43%
71%
100%
D&T Product Design
6
33%
67%
100%
100%
Drama & Theatre
2
50%
100%
100%
Economics
16
94%
94%
100%
100%
English Literature
10
60%
100%
100%
100%
French
6
17%
100%
100%
100%
Further Mathematics
2
50%
100%
Geography
10
30%
50%
90%
100%
German
1
100%
100%
100%
History
12
17%
67%
92%
100%
History of Art
4
50%
75%
100%
100%
Italian
2
50%
100%
100%
Japanese
2
100%
100%
Mathematics
34
24%
74%
88%
100%
Music
1
100%
100%
Physical Education
4
50%
75%
75%
100%
Physics
2
50%
100%
Politics
5
60%
100%
100%
Psychology
17
35%
65%
88%
100%
Religious Studies
5
20%
80%
80%
100%
Spanish
4
50%
75%
100%
100%
GCSE results 2023 by subject
Subject
Entries
9
9-8
9-7
9-6
9-5
Art & Design – Fine Art
10
30%
40%
70%
100%
100%
Biology
93
37%
66%
86%
97%
99%
Chemistry
93
39%
72%
94%
99%
99%
Chinese
11
45%
55%
100%
100%
100%
Classical Civilisation
6
17%
33%
83%
100%
100%
Classical Greek
2
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
Combined Science
10
40%
80%
100%
Computer Science
25
24%
52%
84%
96%
100%
Design & Technology
9
33%
89%
100%
100%
100%
Drama
32
28%
47%
66%
94%
100%
English Language
98
28%
51%
70%
96%
99%
English Literature
98
22%
50%
79%
93%
100%
French
35
29%
49%
66%
83%
91%
Further Mathematics
23
74%
91%
96%
100%
100%
Geography
55
45%
76%
85%
96%
98%
German
4
25%
75%
75%
100%
100%
History
40
43%
68%
90%
95%
98%
Italian
3
33%
100%
100%
100%
Latin
25
56%
76%
92%
96%
100%
Mathematics
98
34%
72%
91%
96%
99%
Music
20
20%
40%
70%
95%
100%
Physical Education
9
22%
56%
89%
100%
100%
Physics
93
42%
73%
86%
97%
99%
Religious Studies
51
45%
75%
92%
98%
98%
Spanish
50
26%
56%
88%
94%
100%
All results are accurate as of 14 September 2023.