With that in mind, it is unsurprising that there was little difference in A*-A grades awarded compared to 2023 in each subject, with a few exceptions.
Leaving the “other modern languages”, a portmanteau category for languages other than French, German and Spanish, to one side, there was an increase of at least 2 percentage points in A*-A grades awarded in computer science, design and technology and German.
Compared to 2019, the percentage of pupils belarus rcs data achieving A*-A was at least 5 percentage points higher in computer science, further maths, German, performing/ expressive arts and “other modern languages”.
A*-A grades were lower compared to 2019 in just two subjects, sociology and classical subjects[2].
The chart below allows you to select an A-Level subject and see the grade distribution in 2019, 2021 and 2024.
NotesSource: FFT Education Datalab analysis of JCQ data
In our preview post, we highlighted some subjects which looked like they would have big changes in entries from last year. We thought we’d see increases in maths, further maths, computing and physics, and decreases in drama, geography and sociology. And indeed, we have.