Official Statistics

Provisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series

Number of provisional entries by age group and subject for GCSEs, AS and A levels in England for the summer 2025 exam series.

• From: Ofqual
• Published: 12 June 2025

Applies to England

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Provisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series

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Background information for provisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series

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Data tables for provisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series

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Pre-release access list for provisional entries for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series

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Key headlines

The key headlines in provisional entries for GCSEs, AS and A levels for the summer 2025 series are:

•   GCSE entries have decreased by 0.6% from 5,811,595 in summer 2024 to 5,777,020 in summer 2025

•   the proportion of entries by tier was broadly similar in summer 2025 compared with summer 2024 across all tiered GCSE subjects

•   A level entries have decreased by 0.4% from 825,355 in summer 2024 to 821,875 in summer 2025

•   AS entries have decreased by 12.7% from 59,935 in summer 2024 to 52,295 in summer 2025

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Published 12 June 2025