Official Statistics
Reviews of marking and moderation for GCSE, AS and A level: summer 2025 exam series
Statistics on the number of reviews of marking and moderation for GCSE, AS and A level.
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- For summer 2025, 389,730 reviews were requested for GCSE (a decrease of 11.5% from summer 2024), 2,075 reviews were requested for AS qualifications (a decrease of 14.7% from summer 2024) and 101,100 reviews were requested for A level (a decrease of 0.5% from summer 2024).
- One or more reviews were requested for 2.9% of the 17,523,265 total GCSE, AS and A level component entries in summer 2025 compared with 3.2% of the 17,610,745 total component entries summer 2024.
- For summer 2025, 62.7% of reviewed component marks for GCSE were not changed (compared with 63.2% for summer 2024) and 55.7% of reviewed component marks for AS and A level were not changed (compared with 54.5% for summer 2024).
- Of all GCSE, AS and A level grades awarded in summer 2025 (6,526,780), 4.6% were challenged and 1.1% were changed following reviews (compared with 5.1% challenged and 1.1% changed for summer 2024).
- Of the 1,019,010 students who received results for GCSEs in summer 2025, 17.0% had one or more of their grades challenged and 5.2% had one or more grades changed (compared with 19.1% with grades challenged and 5.5% with grades changed for summer 2024).
- Of the 336,045 students who received results for AS and A levels in summer 2025, 14.8% had one or more grades challenged and 4.0% had one or more grades changed (compared with 15.4% with grades challenged and 4.1% with grades changed for summer 2024).
- Of all GCSE grades awarded in summer 2025 (5,661,970), 4.3% were challenged and 1.0% were changed following reviews (compared with 4.7% challenged and 1.1% changed for summer 2024).
- Of the 243,150 GCSE grades challenged for summer 2025, 58,725, (24.2%) were changed. Of all challenged grades, 24.1% were changed up and less than 0.1% were changed down. For comparison, for summer 2024, 269,080 GCSE grades were challenged and 22.4% of challenged grades were changed.
- Of all AS and A level grades awarded in summer 2025 (864,810), 6.8% were challenged and 1.6% were changed following reviews (compared with 7.1% challenged and 1.6% changed for summer 2024).
- Of the 58,830 AS and A level grades challenged for summer 2025, 14,150 (24.1%) were changed. Of all challenged grades, 24.0% were changed up and less than 0.1% were changed down. For comparison, for summer 2024, 61,915 AS and A level grades were challenged and 23.1% were changed.
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Published 11 December 2025