In 2025, 9.4 percent of students in the United Kingdom achieved the highest possible grade (an A*) in their A-Levels, with more than a quarter of entries achieving a B, the most common individual grade level in this year. Grades between 2020 and 2022 were generally a lot higher than in previous years due to the different grading circumstances brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Further Education in the UK A-Levels are the main academic qualifications taken following compulsory education in the UK. Among 16 to 17-year-old's around 43 percent were undertaking A/AS Levels in 2024, making it the most common pathway for this age group after high school. A further 20 percent were studying for other Level 3 qualifications, such as on more vocational BTEC courses, and around 3.5 percent were on apprenticeships, or taking part in work-based learning programs. Approximately 6.2 percent of this age group were not in education, employment, or training (NEET), although the share of this age group in this category has fallen since the mid 2000s. Maths remains most popular subject In Summer 2025, over 112,000 of 882,500 A-Level entries were in Mathematics, making it the most popular subject for students at this level. Maths was followed by Psychology, at around 75,900 entries, Biology at 71,400 entries, and Chemistry at 63,500 entries. The most popular humanities subject was History at 44,700 entries, with English Literature being the most popular English subject that year at 37,900 entries. For the A-Levels more technical equivalent (T-Levels) the most popular subject was that of Education and Early Years, a subject focused on the teaching of young children.