Art and design and media subjects saw the largest increases in top grades among the most popular A-level subjects this year.
Subjects including economics, English literature and political studies saw the largest fall in As and above (see grades for the 15 most popular subjects below).
Overall, maths has the highest proportion of top grades this year, despite a minor drop in As and above achieved, while media, film and tv studies had the lowest proportion of top grades, in line with previous years.
But large variations remain between this year’s results and pre-pandemic levels.
Here’s what the distribution of top grades looks like among the most popular subjects, and how they differ from last year and pre-pandemic:
And here’s the full breakdown of the most popular subject results published by the Joint Council for Qualifications this morning…
Art and design A-level results 2025
Biology A-level results 2025
Business studies A-level results 2025
Chemistry A-level results 2025
Computing A-level results 2025
Economics A-level results 2025
English literature A-level results 2025
Geography A-level results 2025
History A-level results 2025
Mathematics A-level results 2025
Media, film and TV studies A-level results 2025
Physics A-level results 2025
Political studies A-level results 2025
Psychology A-level results 2025
Sociology A-level results 2025
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