Higher Education: Admissions
(asked on 18th October 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many students were accepted onto higher education courses by each A-level grade combination in England in each of the last three years.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service publish data on acceptances to full-time undergraduate higher education by A level grade combination. It can be found here: https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-sector-level-end-cycle-data-resources-2021.
The table below shows the number of acceptances by A level grade combinations for English 18-year-olds for the three most recent years.
Figures for 2022 are due to published in December.
Table 1 – English 18-year-olds accepted to full-time undergraduate higher education by A level points:
A level points | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
3 points (EEE) | 305 | 105 | 145 |
4 points (DEE) | 1,160 | 400 | 475 |
5 points (DDE) | 2,625 | 945 | 1,015 |
6 points (DDD) | 4,740 | 1,935 | 1,980 |
7 points (CDD) | 7,100 | 3,585 | 3,380 |
8 points (CCD) | 9,665 | 6,155 | 5,100 |
9 points (CCC) | 11,895 | 9,170 | 7,650 |
10 points (BCC) | 13,805 | 11,590 | 10,185 |
11 points (BBC) | 14,390 | 13,710 | 12,400 |
12 points (BBB) | 14,395 | 15,350 | 14,410 |
13 points (ABB) | 13,800 | 15,540 | 15,665 |
14 points (AAB) | 11,860 | 15,090 | 16,160 |
15 points (AAA) | 10,690 | 14,555 | 16,555 |
16 points (A*AA) | 8,365 | 12,755 | 14,905 |
17 points (A*A*A) | 5,285 | 9,880 | 12,860 |
18 points (A*A*A*) | 4,835 | 11,085 | 16,505 |
All | 134,910 | 141,860 | 149,380 |