Last Updated on August 15, 2024 by Karl Thompson
Congratulations to most of you on your A-level, BTEC and T-Level Results. Commiserations to the rest of you!
While there will be many individual triumphs and tragedies, I’m going to take a positivist approach here and look at the overall trends
Remember, positivists are interested in looking at the bigger picture. They are interested in macro level trends using statistics and making comparisons.
The government’s initial posting of results on its website is a modern day positivist overview of results…
To summarise the main trends:
The overall trend in A-level results 2019 to 2024
- The A-level pass rate was 97.1%
- The C and above pass rate was 76%
- The A and A* pass rate was 27.6%
All of these results for 2024 are slightly above the A-level results in 2019, the last year of valid results before the Pandemic’s invalid non-results which were made up by teachers.
BTEC results 2024
The Distinction and Distinction* rates stood at 39.1% in 2024 for Vocation level 3 qualifications, up slightly from 2019 when it was 33%.
T-Level Results 2024
The relatively new T-levels are a lot harder to pass and get a high grade in compared to other level 3 qualifications.
Only 3.3% achieved an A or A* for T-levels, with only around 50% getting a C or above.
Signposting
This material is relevant to the education module, usually taught as part of first year A-level sociology.