{"title":"How Many People Get All 9s at GCSE? 2026 Statistics","question":"How many students get all 9s at GCSE?","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s","answer":"In 2026, 1,375 students aged 16 in England taking seven or more GCSEs got grade 9 in every subject, up from 1,300 in 2025. That is 0.2% of the 551,950 in that group (Ofqual). 600 of those taking ten got all 9s (0.8%), and 365 of those taking nine, the most common number (0.2%).","edition":"2026 edition","dataCoverage":"Data: Ofqual's provisional GCSE results for 16-year-olds in England, 2023 to 2026, and JCQ's England share of results at grade 9.","published":"2026-11-03","updated":"2026-11-03","nextUpdate":{"date":"2027-08-19","expected":true,"release":"Ofqual, Qualification results in England: summer 2027 (GCSE figures expected on GCSE results day, 19 August 2027)"},"citeAs":"Aripsy (2026). How Many People Get All 9s at GCSE? 2026 Statistics. https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s","note":"Cite the original publisher for each figure. Aripsy re-checks every figure against its source on the verified date shown.","keyFindings":[{"value":"1,375","claim":"16-year-olds in England taking seven or more GCSEs got grade 9 in all of them in 2026 (0.2%).","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#all-9s-2026","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Data tables for Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a856a451b45e4e555421e70/Qualification_results_in_England_summer_2026.ods","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 18","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"value":"600","claim":"16-year-olds taking ten GCSEs got ten 9s in 2026, 0.8% of the 73,205 who took ten.","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#ten-9s-2026","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Data tables for Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a856a451b45e4e555421e70/Qualification_results_in_England_summer_2026.ods","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Tables 16 and 17","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"value":"30,690","claim":"16-year-olds taking seven or more GCSEs got grade 7 or above in every subject in 2026 (5.6%).","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#all-7s-2026","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Data tables for Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a856a451b45e4e555421e70/Qualification_results_in_England_summer_2026.ods","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 18","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"value":"1,160 → 1,375","claim":"16-year-olds with seven or more GCSEs got all 9s, 2023 to 2026 (0.2% each year).","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#all-9s-trend","source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Data tables for Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a856a451b45e4e555421e70/Qualification_results_in_England_summer_2026.ods","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 18","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0."}},{"value":"5.0%","claim":"of GCSE results in England were grade 9 in 2026 (all ages). That counts results, not students.","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#grade-9-share-2026","source":{"publisher":"JCQ","title":"GCSE results by main grades, subjects, age and sex, England, 2026 (Table 2)","url":"https://www.jcq.org.uk/examination-results/","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 2, all subjects","tier":"official","licence":"Figures quoted with attribution. The publisher's tables and charts are not reproduced."}}],"tables":[{"caption":"16-year-olds taking seven or more GCSEs, by grade reached in every subject, count (share of the group), England","url":"https://aripsy.com/en/research/how-many-people-get-all-9s#all-9s-by-year","columns":["Year","Grade 9 in every subject","Grade 7 or above in every subject","Grade 4 or above in every subject"],"rows":[["2023","1,160 (0.2%)","27,355 (5.1%)","240,070 (45.1%)"],["2024","1,270 (0.2%)","29,265 (5.3%)","251,425 (45.4%)"],["2025","1,300 (0.2%)","29,825 (5.5%)","250,345 (45.8%)"],["2026","1,375 (0.2%)","30,690 (5.6%)","256,415 (46.5%)"]],"note":null,"source":{"publisher":"Ofqual","title":"Data tables for Qualification results in England: summer 2026","url":"https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a856a451b45e4e555421e70/Qualification_results_in_England_summer_2026.ods","published":"2026-08-20","locator":"Table 18","tier":"official","licence":"Contains public sector information licensed 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