Official Statistics

Annual qualifications market report: academic year 2023 to 2024

Overview of the qualifications market in England and a single reference point about participants in the market.

Applies to England

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Data tables for annual qualifications market report: academic year 2023 to 2024

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Key headlines

The main headlines in the regulated qualifications market in England for the 2023 to 2024 academic year were:

  • There were 10,148 active qualifications (available qualifications with certificates) in the academic year 2023 to 2024, a 5.3% decrease from the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

  • A total of 11.8 million certificates were issued for GCSE, AS, A level, vocational and other qualifications, up 3.7% from the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

  • There were 6.5 million GCSE, AS and A level certificates issued in the 2023 to 2024 academic year, up 4.6% from the previous academic year.

  • There were 5.2 million certificates issued for vocational and other qualifications in the 2023 to 2024 academic year, up 2.6% from the 2022 to 2023 academic year.

  • The awarding organisations with the largest overall market shares (by number of certificates issued across all qualification types) were AQA (34.4%), Pearson (20.1%), OCR (6.5%) and City & Guilds (4.7%).

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Published 11 March 2025

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