AS-levels

Chemists condemn 'terrorist' ban

23 Jul 2008:

A high court ruling that banned a "suspected terrorist" from studying chemistry and biology at AS-level has drawn fire from leading chemists

Made to measure

27 Mar 2007:

Oli de Botton: We may be very good at gauging students' ability through tests, but we should be using the data to actually help them progress.

Principals fear curriculum cuts

15 Nov 2005:

Students may be restricted to three AS-levels under new funding proposals, college heads say. Peter Kingston reports.

Top marks for sociology

23 Aug 2005:

Tom Whipple is startled by his results - and even more surprised by how useful his new knowledge is proving.

Test case

16 Aug 2005:

Are exams really getting easier? Maths graduate Tom Whipple gave himself just two weeks to prepare for an AS-level exam in that most maligned of subjects ... sociology.

Riding for a fall

19 Aug 2004:

Drops in this year's AS-level entries presage more woe for unpopular subjects at A-level next year, writes Donald MacLeod.

Curriculum 2000 'a modest success'

24 Dec 2003:

Attempts to get sixth-formers to study a broader range of subjects under its Curriculum 2000 reforms have proved only a "modest" success, England's exam watchdog said today

No more Boy Scouts' badges

21 Aug 2003:

Eton is not the only school to have bypassed GCSEs. Charlotte O'Brien looks at educational fast-tracking.

Six steps to save the exam system

21 Aug 2003:

Damian Green: Only when politicians relinquish control over the exams system will we be able to start winning back public confidence.

A-levels make the grade

18 Aug 2003:

This year's AS and A-level results have been given a clean bill of health.

Students 'too tired at end of AS levels'

18 Aug 2003: A drop in the proportion of higher grades won in the AS examination this year may have been the result of students being too tired to cope with taking all their papers in one go, an official report out today says.

AS-level results 2003

14 Aug 2003:

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Exit exams

13 Jun 2003:

Sitting exams at the end of your course rather than half way through is not a revolutionary idea, but, says Craig Dutton, who has just sat his AS-levels, it would solve a lot of problems