Will Straight As Make the Grade"
What does the demise of AS Levels mean for sixth formers and uni applications" Charlotte Phillips finds out
Bedales has ditched them but Bishop?s Stortford High School, one of the top maintained schools in the country, has hung on to them, at least for now, and other schools are keeping an open mind. What are we referring to" The good old AS Level, that?s what. Taken at the end of the first year of the sixth form, it?s been hitched to the A-Level like a carriage to an engine for over a decade.
Now decoupled, it seems to be on its way to the sidings like a superannuated extra in a Thomas the Tank Engine story, a separate exam that has to stand on its own academical feet (or wheels). In 2015, art and design, biology and English went all-linear. In September, classical Greek and Latin, geography and modern languages followed suit and in 2017 it?s the turn of the final tranche, including law, maths and philosophy. Good news for some?
Some see it as good news ? a move that will strengthen the exam system, end the culture of ?teaching to the test? and allow time to explore the curriculum rather than sticking to a path down the middle. ?Unquestionably my colleagues here think there are benefits,? says Stuart Nicholson, the Principal of the Cambridge Centre for Sixth Form Studies and chair of the Independent Schools? Association. ?Getting additional time [to teach] and feeling less pressured over the course of the first year is seen as positive.? Others are more buoya...
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