A level Changes

What exactly changed about the courses? Will they be more challenging now?
The subjects I am doing are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.

What exactly changed about the courses? Will they be more challenging now?
The subjects I am doing are Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Psychology.

If we do not get the grades we want at the end of two years, then does that we mean we have to re-sit whole 2 years or are we not allowed to re sit and have to go uni with the grades we get?

If you do not get the A level results which you require in 2017 (when you take your A level exams) you will not be able to resit the exams until 2018 (the following summer)

Obviously 2017 is 2 years away and things may change slightly between now and then, however the best solution would be to ace your exams first time round and get into your first choice university

Good Luck with your studies

M

What about if your in A2 and decide to pick up an AS level will i be able to sit the old syllabus as there will be resits for A2 students hence the examinations will take place in the summer of 2016

You are able to sit the current AS or A2 course and sit the exams in 2010

Hey uhh.. just to clarify - If i wanted to do chemistry, would I sit unit 1 and 2 in AS, and then do unit 3 and 4 in A2? (plus the practical thing)
And for maths would I just sit c1 c2 and the side module in AS, and then just go on to do c3 c4 and another side module in A2?
And for further maths would I sit my AS and then just go onto the A2 exams without having to do the AS again?
And for economics.. would I have to sit all four units in A2?

Assume that I won't retake anything...

Thanks ;D

If you start a two year A level course in the UK this September.
Maths is unchanged, you will complete maths and further maths units exactly as they have done in the past. Usually 3 units for an AS in maths and 3 for an AS in FM in the first year, then complete the A2 the following year (some do maths in the first year and FM in the second)
For economics and chemistry you will study a completely new syllabus with different content and exam structure and for chemistry an entirely new practical assessment. To be awarded a full A level you would be tested on all of the content studied over the two years at the end of your second year of study. Your school may optionally choose to enter you for AS exams at the end of the first year but the results don't count towards your full A level grade.

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So if I decide to pick up AS physics it will stay the same as I am an A2 student as the exams will still be there next year??

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Not all boards are changing. Although the majority of them are you may still be able to do exams in the old system. Look up your boards 😊

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Are you able to take the AS/Year 1 exams in all of your four subjects in the first year and then depending on your AS results you then choose what subjects you would like to do as a full a-level?

In theory yes, though it somewhat defeats the objective of removing formal external exams from year 12 to enable more teaching time.
Some schools plan to do it, some don't. Some will ask you to choose the 4th subject you plan to drop early in year 12 so that you only take AS in that subject. You will need to ask your sixth form what strategy they have decided upon.


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Oh, okay I will hopefully know by Friday as that is the first day of term. I just thought the separate AS level examinations give you somewhat of a representation as to whether you will be better at the full A-level in subject X than subject Y, for example.