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[edit] A Levels

[edit] Talk

Advanced Level is too general; after all, GNVQs were available at Advanced Level (and Intermediate and Foundation levels), Vocational Certificates of Education (VCEs) are available at Advanced Level, not to mention English as a Foreign Language (EFL) [1], City and Guilds qualifications (eg in Jewellery [2]), etc, and in any case Advanced Level may not even refer to a qualification. At least most people relate A-Level to GCE A-Level.

In full the article should be called General Certificate of Education Advanced Level, but perhaps we should use the new, more sucinct, QCA nomenclature of Advanced General Certificate of Education [3].

[edit] Revised Entry

The General Certicate of Education Advanced Level (or A-level for short) is a GCE qualification, usually taken by students in the final two years of secondary education (commonly called the Sixth Form), after they have completed GCSEs. It is a non-compulsory qualification taken by students in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, students usually take Highers and Advanced Highers of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate, although schools may choose to offer the A-Level as an alternative.