At the end of each stage, students must take their exams. A-Levels are imperative if students want to attend University. Other reasons why individuals may take A-Levels can be to further their knowledge and progress in their profession. Students need to take and do well with their GCSEs because it sets the pathway to employers and higher education.
Assessment methods can include an array of methods such as projects, fieldwork, artwork, etc. These two levels are based on grades. Students need to know which colleges they are looking to get into or what career path they wish to take because some colleges require a certain amount of GCSE courses to be taken and require a certain passing grade for certain courses to be accepted.
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When you are directly employed by the school, they will offer you insurance. As a parent, it is probably unlikely that you will be able to choose which exam your child is entered for.
If the school offers both, then discuss your child's needs. If your child achieves higher marks with coursework and performs badly under exam conditions, then the IGCSE is an option. But be aware that some universities have their own preferences. If your child is heading for university you should, even at this stage, research entry requirements on each university's website. AS courses give pupils a broader understanding of a subject but not as much as a full A-level.
Most pupils will study three and possibly four A-levels. Developed in in Switzerland the IB has become very popular especially with independent schools. It is highly regarded by universities. International Baccalaureate is available at several levels but the one which applies to students age is the IB Diploma. The Diploma Programme prepares students for effective participation in a rapidly evolving and increasingly global society as they:. Unlike A-levels which focus on three or four main subjects, the IB Diploma includes 6 groups of subjects.
IB Diploma Programme students must choose one subject from each of five groups 1 to 5 , ensuring breadth of knowledge and understanding in their best language, additional language s , the social sciences, the experimental sciences and mathematics. Student may choose either an arts subject from group 6, or a second subject from groups 1 to 5. At least three and not more than four subjects are taken at higher level teaching hours , while the other subjects are taken at standard level teaching hours.
Students can study and take examinations, in English, French or Spanish. It is very important to remember that all A-Levels are not created equal — some are much harder than others! If you are just comparing the pass rates, A-Levels, across the board, have an average pass rate of There are many reasons for this gap between pass rates, I explain all of them later in the article. A-Levels are intended to be a step up from GCSE, and many are designed to challenge even the most capable students.
We know they must be hard, because A-Levels are what universities look for from students. A-Levels take two years to complete, because of the depth of the content. Because you take so few A-Levels, the content is considerably difficult. A-Levels focus on very specific topics and try to maximize the difficulty. This is the opposite of GCSE, where your learning is broader and covers more subject areas with easier content.
Many students fail each year from very silly revision mistakes — or sometimes just from pure laziness. However, the most common mistake students make at GCSE is not knowing when the right time to start revising is. It really does depend on what A-Levels you take, because some are harder than others. For example, A-Level Further Maths is considered to be the hardest A-Level you can take and, therefore, it is considerably harder than many others.
Of course, their difficulty depends on how you are as a student, too. If you already know what A-Levels you will be taking, I highly recommend you check out some of the other more specific versions of this article on our website, such as:.
Yeah yeah, we get it — A-Levels are hard. But, how much work do you get for your studies? In school, you do on average 25 hours of lessons per week. In comparison, for 3 A-Levels, you take about As it is recommended that you do the same amount of revision outside of college as you do inside of college.
This, in total, gives you an average of 27 hours of work a week Bear in mind, that the number of hours you work outside of college is dependent on the school and college you go to.
Some may have different ideas about how long you should be working for. In college, you get a lot more independent work than you do for your GCSEs. It makes sense if you think about it. When you get to university, the content you learn will be almost entirely your responsibility. You have to do so much independent study for A-Levels to prepare you for your life after college. Harder work will take longer to complete, whereas easier work will be a breeze. The difficulty of the work that you are given varies massively depending on what A-Levels you have chosen.
Therefore, I recommend once again that you check out the more specific, single-subject focused articles below:. A-Level exams are usually longer than GCSE exams, as there is more content you have to be assessed on.
However, as you only study 3 A-Levels instead of around 9 GCSEs, you will have much fewer exams during the exam season at the end of Year They also tend to be harder than GCSE exams, funnily enough. Depending on the A-Level you take, the style of the exam questions can be different too. In direct contrast, A-Level Maths questions can be worth up to 9 marks! However, it is not just the final exams you have to worry about during A-Levels.
During studying at college, teachers are constantly giving you end-of-topic tests normally at the end of each week. Not only are you expected to do well in these tests, but they normally keep a record of the grade you get in these mini-tests.
What this means, is that your progress is constantly being tracked whilst your doing your A-Levels. Meaning, as soon as your grades slip, teachers are all over you with extra work. However, at GCSE, schools have a much more relaxed attitude to your marks in end-of-topic tests — this is not the case at A-Levels.
Quite a lot, actually. The pass rates of A-Levels are very high, and this could either be down to the students new found independence, teachers more relaxed attitude, or both.
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