GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)

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GCE Advanced Level (A‑level) is a subject-based qualification typically taken by students in the UK and some other countries at the end of secondary education, often used for university entrance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf secondary school leaving qualification ⓘ
subject-based qualification ⓘ
university entrance qualification ⓘ
administeredBy Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) in Northern Ireland ⓘ
Ofqual (in England, for regulated A-levels) ⓘ
linked to: Ofqual

Welsh Government (regulation in Wales) ⓘ
linked to: Welsh Government
alsoKnownAs A-level ⓘ
General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
assessmentMethod coursework (in some subjects) ⓘ
practical assessments (in some subjects) ⓘ
written examinations ⓘ
awardedBy AQA ⓘ
CCEA Awarding Organisation ⓘ
OCR ⓘ
Pearson Edexcel ⓘ
linked to: Pearson

WJEC ⓘ
linked to: WJEC in Wales
countryWhereUsed Cameroon ⓘ
Hong Kong (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Mauritius ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Seychelles ⓘ
Singapore ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
Zimbabwe ⓘ
duration two years (typical full-time study) ⓘ
educationLevel Level 3 (RQF in England) ⓘ
Level 6 (SCQF equivalent in Scotland context) ⓘ
educationSystem United Kingdom ⓘ
firstYearComponent AS level (in some systems) ⓘ
follows GCSE ⓘ
International General Certificate of Secondary Education ⓘ
gradingScale A*–E (current in England, Wales, Northern Ireland) ⓘ
hasCreditSystem UCAS tariff points ⓘ
highestGrade A* ⓘ
introduced 1951 ⓘ
isPrerequisiteFor many UK undergraduate degree programmes ⓘ
languageOfInstruction English ⓘ
lowestPassGrade E ⓘ
partOf General Certificate of Education ⓘ
precedes undergraduate degree study ⓘ
replaced Higher School Certificate (in England and Wales) ⓘ
subjectExamples Biology ⓘ
Chemistry ⓘ
Economics ⓘ
English Literature ⓘ
History ⓘ
Mathematics ⓘ
Physics ⓘ
typicalAgeRange 16–19 ⓘ
typicalSubjectLoad four subjects (including AS combinations) ⓘ
three subjects ⓘ
usedBy Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) ⓘ
usedFor university admission decisions ⓘ

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GCSE → followedBy → GCE Advanced Level (A‑level) ⓘ
National Mathematics and Science College → offersQualification → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level (GCE A-level) ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Reigate College → offersQualification → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
British schools overseas → mayOfferQualification → International A level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
GCE Advanced Level → alsoKnownAs → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
subject linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
GCE Advanced Level → partOf → General Certificate of Education ⓘ
subject linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Leaving Certificate → replacedByInNorthernIreland → A-levels ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
CAPE → replaced → GCE Advanced Level in many Caribbean schools ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
CAPE → comparableTo → GCE Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
CAPE → comparableTo → UK A-levels ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
General Certificate of Education examinations in the Caribbean → basedOn → General Certificate of Education (GCE) of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College → offersQualification → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Aitchison College → offersCurriculum → Cambridge A Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
S. Thomas’ College, Mount Lavinia → offersExamination → GCE Advanced Level ⓘ
subject linked to: STC
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
St Edward's → preparesForQualification → A Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Cambridge Assessment International Education → offersQualification → Cambridge International AS Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
GCE Ordinary Level → parallelQualification → GCE Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
AQA → offersQualificationType → AS level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
OCR → offersQualificationType → A Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Higher School Certificate (England and Wales) → replacedBy → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Higher School Certificate (England and Wales) → comparedTo → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Higher School Certificate (England and Wales) → replacedBy → A-levels ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
International General Certificate of Secondary Education → preparesFor → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
International General Certificate of Secondary Education → preparesFor → A Levels ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Foyle and Londonderry College → offersQualification → General Certificate of Education Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Sunway College → offersPreUniversityProgramme → Cambridge A-Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
National Schools of Sri Lanka → offersExamination → GCE Advanced Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Sri Lankan university system → admissionsBasis → GCE Advanced Level examination (Sri Lanka) ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)
Innova Junior College → qualificationAwarded → Singapore-Cambridge GCE A-Level ⓘ
linked to: GCE Advanced Level (A‑level)