Friday, 22 March 2013

Scrapping AS-levels will give students time to explore their subjects

 Tearing up the AS will benefit pupils studying A-level music, writes teacher Victoria Pearson. Photograph: Alamy
<P>Michael Gove is at it again. His latest headline-grabbing announcement is that the AS-level, introduced in 2000 as a way of broadening the curriculum from 16 to 19, is to be relegated back to its position as a secondary qualification. It will no longer count towards the 'gold standard' A-level, which is to return to its original status as a two-year

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