I will regret getting involved in this but A level students work very hard and they and their teachers are getting better at learning and teaching and especially at exam techniques.

Some Universities are calling for a higher grade A+, even harder to get than A. This is because the Universities are incapable of identifying the most able students! Most peoples experience of Uni is that the quality of teaching is often poor. I seem to remember that the correlation between A level grades and final degree class is not close.

I think we should not take too much notice of what the Universities say and a lot more notice of teachers and students in schools and colleges.

Cheers

L in C