A new "super diploma" worth four-and-a-half A-levels will be announced today, in a move that will be seen as a Government attempt to lure middle-class children towards the controversial vocational ...

The Government has hardened its stance against a major reform of A-levels, despite rising concerns over the vast increase in the number of students receiving A grades. The Government has hardened its ...

The government sees A-levels continuing beyond 2013 in England alongside its new Diplomas, a minister has confirmed. Schools Minister Jim Knight told MPs he saw a future for the A-level within a ...

Plans to replace GCSE and A-level with a radically new system of examinations offering a greater challenge to academically able pupils and a high quality vocational alternative were announced ...

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