One thing that won’t happen this year is a massive cock-up by the exam boards themselves. I’ve seen A* candidates get a D or E because the board forgot to add in the mark for one paper or transposed … (View Post)

Pedant mode on: “Very unique”? I had thought you better than that. I am seriously impressed if you partied from 1999 all the way to the new millennium though; even for Australia that is going it some… (View Post)

Also the students who have just got their A-level results are almost certainly over 18 so using their pictures is less of an issue than doing the same with a bunch of 16 year olds... (View Post)

Both statements can be correct: just because AS levels are useful in these exceptional circumstances does not mean they are generally so. I’m personally in two minds on the general value of AS levels… (View Post)

How long does it take you to get through? Multiply that by 1000 for a typical secondary school (and divide it by the number of gates you think each school could afford). It might work if that was don… (View Post)