I HAVE just completed my A-levels, and read with interest comments about falling standards.
In my subjects - maths, physics and chemistry - we used papers dating back a number of years for mock tests, and they were no harder than those I sat in June.
The increase in higher grades is almost certainly due to: improved teaching; greater familiarity with a particular syllabus; pupils obtaining better subject advise at 16 and the introduction of new A-levels.
The majority of pupils who took A-levels this year, and every year, will have deserved their grades.
Stewart Ronnie
9 Rectory Close
Barby, Warwickshire
