| The hopes and dreams of thousands of teenagers hung in the balance on Thursday as they tore into brown envelopes for their A-level results. |
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| I did business studies and theatre studies at A-level and when I finished I came out of school still not knowing what I wanted to do. |
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| It was a very hot summer term, and candidates for art A-level were invited to compose and draw a still-life. |
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| Thus there were also 12,000 fewer A-level maths candidates this year than last. |
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| It offers A-level and O-level courses as an alternative to the Leaving Cert. |
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| Records tumbled across Yorkshire yesterday as schools and colleges in the region saw A-level scores hit new highs. |
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| I have a Business Studies A-level and I am currently studying for a Business Studies honours degree with the Open University. |
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| Maureen looked a picture when she found she got an A-level grade B in photography. |
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| However, it wasn't just physical inferiority that marked us out as different to the current generation of A-level students. |
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| A kindhearted teenager built a safari area free of charge for youngsters at an infants school as part of his A-level studies. |
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| Going to university is a daunting prospect for many of us currently studying at A-level. |
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| Hannah got 99 per cent when she sat her A-level general studies exam at Joseph Rowntree School this summer. |
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| I received an email through the site from a young woman doing an A-level journalism course who wanted to write a story about street harassment. |
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| The gifted A-level student suffered from a rare heart defect which caused her to collapse at the wheel of her car leading to the crash. |
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| This was the first time such a concession had been made in her school for an A-level student. |
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| There are about 20 lads staying on to do GNVQ, so they can start the A-level course next year. |
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| Pupils at the school achieved GCSE and A-level grades above the national average last year. |
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| Chris had just completed his A-level studies at St John's School, Marlborough. |
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| Compiled by the Press Association news agency, it ranked previously known top schools in terms of their A-level points score. |
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| Girls have won a greater proportion of passes at A-level for the last eight years. |
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| It's an A-level commentary, providing a lot of depth and insight for the viewer. |
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| At A-level, he hopes to take English literature, economics, drama and sports studies. |
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| The large number of A grades this year in the A-level backs up this explanation. |
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| I spent yesterday evening cramming the whole Physics syllabus in a desperate, last minute dash to try and pass my Physics A-level. |
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| Why was his acceptance by Sandhurst dependent upon his passing this ridiculous A-level? |
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| He discovered a passion for art in prison and passed a GCSE and A-level and now plans to continue his studies at a Welsh university. |
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| Qualifications at both A-level and below and degree level are above the national average. |
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| The quality of the exhibition was not only amateurishly reminiscent of A-level sketch books, but in some places absolutely risible. |
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| We thought we were raggle-taggle gypsies one and all, despite the fact that we were actually middle-class A-level students. |
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| Exam results for A-level students place the borough in the bottom half of a national league table of achievement. |
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| Yesterday's A-level results confirmed a clean sweep for girls over boys in every school examination. |
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| Thousands of Bolton teenagers are anxiously awaiting the release of their A-level exam results on Thursday. |
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| Graveney School in Tooting celebrated its highest-ever A-level pass rate of 98.48 per cent. |
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| Geoff Parks, head of admissions at Cambridge University, warned A-level exams were testing the wrong skills. |
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| This summer she received 4 grade As at A-level, achieving top marks in several papers. |
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| It has also appeared as an A-level exam in England and a set text in France. |
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| During the war she worked as a draughtswoman at the Air Ministry and then taught A-level art at Dartington. |
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| So I left school at 17, supported my A-level studies through jobs and then when I got to university it felt like a doddle! |
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| I am well aware that I have probably misremembered my A-level history, but no one had anything better. |
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| Lucy will be taking A-level examinations in maths, chemistry, biology and geography this year. |
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| He managed to walk away with seven O-levels and started studying A-level biology, physics and chemistry. |
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| The dispute forced the college to send home A-level students for a study day, although it remained open to those on vocational courses. |
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| The only sort of training I had as any kind of exegete or glossator was being taught for A-level how to read Shakespeare, Milton and Dickens. |
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| An A-level student. surnamed Lee, said he had moved to Tsuen Wan before the isolation order was imposed. |
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| Teaching at A-level is indeed often, of necessity, focused on passing the exam. |
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| The school achieved record A-Level results last year, and 11 of its sixth-formers went to Oxford or Cambridge. |
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| The division of the A-level into AS and A2 stages has also increased the marking workload, as students are graded in both the first and second years of the course. |
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| Only last Thursday the results of units counting towards final A-level results were released and Mr Glyn said Hannah had attained a range of As in those results. |
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| Seeing all the A-level students reminded me of three years ago. |
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| Today, his father paid tribute to the hospital staff who saved his life and said he understood why the brave A-level student wants to kite surf again. |
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| They are all 17, their A-level exams this summer loom like a nasty, scholastic Matterhorn, but in this half-term break they are a law unto themselves. |
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| But taking that route causes problems later on, because the intermediate course fails to cover much basic algebra and geometry, of which the A-level course assumes knowledge. |
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| As A-level results arrive, 18-year-olds all over Britain are packing their rucksacks ready for a year of adventure before settling down to university. |
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| Naturally enough, such an important date made me cast my mind back in an attempt to remember the moment I received my A-level results, some twelve years ago. |
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| Private schools dominate the top end of the A-level tables while further education and sixth-form colleges account for most of the worst performers. |
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| The venerable A-level celebrates its 54th birthday this year. |
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| He copped several A-level awards, including best all round student. |
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| If the A-level results are better than ever, as the government insists, why are successful students, teachers and university professors unhappy about them? |
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| The government is also dropping plans for distinction grades at A-level. |
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| Under the old A-Level system where there was no coursework or modules there was two years of study and then a large exam at the end. |
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| There is a well-established gradual decline in the numbers of sixth-formers opting for A-Level history. |
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| The two sets of exams combine together to make your A-level grade. |
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| At A-level and GCSE there are so many top grades they're not fit for purpose. |
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| In it the UK's top five grease monkeys, whittled down from a list of one hundred A-level drop-outs, all competed for the most coveted title in the motor industry. |
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| The A-level student has umpired a number of regional under-18 and under-16 events and will continue to officiate at a high standard at club level. |
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| Matthew, aged 18, of Alderman's Green Road, Alderman's Green, Coventry, made an acoustic guitar as part of his A-level course in design and technology. |
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