A new level
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As a Head of History in a large Comprehensive school I would like to support your conclusions 100%.
I fear the next round of new GCSE courses will go exactly the same way.
Thank you for your report.
Secondary History teacher, Dorset
I have not had a chance to read the full report, but I find myself in broad agreement with the summary on the web. It is important to remember that there was never a golden age of A-levels and I suspect that the qualifications always had some problem or another. Among the students I teach in Bristol the best remain outstanding and the average very good. However, there is a minority who seem to lack problem solving skills: they can solve a small problem if given hints on how to do it, but struggle with a long multi-step problem. This is consistent with your report's "sat-nav" comments. Given our high admissions requirements, I think this minority is surprisingly large (I should expect it to be negligible).
Dr Edmund Cannon, Reader in Economics, University of Bristol
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