What does A-level mean?

A level = Advanced Level. You usually take it when you are 17/18 and Universities judge you by them.

Michael Westphal:
[nq:1]what is A-level ?[/nq]
NEWTs for muggles.

Mark Brader, Toronto "Well, I'm back", he said. (Email Removed) Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)

[nq:1]Hello folks, what is A-level ? What kind of education is that? Studying at university or the school to get prepared for a university study (in Germany called "Abitur")?[/nq]
These are qualifying rather than preparatory studies that is, A levels are a qualification which are used to gain entrance to a university.
I think the "A" stands for "Advanced" (as opposed to "O" levels,

[nq:1]what is A-level ?[/nq]
AFAIK, it means "Advanced".
[nq:1]What kind of education is that? Studying at university or the school to get prepared for a university study (in Germany called "Abitur")?[/nq]
The latter.
vG

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[nq:1]Hello folks, what is A-level ? What kind of education is that? Studying at university or the school to get prepared for a university study (in Germany called "Abitur")?[/nq]
To add to the previous replies, 18 year olds in the UK who wish to carry on to university usually take three, four or five different subjects at A-levels (each consisting of two or three exams and possibly coursework

[nq:1]A level = Advanced Level.[/nq]
And S-level?

Per Erik Rønne

[nq:1]what is A-level ?[/nq]
From about 1945 to some date in the 1980s
British students underwent national examinations
for the GCE = General Certificate of Education
at three levels:
O = Ordinary, at approx. age 15
A = Advanced, two years later
S = Scholarship, one year after A
GCE O level was nominally required for university
admission and certain types of emp

[nq:1]BTW, Warwick University is nowhere near Warwick, but is actually on on the edge of Coventry.[/nq]
Coventry and Warwick are 10 or 12 miles
apart. The university is more or less in the middle of the county of Warwickshire (before reorganization of county boundaries about 20 years ago.)

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
dphillipson(at)trytel.com

[nq:2]BTW, Warwick University is nowhere near Warwick, but is actually on on the edge of Coventry.[/nq]
[nq:1]Coventry and Warwick are 10 or 12 miles apart. The university is more or less in the middle of the county of Warwickshire (before reorganization of county boundaries about 20 years ago.)[/nq]
Indeed - I am originally from Kenilworth and my cousins still live there.
Amusingly, W

[nq:1]A = Advanced, two years later S = Scholarship, one year after A[/nq]
Not necessarily I took mine at the same time.
David