Headteachers have accused the Department for Education of “fixing something that isn’t broken” after more details of planned A level reforms came to light.
The University of Cambridge has also criticised the proposals, saying they would “jeopardise over a decade’s progress towards fairer access”.
Education secretary Michael Gove confirmed his plans for A level reform last week in a letter to exams regulator Ofqual.
As with his GCSE reforms, the plans will see examinations taken only at the end of the two years of study. The link between AS level and A level is also to be broken, with the AS becoming a standalone qualification taken at the end of year 13.
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