AS level

British  

noun

1. 1. a public examination taken for the General Certificate of Education, with a smaller course content than an A level: since 2000 taken either as the first part of a full A level or as a qualification in its own right

   2. the course leading to this examination

   3. ( as modifier )

      AS-level English

2. a pass in a subject at AS level

   I've got three AS levels

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Example Sentences

But that came after more than a third of grades given by schools to Northern Ireland's A-Level and AS level students were lowered by the exams board CCEA.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2021

More than a third of estimated grades allocated by teachers to A-level and AS level students were lowered in the final results.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2020

But Cambridge University, leading public schools, and head teachers' union the Association of Schools and College Leaders have all called for the AS level to remain.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2015

Last year the Education Secretary Michael Gove proposed that all A-levels in England would be linear, with the AS level being a standalone qualification.

From BBC • May 20, 2013

Then, pitched somewhere between Hammond and Al-Khalili, at AS level difficulty, is Brian Cox.

From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2010