They're just called A-levels (A for advanced). Yes, they come with grades of A-F.
There used to be O-levels (O for ordinary), but they were replaced by GCSEs in 1988 {IIRC}.
There are also AS-levels (I didn't know why, but google says "advanced subsidiary"), which you used to do as separate subjects but which are now just the first half of an A-level.
There are also S-levels (S for specialist, I think) which are the next one up from an A-level. If you go to an academic college, it's quite often an option to take an S in some of your A subjects {I did an S in physics. Badly.}. S-levels are graded in numbers; there may only be something like 1,2 and U grades for them.
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There are also S-levels (S for specialist, I think) which are the next one up from an A-level.
These no longer exist, having been replaced by AEA (Advanced Extension Awards). I don't know any universities requiring AEA, so they're only there to strengthen an application. There is also STEP maths, which is formidably difficult (my lowest mark in any SQA maths exam was 97% - I just barely passed one paper of STEP and failed the other) and more reflective of the old S-levels, as far as I know. A few universities ask for STEP in maths applications; a handful of Cambridge colleges ask for it for computer science applications, I don't know about elsewhere.
(A levels also had an A* grade introduced two years ago, but I don't know if that was just a typo.)
"A levels also had an A* grade introduced two years ago, but I don't know if that was just a typo"
No, I just can't keep track anymore...
No, I just can't keep track anymore...
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