O-levels

I bought the Guardian for the first time during the summer of 1976, while studying for O-levels, after my modern studies teacher recommended it to me.

Good to meet you: Joe Black 2011

Many of them have only just got used to GCSEs, as opposed to O-levels.

An end to qualifications that have no real value 2012

Hilary Trundle, who'd left after O-levels to work in Dolcis, was on tamoxifen for breast cancer, she'd set up a blog about it.

Helen Simpson | Cockfosters 2011

Many of them have only just got used to GCSEs, as opposed to O-levels.

Thousands of vocational qualifications to be stripped out of GCSE league tables 2012

After all, one can very happily go about their day-to-day business without needing to know what O-levels are or why one hesitates for a moment when a Jeffrey Archer novel is donated in the Oxfam shop.

Mind the gap Ra 2010

After all, one can very happily go about their day-to-day business without needing to know what O-levels are or why one hesitates for a moment when a Jeffrey Archer novel is donated in the Oxfam shop.

Archive 2010-03-01 Ra 2010

IGCSEs are more similar to O-levels than conventional GCSEs, and some teachers claim they are tougher.

International GCSE offer rejected by majority of state schools 2010

Diana managed the spectacular feat of failing all of her O-levels twice, apparently on the basis that no prince wanted an educated girl.

Royal engagement: Kate's triumph for Britain's middle classes Tim Adams 2010

I'll give you a clue: she was also the Prime Minister who introduced the National Curriculum and who replaced O-levels with GCSEs.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Manchester grammar school dropped GCSEs in all subjects apart from art and replaced them with the International GCSE (IGCSE), an alternative more similar to traditional O-levels.

GCSE results: Record results see pass rates rise for 23rd year in a row 2010