Drop in grades for 'reformed' A-levels unlikely to be down to difficulty

So the news that the proportion of A*-As awarded in these “reformed” subjects went down will be welcomed in some parts.The truth, though, is that this is unlikely to be a result of how hard any particular exams were – and more likely to be to do with the previous results of those taking them.The most we can say about the fall in the top grades in the new A-levels, then, is that those taking them probably had achieved slightly lower GCSE grades than the young people who took the