All I know is I took Maths O-level at QEGS IN 1981, and failed, with a miserable grade D, and then took a GSCE in that subject, at Brixton College, as a night class, many years later, and got an A*.
At the time one was beyond me, full of logarithms, quadriatic equations, algabraic fractions etc., whilst the other one was a piece of pish, about apples and oranges, most of which could be assured of a 100% pass mark, because it was completed as part of our course work.
Not taking anything away from today's young people, jolly well done, but I've said before, and do bear this in mind, but today's degree equals a pass of the old eleven-plus examination, and so on, and so forth.
