AS-level
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edit- (UK, except for Scotland) Short for Advanced Subsidiary level, an exam sometimes taken in the first year of sixth form, as a first stage in completing an A-level qualification.
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editAS-levels have bene mostly phased out since September 2019. Most sixth forms now instead do all papers at the end of Year 13, though some continue to offer AS-level courses in other contexts.