Functional A Level in Biology

A big row has exploded about the A level in Biology. Students and teachers are complaining they haven't been taught what was on the exam. It looks like the truth is actually that ofqual have changed the exam type but the curriculum is the same.

Basically the questions set were based on functional questions to test the skills of the students. the students were expecting to get questions similar to the ones they had been practising and when faced with a different question type, they haven't been able to answer the question!

Teaching to the test has not worked and ofqual are reminding everyone that's the way it's going to be in the future.

Brilliant news - another example of how functional skills are relevant and realistic.