As creators of Cambridge Pre-U, we would like to address a couple of points made in Bernie Evans’s letter (23 February). Students in UK state schools can and do take Cambridge Pre-U – a third of schools in the UK taking it are state schools. Cambridge Pre-U is regulated by Ofqual, and the standards for it and A-level are aligned, as reflected in the Ucas points available for each Pre-U grade.
Universities are used to making fair comparisons between different qualifications, whether between A-level and Cambridge Pre-U, or between equivalent qualifications from around the world with different grade scales. Cambridge Pre-U competes on rigour and depth of preparation for university.
