Students will need at least one A* A level to enter the University of Cambridge next year, the institution announced this week.The higher grade will be introduced from 2010, but the National Council for Educational Excellence (NCEE) has recommended that universities ignore it for the first few years after its introduction because of concerns about its impact on widening participation.However, Cambridge said it had chosen to make use of the A* at the first available opportunity because it was turning away record numbers of students predicted to gain three A-grade A levels, and hoped that using the new grade would help it to choose between candidates.A spokeswoman for the university said: “In view of the desire for both clarity and standardisation of offer levels wherever possible, it has been decided to make use of the opportunity the A* grade presents, and to revise the standard offer in most subjects from AAA to A*AA for entry in 2010.”In October, the NCEE warned that there was “no evidence” that A* attainment could be accurately predicted by teachers at this stage.
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