Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Science and Mathematics in Medeu district of Almaty

• A Level

  Last 2 years of school · Ages 16–18

  The British university-entrance qualification: usually 3–4 subjects studied in depth for two years; UK universities make offers on these grades.

• AS Level

  1 year (age 16–17) · Ages 16–17

  Roughly the first year of an A Level, taken as a stand-alone qualification or to add a subject.

Ages are the usual bands; schools can differ.Curriculum basics guide