<p>England has many examination boards: cambridge and edexcel are just two of them. There’s NEAB, WJEC, OCR, Edexcel, AQA and god knows what else. It’s just their different style of grading and course structuring. I heard that the cambridge one (CIE) is the toughest board.</p>
<p>Pure Maths calculus A2 is the same as Calculus BC. As tough, I mean. Further Maths is even tougher. Not for the faint of heart. On the same context, Alvl = AP. An A in A-levels is a 5 on the AP system.</p>
<p>Both AS and A2 are offered twice in May and November, depending on which course and exam board you’re on.
yes you can. Some of my friends who wanted to re-sit their AS, and taking A2 at the same time, will be taking physics Papers 1-6 in one go. </p>
<p>Test dates vary by year, so I can’t tell you whether they’ll be close enough.</p>