A levels

A levels were a type of exam.

Jo Grant took, and failed, her general science A Level. (TV: Terror of the Autons)

Ace was studying for her chemistry A Level when she was suspended for blowing up the art room. (TV: Dragonfire)

Rose Tyler never sat her A Levels, having left school because of Jimmy Stone. In 2005, after she lost her job at Henrik's, she considered doing her A Levels. (TV: Rose)

Luke Smith sat his early and got accepted into Oxford University. (TV: The Nightmare Man)

As the Ninth Doctor searched through a stockpile of weapons in Adam Mitchell's workshop in GeoComTex, Adam told him he had assembled them to fight his way out should Henry van Statten decide to dispose of him. The Doctor joked about the prospect of Adam in a fight, asking "What're you gonna do, throw your A-Levels at 'em?" (TV: Dalek)