Syllabus: AQA

Course Leader: Ms S Hone and Ms J Backeberg

Entry Requirements: Minimum 6 GCSEs at Grade 9-4 mainly at Grade 6 or above.

English Literature at Grade 5 and English Language at Grade 6 or above.

Course Content:

English Language covers child language acquisition, language diversity, language change from 1600 to the present, and ongoing debates on language issues. It considers the ways language expresses individual identity, attitudes, relationships and the values of society.

Key concepts are audience, purpose, mode, genre and context. You will learn to apply different levels of language analysis, using appropriate terminology to discuss a variety of spoken, written and multimodal texts.

Non-examination assessment consists of two tasks: a language investigation and a piece of original writing with an accompanying commentary.

The supportive team will help you to develop the skills, independence and confidence to achieve your potential in this varied, enjoyable course. All English Language students need to be willing to engage with texts and to write accurately and fluently.

Future Prospects:

English Language provides you with knowledge and skills which are valued in careers such as law, politics, speech and language therapy, teaching, marketing and journalism.

Syllabus: OCR

Course Leader: Ms S Hone and Mr A Prior

Entry Requirements: Minimum 6 GCSEs at Grade 9-4 mainly at Grade 6 or above.

English Language at Grade 5 and English Literature at Grade 6 or above.

Course Content:

You will be reading and discussing examples from all the major literary genres and the course will cover authors as diverse as Geoffrey Chaucer and Ian McEwan. Your teachers will help

you to develop your own critical and creative responses to the authors whose works you encounter. You will discover connections between texts and you will see how literary texts

can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. The ability to communicate fluently, accurately and effectively is an essential skill for all Literature students.

Trips to see set texts, particularly plays, in performance will be offered whenever possible.

Future Prospects:

English Literature develops skills which are valued by a wide range of professions such as Law, Journalism, Advertising and Teaching.

Syllabus: OCR

Course Leaders: Mr. P. Shears and Ms. J. Backeberg

Entry Requirements: Minimum 6 GCSEs at Grade 9-4 mainly at Grade 6 or above. English Language and English Literature, both at Grade 6 or above.

Course Content:

Studying English Language and English Literature as a combined course at A-Level offers opportunities for you to engage creatively, critically and independently with a wide range of texts. Using literary and linguistic concepts and methods, you will analyse literary and non-literary texts from a range of modes and genres, in the process gaining insights into the nature of different discourses and exploring ideas about creativity.

You will read a wide range of works by poets, novelists and playwrights such as Seamus Heaney and Margaret Atwood. You will explore the ways in which writers in a wide range of genres use language to entertain, persuade and inform. You will explore the ways in which people, places and times are represented through language.

The coursework element enables you to explore your own areas of special literary and linguistic interest in detail.

Future Prospects:

English Language and Literature develops skills which are valued by a wide range of professions such as Law, Journalism, Advertising and Teaching.

Syllabus: OCR

Course Leader:Ms S Hone and Mr A Prior

This course is designed to be taken alongside 3 other A-levels

Entry Requirements: Minimum 6 GCSEs at Grade 9-4 mainly at Grade 6 or above.

English Language at Grade 5 and English Literature at Grade 6 or above.

Course Content:

The course is designed as an additional option, studied along with your other main A level choices.

You will be reading and discussing examples from all the major literary genres and the course will cover authors as diverse as Geoffrey Chaucer and Tennessee Williams. Your teachers will help you to develop your own critical and creative responses to the authors whose works you encounter. You will discover connections between texts and you will see how literary texts can be interpreted in a variety of different ways. The ability to communicate fluently, accurately and effectively is an essential skill for all Literature students.

Trips to see set texts, particularly plays, in performance will be offered whenever possible.

Future Prospects:

English Literature develops analytical and essay-writing skills which are valued by academic institutions like universities and a wide range of professions.