Law

WJEC GCE Law

This course is designed to provide students with an excellent grounding in various aspects of the Law, developing their knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject. Law provides the framework for modern society, impacting on all our lives. Studying Law offers the chance to question how society is regulated. It embraces every aspect of our lives, from crime to the environment, from buying a bus ticket to resolving international disputes. This is a very popular course which has traditionally yielded very good A Level passes for our students.

The course will require students to

  • communicate, both written and oral, with the ability to construct clear and well-reasoned arguments

  • find and manage large quantities of information from both printed and electronic sources • think clearly and logically to analyse and solve problems

  • the capacity for independent thinking and the ability to critically evaluate the law and think about where it needs to be reformed

  • be organised and disciplined; the ability to work independently

  • work well with others and develop their ideas as a group

Summary Assessment

AS Unit 1 - (25%) The Nature of Law and the Welsh and English Legal Systems - Examination

AS Unit 2 - (15%) The Law of Tort - Examination

A2 Unit 3 - (30%) The Practice of Substantive Law, Human Rights Law and Criminal Law - Examination

A2 Unit 4 - (30%) Substantive Law Perspectives, Human Rights Law and Criminal Law - Examination

Course Leaders: Mrs B Burrows & Mrs S Edwards

69% of students achieved a grade A*-C in the 2021/22 examination series for Law

Career Opportunities

An extremely high percentage of our students decide to pursue a career in the Legal profession and have gone on to study Law at university. You will be a strong candidate for a number of career opportunities with the skills, knowledge and understanding you can gain from studying Law as an A level.