English Language and Literature A Level (Reading)

What you'll learn

A wide range of texts has been selected to expose you to different styles of writing, a variety of cultures and a number of important issues. We will consider discrimination, poverty, treatment of women and slavery through the study of Khaled Hosseini's, 'The Kite Runner' and Valerie Martin's, 'Property.' We will consider language in other contexts through the analysis of Arthur Miller's play, 'All My Sons' and the study of spoken language.

Your English language and literature A Level can be a stand-alone AS qualification or lead on to A2 study. You will have your own specialist personal tutor who you will meet individually or as part of a tutorial. They will help you set review and achieve your targets.

There is an extensive programme of support to help you make higher education decisions and moving on to university. The vast majority of A Level students progress successfully to higher education.

We have many enrichment opportunities on offer and you will be encouraged to select from a range including volunteering, work experience, sport and performing.

You will develop a wide variety of important employability skills on the course, such as:

• project management skills- through short, medium and long term projects
• communication skills- through writing tasks and speaking to others
• collaborative working skills through working closely with others
• time management skills through management of in and out of class work
• independence- through self assessment, target setting and processes of editing

The course is filled with learning opportunities to be grabbed with both hands and we hope there'll be fun along the way too!