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AS English Literature B

at St Benedict'S Catholic High School, Whitehaven · school or sixth form

Level 3A levelsGCE AS level9 monthsFull timeFree

What the college says

A Level English Literature, from the exam board AQA, aims to build on skills gained at Key Stage 4. Specifically, it aims to encourage students to: • read widely and independently both set texts and others that they have selected for themselves; • engage critically and creatively with a substantial body of texts and ways of responding to them; • develop and effectively apply their knowledge of literary analysis and evaluation; • explore the contexts of the texts they are reading and others’ interpretation of them. During the course, students will complete three units of study: • Literary Genres: Tragedy – A Shakespeare play, a second drama text and one further text pre-1900; • Texts and Genres: Elements of Crime Writing or Elements of political and social protest writing – a post-2000 novel, one collection of poetry and one further text pre-1900; • Non Exam Assessment: two essays of 1,250-1,500 each on a different text, one poetry and one prose. We want students who: are passionate about reading and love literature; who are prepared to explore brave new worlds of ideas, approaches and ways of thinking; who will listen to, build on and challenge, other people’s ideas; who will read around the subject, the author and the concepts discussed in lessons.

What you need to get on

5 GCSE - Grades 4 and above

How you are assessed

Academic subjects, mostly exams, three or four at once. The traditional route to university.

What this level means

The A-level-equivalent step, and what universities and employers ask for.

Is it open to 16 to 18 year olds?

Approved for 16 to 18 study on the government's Section 96 list.

Where it runs

  • St Benedict's Catholic High School

    Campus Whitehaven Red Lonning, Whitehaven, CA28 8UG

    DaytimeClassroom based
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Start dates

  • 1 September 2026 · Whitehaven

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