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English Literature

at Rivers Academy West London, Feltham · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2024see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull time

What the college says

The new A Level specification in English Literature offers students the opportunity to develop in depth knowledge of a wide ranges of genres, eras and text types, whilst helping prepare their academic writing to degree level. Cuurently the genre study focuses on American Literature, John Steinbeck andF Scott Fitzgerald, and the pre 1900 modules are a comparative paper based on John Webster and Geoffrey Chaucer, with a separate paper on William Shakespeare. There are three exams in Year 13, one on each unit, and two pieces of coursework submitted based in modern texts. Current coursework texts look at writing from other cultutres and 21st century literature.

What you need to get on

6 GSCE grade 9-4, to include grade 7/8 in English Language and Literature

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

  • Rivers Academy West London

    Tachbrook Road, Feltham, TW14 9PD

    DaytimeClassroom based
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