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English Literature

at Ribston Hall High School, Gloucester · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their post-16 provisionExpected standard2026see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Working from the belief that no text exists in isolation but is the product of the time in which it was produced, our English Literature A-Level qualification encourages students to explore the relationships that exist between texts and the contexts within which they are written, received and understood. Studying texts within a shared context enables students to investigate and connect them, drawing out patterns of similarity and difference using a variety of reading strategies and perspectives. This qualification seeks to cultivate the learner?s independence when exploring meaning, encouraging students to debate and challenge the interpretations of other readers as they develop their own informed personal responses. Students are required to read widely across a range of texts and connect them across time and topic. Working with texts over time involves looking at ways in which authors shape meanings within their texts. It also involves thinking about a wide range of relevant contexts, some of them to do with the production of the text at the time of its writing, some (where possible) to do with how the text has been received over time. Also consider how texts can be interpreted by readers now. Due to meanings not being fixed, interpretations are not fixed, and multiple interpretations are possible. Whilst the course invites a variety of written response types, these will all encourage critical debate. In each task, students will be required to argue and to show personal resp

What you need to get on

Grade 6 or above in GCSE English Literature or Language

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

  • Ribston Hall High School

    Stroud Road, Gloucester, GL1 5LE

    DaytimeClassroom based
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