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GCE A Level in Sociology

at Ridgewood School, Doncaster · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionGood2022see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

Topics you will study include: Education, Families and Households, Theory and Methods, Crime and Deviance, and Beliefs in Society. • Education: the role and function of the education system and the differences in attainment across groups of individuals such as different ethnicities, genders and social classes. • Families and Households: the changing patterns of marriage, cohabitation, separation, divorce, childbearing, including the sociology of personal life, and the diversity of contemporary family and household structures. • Theory and Methods: the theoretical, practical and ethical considerations influencing the choice of topic, choice of methods to be used in sociology research and how to conduct research effectively. • Crime and Deviance: the distribution of crime and deviance by ethnicity, gender and social class, including recent patterns and trends in crime. • Beliefs in society: religious organisations, including cults, sects, denominations, churches and New Age movements, and their relationship to religious and spiritual belief and practice. What will my study involve? In Sociology, lessons are typically designed to encourage debate amongst the class members. Debate often will inform your essays and the evaluation you make about the methods used or the topic studied. For example, during your study of the research methods topic, we enjoy conducting research using any participants we can access at the time (in an ethical and appropriate manner). This often helps our

What you need to get on

GCSE English Language minimum 5 GCSE Maths minimum 4 Plus three grade 4s.

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

  • Ridgewood School

    Barnsley Road Scawsby, Doncaster, DN5 7UB

    DaytimeClassroom based
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