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GCE A Level in Sociology

at Malton School · school or sixth form

Ofsted rated their sixth form provisionOutstanding2023see the detail

Level 3A levelsGCE A level2 yearsFull timeFree

What the college says

The course covers 3 modules: 1) Paper 1 covering Education, Methods in Context and Theory and Methods. 2) Paper 2 covering Families and Households and Beliefs in Society. 3) covering Crime and Deviance and Theory and Methods.

What you need to get on

All students entering the Sixth Form to undertake a 3 A Level programme must have secured 5 GCSE grades at 4 or above, including Maths and English. You do not need to have studied this subject at GCSE but you will write many essays, so it is advisable to have a Grade 5 or above in English. You must also be interested in the society in which you live, and finding out why it operates in the way it does.

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

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