Start Date
- September 2027, Full Time, Day
What You Will Study
A Level English Language and Literature gives you the exciting opportunity to explore your passion for reading and writing, while studying how language creates specific effects and evokes responses.
You will study a wide variety of texts from different places, periods, and genres, written for different audiences and purposes. You will examine novels, newspapers, blogs, plays, poems, and more through a range of literary and linguistic approaches. You will explore revered writers and poets such as Margaret Atwood and Tennessee Williams.
Throughout the course, you are encouraged to consider how writers and speakers choose to communicate and represent people and places. Lastly, you will examine dialogue and narrative voices in literature and compare them with the spontaneous speech of everyday life.
Why Choose City College Norwich?
Academic excellence
Our A Level students achieved 100% pass rates in History, Environmental Science, Biology, Business, and Art and Design in 2026, demonstrating the high-quality teaching and support available across our provision.
Progression opportunities
With dedicated progression support and strong university, apprenticeship and employment outcomes, our students move on to leading universities as well as exciting career pathways.
More than A Levels
Your time at our sixth form is about much more than gaining a qualification. You will be treated as an adult and an individual, supported to explore your passions and interests.
Entry Requirements
- Five GCSE subjects at grade 5 or above including English language and maths.
- You will also need to have achieved a minimum of a grade 5 in GCSE English Literature.
How You Will Be Assessed
Assessment is through two written exams at the end of the second year, which form 80% of the overall grade. You will also produce a piece of coursework, which will be an investigation into thematic/linguistic links between a fiction and a non-fiction text of your own choice. This accounts for the remaining 20% of the overall grade.
Course Progression
An A Level in English Language and Literature can lead on to a wide variety of related degree courses.
Where Your Course Can Take You
Upon successful completion of this course, you may be interested in a career in journalism, media or creative writing. Throughout your time on the course, you will have developed a wide variety of transferable skills that will be an asset in any career that requires good language, communication and analytical skills.
Fees
If you are a UK or home fee status student and aged 16-18 on the 31st August before the start of your course, tuition fees are free. If you are aged 19 and over please contact the Advice Shop
Why Choose City College Norwich?
Academic excellence
Our A Level students achieved 100% pass rates in History, Environmental Science, Biology, Business, and Art and Design in 2026, demonstrating the high-quality teaching and support available across our provision.
Progression opportunities
With dedicated progression support and strong university, apprenticeship and employment outcomes, our students move on to leading universities as well as exciting career pathways.
More than A Levels
Your time at our sixth form is about much more than gaining a qualification. You will be treated as an adult and an individual, supported to explore your passions and interests.
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