A Level - English Literature L3

Applications Open - Monday 2 November 2026

Applications Close - Open all year

How to Apply - Apply through KentChoices

PLEASE NOTE - Popular courses can fill up quickly so apply early to avoid disappointment

If your heart is set on studying A-Levels and would like an environment that is different from the traditional school environment, then A-Levels at MidKent College could be your perfect next step. Based at our Sixth Form Centre in Maidstone, you will be taught by specialist lecturers who will support you to gain the qualifications, skills and confidence to progress to university-level study, an apprenticeship, or into employment. You will study three A-Levels over a two-year period. Please confirm your preferred A-Level subjects through the application process. (Within the A-Level application process, please read the information for all the subjects you are interested in studying prior to applying, once you are ready to apply ? choose 1 of your choices- at this point you will see two sets of drop-down boxes to choose your remaining 2 subjects.) English Literature (Awarding Body: Pearson Edexcel) A-Level English Literature studies how great writing enables the analysis and evaluation of fundamental themes such as love, loneliness, prejudice, bravery and perseverance among others. A-Level English Literature covers a range of modern and historical texts with a combination of prose, poetry and drama texts ranging from Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to Tennessee Williams and Margaret Atwood. The texts you study are partly determined by the exam board and partly by your cohort?s choices, to ensure that you study a good variety of writing forms, styles and genres across the course. In addition to any set texts which you have to study, you will be expected to read widely and critically around the texts exploring critical theory, contextual factors and in some cases comparative narratives. You will be assessed predominantly through examination and there is only one piece of coursework that will be submitted in your second year of study.

A minimum of 5 GCSEs at Grade 4/C or above, including English Literature and Maths plus any additonal entry requirements for your chosen A-level subjects or equivalent international qualifications. Please refer to our website for more information