English Language - A Level

Applications Open: - 7th November 2025

Applications Close: - 31st August 2026

Entry Requirements: - Offers to join Mascalls Academy Sixth Form are conditional upon meeting specific entry requirements for your chosen subjects, and as a minimum, achieving at least 5 GCSE's at level 5 or above, including English and Maths.

How to Apply: -

Internal Students - Apply via Applicaa using this link https://mascalls.applicaa.com/sixthform

External Students - Apply via KentChoices using this link https://www.kentprospectus.co.uk/login. Please note - after sending your application, you'll receive a welcome email from Applicaa asking for further information.

Throughout the two year A-level course, you will learn how to use and apply specialist linguistic terminology. You will explore how children acquire language up until the age of 11 and how language has changed over time. You will also have the opportunity to explore spoken, written and multi-modal language in different contexts and how language is linked with personal and social identity.

In the second year of the course, you will complete coursework in creative writing which is worth 20% of the final A Level and undertake a personal language investigation which will be examined in the final examination.

As a subject, English Language is well regarded by Higher Education institutions and employers. Having a sophisticated understanding of the English language could lead to a career in any number of professions for example teaching, journalism, speech therapy and even positions in the social science arena, business or design.

The aims and objectives of the Advanced GCE in English Language are to enable students to:

● develop and apply their understanding of the concepts and methods appropriate for the analysis and study of language;

● explore data and examples of language in use;

● engage creatively and critically with a varied programme for the study of English;

● develop their skills as producers and interpreters of language;

● independently investigate language in use.

You must achieve at least a Level 6 in English Language AND English Literature at GCSE to be accepted on the course.

As a subject, English Language is a well regarded by Higher Education institutions.

Having a sophisticated understanding of the English language could lead to a career in any number of professions for example teaching, journalism, speech therapy and even positions in the social science arena, business or design.