English Literature A Level (Level 3)

Applications Open: - 1st October 2025

Interviews: From January 2026

Entry Requirements: 5 GCSEs at grade 4 or above, including English or maths. Please check specific courses for their entry requirements.

How to Apply: Please apply via KentChoices

For any other information & enquiries please contact Miss Moore on rmoore@wrotham.kent.sch.uk and/or Mr Elphick on relphick@wrotham.kent.sch.uk

This is a two year course which will result in a single A Level. This can be taken in a combination with other level 3 courses (including A level and vocational).

If taken, students will need to choose two other level 3 qualifications and will be requested to do our mandatory enrichment programme. This programme covers a range of different employment skills, other qualifications and experiences that students can use for their post 18 destinations.

Syllabus components: (unlike GCSE, texts are allowed in the exam).

Unit 1: Drama Set texts are King Lear and Dr Faustus

Unit 2: Prose Students read The Handmaid’s Tale and Frankenstein and then have a 1 hour exam where they compare these two text in one extended essay.

Unit 3: Poetry Modernist poetry and Post 2000 poetry

Unit 4: Coursework Students investigate two texts and have the freedom to write about an aspect that interests them.

20% Coursework and 80% Examination.

Grade 6 in English literature at GCSE.

English literature is a popular qualification for entry to a wide range of courses at university or for future careers in journalism, the media or law, for example.

The coursework component of A Level English literature/ language allows students to study an area of personal interest in great depth, allowing them to develop the research skills they would need if undertaking a project at work or a dissertation at university.