French A Level

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 2027 ENTRY

Entry Requirements - Please follow the link and download our Options Guide to view the entry requirements for Sixth Form and individual subjects https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/thinking-about-joining-queen-elizabeths-grammar-school-for-sixth-form/

How to Apply:

Applications will open in November 2026.

Internals - Google Form - Speak to Mr Cowlam or Mrs Gossling

Externals - Through Kent Choices

https://www.queenelizabeths.kent.sch.uk/learning/sixth-form/applying-to-the-sixth-form/

DEADLINE: Gaining a place at our Sixth Form is incredibly competitive. To ensure we can follow the correct processes for making offers and gathering information appropriately, the deadline for all applications, internal and external, will be Friday 26th February 2027 at 15.00.

Following this deadline, external applicants that are considered to have met the requirements for a Conditional Offer will receive a notification via Kent Choices. You will also be invited to an Online Application Meeting in March 2027. This meeting will be a compulsory stage of the application process and will provide details of the next steps and what is required to gain a place in our Sixth Form for September 2027. Any applicants that do not attend the meeting will have their Conditional Offer withdrawn.

External applicants that attend the meeting will retain their Conditional Offer and gain access to the next stage of the application process.

Internal Applicants have an automatic conditional offer. Following the deadline, students will attend a 1-2-1 meeting to discuss your options. You will not be able to make any changes to your subject choices until the Option Blocks have been created around the end of Term 5.

What to include in your application:

You must select a minimum AND maximum of 5 subject choices:

Option A - 3 main subject choices* + an enhancement subject choice** + a reserve subject choice***

Option B - 4 main subject choices + a reserve subject choice

*a main subject choice is a full A Level subject e.g Mathematics/Geography/Physics/German etc

** an enhancement subject choice is either EPQ, Maths in Context or Trinity Acting Exams

***a reserve choice can be either a full A Level or another enhancement option

What will you learn?

• Aspects of French-speaking Society (the changing nature of family, cyber society, the place of voluntary work)
• Artistic culture in the French-speaking world (cultural heritage; contemporary music; cinema)
• Current issues in French-speaking society (positive features of a diverse society; life for the marginalised; how criminals are treated)
• Aspects of political life in the French-speaking world (the right to vote and political commitment; demonstrations and strikes; politics and immigration)
• One novel (Delphine de Vigan's No et moi)
• One film (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)
• Individual research project

Exam

This qualification is linear. All exams are taken at the end of the course with no access to a dictionary during the assessments.

Paper 1: Listening, Reading and Writing: 2 hours 30 minutes. 100 marks. 50% of A-level

- All questions are in French, to be answered with non-verbal responses or in French (30 marks listening. 50 marks reading)

- Translation into English; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks). Translation into French; a passage of minimum 100 words (10 marks).

Paper 2: Writing exam: 2 hours. 90 marks. 30% of A-level

- 2 x 300 word essay on one text and one film.

Paper 3: Speaking. Oral exam: 16-18 minutes. 60 marks. 30% of A-level

- Discussion of a sub-theme with the discussion based on a stimulus card (5–6 minutes). The student studies the card for 5 minutes at the start of the test (25 marks).

- Individual research project: Presentation (2 minutes) and discussion (9–10 minutes) of individual research project (35 marks)