French - linear

Applications Open: - Friday 28th November 2025

Applications Close: - Friday 6 February 2026 - Please note - If you do not complete your application fully by the deadline of Friday 6 February 2026, we may not be able to consider it until August when GCSE results are published.

How to Apply:

Internal students - Applications to join our Sixth Form, via Applicaa, can be made via this link Mayfield Grammar School, Gravesend (applicaa.com). PLEASE NOTE that you should use an e-mail address that you check regularly as the Applicca system will contact you with updates about your application.

External students - Year 11 Students from other schools applying to Mayfield Grammar School should 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.

If you applied to us before the deadline but have not heard from us for a while please bear with us, we are working through the applications and will get back to you with our decision and advice as soon as we can. We will continue to send messages via Applicaa so please logon from time to time to check if we need some additional information from you

Applications After the deadline

Students who are interested in applying to Mayfield Grammar School for Sixth Form but have missed our application process can contact us once they have their GCSE results in August. After the publication of GCSE examinations results in August we ask that you make an appointment to discuss your application with the Sixth Form team. You need to call 01474 352896 or email admissions@mgsg.kent.sch.uk. Please check you have met our entry criteria for the subjects you want to study and read our Options Booklet under the Sixth Form tab on our website for our general entry criteria. If you meet our criteria, please get in touch, and bring your original documents for GCSE Results Summary and Birth Certificate as ID when you are offered an appointment.

Entry Requirements: -

Entry to the Sixth Form is dependent on demonstrating achievements which show general breadth of ability as well as depth in the specific courses chosen for study in the Sixth Form. For this reason you will need to have achieved all the following:

1. A minimum of 6 GCSEs at Grade 5 and above, preferably on the higher papers, in discrete subjects, with the exception of Combined Science, which counts as two subjects.

2. Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and GCSE Mathematics.

3. To have met the requirements of the individual subjects that you intend to study at A Level/Level 3, which are all, with the exception of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Further Mathematics and Languages, a minimum of Grade 6 at GCSE on the Higher papers. This is essential.

Essential skills

You will enhance your linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading, writing and translation), and increase your knowledge, understanding, and capacity for thoughtful discussion of a range of social, political, cultural and historical topics relating to the countries where the language is spoken (see the list of topics below). You will also apply your language skills to the critical study of a film and literary text, analysing themes, character, language and plot, and understanding them within their cultural and social context. By completing an Independent Research Project about a topic of your choosing, you will also equip yourself with transferable skills such as autonomy, resourcefulness, creativity, critical thinking, and linguistic, cultural and cognitive flexibility that will prepare you well for further study or employment.

Year 1

Social issues and trends in France: changes to family structures, education, world of work.

Political and artistic culture in German-speaking countries and communities: music, media, festivals and traditions.

Study of a film in the French language: Intouchables, dir. by Olivier Nakache & Éric Toledano (2012)

Year 2

Immigration and multicultural society in France: positive impact of immigration on French society, response to challenges of immigration and integration, the Far Right.

The Occupation and Resistance: occupied France, the Vichy regime, the Resistance.

Study of literature in the French language: Joseph Joffo, Un sac de billes (1973)

Grade 7 in the corresponding GCSE language.

University requirements

Typical offers:

Modern Languages: Oxbridge – AAA Exeter – AAB – ABB Kent – BBB

Translation and Interpreting: Cardiff – AAB-ABB Newcastle – ABB East Anglia – BBB

International Business Management (with a language): Bath – AAB Royal Holloway – ABB-BBB

Links to Further Education

French, Spanish or German Studies; International Business/Marketing/Management with a language; Politics and International Relations with a language; Joint honours degree that includes a European language and an eastern/world language such as Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Russian; Languages and Economics; Languages with Hotel Management, Mathematics/Science/Engineering with a language, Law and European Law

Links to Careers

Business Management; Translator; Civil Servant; Accountant; Human Resources; Events Management; Retailing; Marketing; Customer Services; Law; International Marketing; Health Service; Media; Transport and Logistics; Teaching; Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL post grad), Journalism and Publishing.

It is possible to combine a wide range of subjects with a language at university level as a Joint Honours degree, Combined Studies or Liberal Arts programme:

History and Language: Oxbridge – A*AA Warwick – AAB Reading – BBB

Law and European Law: Kings – A*AA Nottingham – AAA Aberdeen – ABB

Life Sciences and Language: Birmingham – A*AA Manchester – AAA-ABB Winchester – BBC-C