German A Level

Applications Open: - Friday 14 November 2025

Applications Close: - 13 February 2026. Applications may be considered after this date but it is strongly advised to apply before this deadline.

Entry Requirements: - Admission to courses - This is based on your needs and staff advice, but you should be aware of these points: 1. You will need to obtain a minimum of six GCSE passes at Level 5 or above including Mathematics and English (a minimum of a grade 5 in the reformed GCSE qualifications in English and Mathematics) and grades 9-6 in their preferred A-Level subjects or nearest equivalents. 2. Subjects have clear entry requirements. You will find these under the course details or from Subject Heads.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices (Internal and External Students)

External Applicants - please click here (This form is for external candidates and parents/carers to book a slot to ask any questions about the admissions process and Sixth Form at Highsted Grammar School). Please be aware that it is first come, first served. We will try our best to accommodate your preferences but this might not always be possible).

Internal candidates - should contact their Head of Year directly.

Research shows that languages graduates are more likely to find themselves in well-paid, high-status jobs than graduates in any other discipline except Medicine. As well as degrees in German, many universities offer the opportunity to take up a different language, be it Spanish, Italian, Portuguese or Mandarin Chinese ab initio.

The A Level course in German is designed to help you develop your reading, listening, speaking and writing skills and to deepen your understanding of German culture and society. You will study topics relevant to contemporary life such as the changing role of the family, the multicultural society and aspects of political and artistic life in Germany. In addition, you will learn to translate both from and into German and will study a film and a literary text.

The minimum entry requirement is a grade 6 at GCSE. You will need to work hard in the early stages of the course to build up your confidence in using and manipulating German grammar, in order to succeed in the translation and writing components. To achieve really good grades, you will also need to take an interest in wider aspects of life in Germany or other German-speaking countries. During Years 12 and 13, you should be starting to read articles from German newspapers and magazines regularly, to watch films or television and listen to the radio to broaden your knowledge both of vocabulary and of the society you are studying. You also need to develop the ability to use resource material such as a dictionary effectively.