Psychology

Applications Open: 13th November, 2025

Applications Close: 31st January, 2026

Entry Requirements: These are unique to each subject (located on the subject information page).

How to Apply: Please apply via KentChoices

You should only choose one subject per options block with a maximum of three subjects overall.

This specification is designed to encourage candidates to:

• Learn about conformity, social norms, how the mind remembers and forgets and how children form attachments.

• Learn more about the different approaches in psychology and how to design and conduct your own research.

• Learn about the fascinating tendencies of human behaviour, with options looking into stress, gender, and the criminal mind

• Social Influence

• Attachment

• Psychopathology

• Biopsychology

• Memory

• Forensic Psychology

• Gender

• Stress

Three exam papers

Each worth 96 marks 33.3% of overall grade

1 - Introductory topics in psychology

2 - Psychology in context

3 - Issues and options in psychology

Grade 4 in GCSE English Language, Mathematics and Science.

Psychology will give you several transferable skills such as analytical thinking and critical reasoning, planning and conducting scientific investigations, as well as analysing and interpreting data. It will also teach you more about the way people think, and an understanding of the human mind is useful in several careers.

An A-Level in Psychology can lead to careers in Marketing, Business Development, Accountancy, Human Resources, Forensic Psychology, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Psychology, Nursing, Teaching, and many more. The top seven-degree courses taken by students with an A-Level in Psychology are: Psychology, English Studies, Sociology, Business Studies, Teaching, Sport and Exercise Science, and Law.