Spanish A level

Highworth Grammar School

Highworth Grammar School, Maidstone Road, Ashford, TN24 8UD

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Tuesday, 01 September 2026

Highworth Grammar School

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

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Please contact the provider directly to apply for this course.

Application Instructions

***** Please note, applications have now closed for September 2026 Sixth Form Admissions *****

Applications Open - Midday, 9 January 2026

Applications Close - Midday, 6 February 2026

School Entry Requirements: -

As a basic entry requirement to join our Sixth Form, you must have achieved at least 6 GCSE subjects at Grade 6 or above including:

at least a Grade 5 in English

at least a Grade 5 in Mathematics

and the specific entry requirements for each of your subjects.

How to Apply: - Please apply via KentChoices ***Now Closed***

Course Summary

Course Details

1. Aspects of Hispanic Society

• Traditional and modern values, cyberspace and gender equality

2. Artistic Culture in the Hispanic World

• Music; Spanish regional identity and cultural heritage in the Hispanic world

3. Multiculturalism in Spanish Society

• Immigration, Integration and multiculturalism; economic and social effects of immigration

4. Aspects of Political life in the Hispanic world

• Young people today, citizens of tomorrow

• Monarchies and dictatorships

• Popular movements

Alongside these themes, we will also be studying some works of Spanish literature and film.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Unit 1: Listening, reading and translation (50%)

• Short tasks testing receptive skills

• 2 hours 30 minutes

• Translations English to Spanish and Spanish to English

Unit 2: Writing (20%)

• Essay writing skills, focusing on two works of Spanish literature and/or film

• 2 hours

Unit 3: Speaking (30%)

• Responding to questions on the above themes and an independent research project

• Approximately 21-23 minutes

Entry requirements

You wil need Grade 6 or above in GCSE Spanish. You should also have grasped the tenses studied at GCSE: the present, the future, the conditional, the imperfect and the preterite. You should enjoy communicating in Spanish and have an interest in Spanish culture.

Additional information

https://www.highworth.kent.sch.uk/214/subject-pages/subject/37/spanish

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