Spanish A Level 3

Applications Open – 21st November 2025

Applications Close – 30th April 2026

Entry Requirements – At least 5 GCSE passes at grades 9-5 in the new qualifications (or A*- B grade in the old GCSEs) including English (either Literature or Language if both were taken) and mathematics.

Preference on Advanced Level courses will be given to those students securing at least a grade 6 (or grade B in the old GCSE assessment system) in the subject they wish to study.

How to Apply – Please apply via KentChoices

COURSE DETAILS

Students will study a Spanish film and a book in depth and will also look at a range of topics, relating to Spain, including Spanish regional differences, Spanish youth and monarchies and dictatorship in the Spanish speaking world.

The study of Grammar continues, although students will find that a large portion of the grammar required will already have been introduced at GCSE level. The key difference is that now students will want to use grammar to create new language to facilitate self-expression.

ASSESSMENT OF THIS COURSE:

Paper 1 – Listening, reading and writing. Includes listening, reading and translation exercises. (40%)

Paper 2 – Writing. Questions to answer based on our chosen film and book. (30%)

Paper 3 – Speaking. A discussion of a topic we have studied this year as well as an individual research project, presented and discussed. (30%)

ADMISSIONS

Students must have studied GCSE Spanish and preferably achieved grade 6 or better.

CAREERS

Any career would be enhanced with a Modern Foreign Language. The following are examples where a language could be directly related to a career field:

Banking, accountancy, sales and marketing, law, translation and interpreting, teaching, food and drink, work with any international organisation, work with any company with international ties.