Spanish Language A Level

Our Sixth Form Open Evening will take place on Thursday 19th November. As this is always a very popular event, we run three separate booking slots throughout the evening to help us accommodate as many families as possible and ensure everyone has the opportunity to visit.

Booking is now live! Please follow this link to book your tickets before they're all gone: https://www.ticketsource.com/the-canterbury-academy-open-events/e-mgrrozg

We look forward to welcoming you and giving you the opportunity to find out more about our Sixth Form, meet our staff and students explore the fantastic opportunities available to our students.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

Applications Open – 2nd November 2026

Applications Close – 30th June 2027

Entry Requirements –We do have entry recommendations for some courses, especially A-levels, as we would not want you to start a course that would not be suitable for you. We want to give you the best chance of future success.

The course programmes are flexible: students can mix Level 3 courses with Level 2 courses, or A-levels with BTECs. We provide impartial advice and guidance and seek to put you on the courses you want and are likely to be successful in.

Students are expected to study up to 3 A level equivalent subjects (this can be from either A levels and/or Level 3 BTEC subjects) building their own personalised combination of Level 3 subjects OR a full time Level 2 course.

The Sixth Form runs on a flexible timetable with some courses running until 6.00pm. This flexibility means we can offer as much as possible, to as many as possible, as often as possible.

How to Apply – Applications are currently closed. Please check back at the beginning of November to submit your application.

The A Level language courses constitute an integrated study with a focus on language, culture and society. The content is suitable for students who wish to progress to employment or further study, including a modern languages degree. The specification has been designed to be studied over two years.

Learning Spanish will provide you with the opportunity to work and travel in Europe, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking countries.

Language skills alone are already an advantage in potential employers’ eyes, but Spanish even more so, as it’s so widely spoken.

Being able to speak Spanish not only enables you to communicate with the 400 million other speakers worldwide, but it will bring other academic benefits as well. Moreover, Spanish is the third most commonly used language on the Internet.

The approach is a focus on how your chosen language speaking society has been shaped, socially and culturally, and how it continues to change. In the first year, aspects of the social context are studied, together with aspects of the artistic life of the target speaking countries.

In the second year further aspects of the social background are covered, this time focusing on issues such as life for those on the margins of Spanish speaking society as well as looking at the positive influences that diversity brings.

Students will also study one book and one film and will analyse and be able to respond critically in writing to the work they have studied in their chosen language.

Paper 1 - Listening, Reading and Writing (50% of A-Level)

Paper 2 - Writing (20% of A-Level)

Paper 3 - Speaking (30% of A-Level)

Grade 6 or above in French, Spanish or German GCSE

Languages are essential for further study and careers in travel and tourism, teaching, translation and interpreting, and law, to name a few. In fact, the majority of careers look upon students with language skills more favourably than those without. This course will enable you to study languages at university.