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The JW6 Advanced Level Pathway - English Language and Literature

John Wallis Academy, The

Millbank Road, Kingsnorth, ASHFORD, Kent, TN23 3HG

GCE A/AS Level or Equivalent

Level 3

Available start dates

Tuesday, 02 September 2025

The John Wallis Academy

2 Year(s)

Full time

Daytime/working hours

Application Instructions

Applications Open: Thursday 6th November 2025

Applications Close: Tuesday 31st March 2026

Entry Requirements: Please see specific course details.

Course Summary

The English Language and Literature course will help you to discover how writers and speakers use their voice to engage, and even manipulate, readers. You will be examining how authors and orators use their art to persuade you to think or act differently – how they use words to take you to another place, another time, another world…

Consequently, you will become more skilled at writing and speaking, which are key transferable skills and lifelong assets and skills which will lead to a greater ability to engage the people in your life and get more out of your relationships, both socially and professionally.

Course Details

If you’re a prolific reader then the English Language and Literature A Level course is the one for you. Perhaps you’ve read Dickens’ complete back catalogue, or maybe you can quote Shakespeare by heart, or even have a secret BookTok account. If reading is your passion, then you will have already been helping to develop one of the key skills needed to complete an English A Level successfully.

How will it be delivered and assessed?

Paper 1 (2 hour 30 mins) – Split into two sections. Section A is Voices in 20th- and 21st century Texts where you write one comparative essay question on one unseen extract and one text from the anthology. Then Section B is Drama Texts where you write one extract-based essay question on the play you have studied in class

Paper 2 (2 hour 30 mins) – Split into two sections. Section A is Unseen Prose Non-fiction Texts where you write one essay question on an unseen prose non-fiction extract. Then section B is Prose Fiction and Other Genres where you write one comparative essay question on two texts studied in class.

Coursework – Split into three parts. Two pieces of original writing: one fiction writing and one non-fiction writing. Then one analytical commentary reflecting on your studied texts and the pieces of writing you have produced

Entry requirements

Entry Requirements : Grade 6 GCSE in English Language or English Literature

Your next steps...

An A Level in English Language and Literature can open many different, varied careers and many of those will give you the opportunity to be creative in the work that you do.

Some examples include:

· Journalism

· Publishing

· Advertising and Marketing

· Media

· Public Relations

In the past our students have gone on to study and pursue careers in a wide range of subjects and sectors such as: Journalism, Education, Literature, Interior Design, Marketing and Film and Media

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