GCSEs & Functional Skills
Sixth Form Campus
09 Sept 2024
1 year
Full-time
Free
This course enables you to take your next steps to a Level 3 programme. If you have a grade 3 GCSE in English language, you will be required to retake the GCSE in your first year at College.
Units include:
You will read a range of extracts from well-known fiction and non-fiction books from the past 200 years such as 1984 by George Orwell, The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebolda and The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, as well as a range of non-fiction texts like the journalism of Charles Dickens and Captain Bligh’s diary after the Mutiny on the Bounty.
A minimum of five GCSEs at grade 3 or above, including English language at grade 3 or below.
You will have a 9.55am start, one lesson in the morning, one in the afternoon and a guaranteed 4pm finish. You will also have at least one morning and one afternoon per week free for private study.
100% exam/spoken language endorsement.
You may be interested in progressing to an English or media-based subject. Future careers in these areas might include journalism, marketing and public relations. A grade 4 or above at GCSE English is the new gold standard for employers in all fields.
Event 15-05-2024
Check out all the fantastic opportunities available, including more exciting new T Levels, by coming along to our next cross-campus open event, from 4.30-7.30pm on 15 May.
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