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Paston College
Grammar School Road, North Walsham, Norfolk, NR28 9JL
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Application Instructions
3 A Level Programme
Minimum of 66444 at GCSE (Please note : grade 4 may be replaced by an 'old C' grade and grade 6 by 'old' B grade)
Vocational subjects cannot replace GCSEs for entry on to an A Level programme.
You must also study English/Maths GCSE if you have not already achieved grade 4 in these subjects.
4 A level programme
If you achieve a minimum of 3 GCSE's at grade 8 (A*) plus 5 at grade 7 (A) and your English Language and Maths are at minimum grade 4, you will have the option to join the A Plus programme.
Please note that A Plus is designed for applicants to academic courses at Oxford, Cambridge or other Russel Group universities. Grades in vocational subjects cannot replace GCSE's for entry to this programme.
Vocational programmes
Minimum of five grade 4 at GCSE (or old grade C) or Merit/Distinction in a relevant BTEC First Diploma (or equivalent) plus 1 grade 4 (or old grade 4) at GCSE. You must also study English Language and/or Maths GCSE if you have not already achieved grade 4 in these subjects.
Level 2 programme
Minimum of three grade 4 at GCSE (or old Grade C).
This programme is designed for those students who just miss our entry requirements for level 3 study. It includes an opportunity to improve your GCSE English Language and Maths grades, alongside a Workskills course to develop the skills required for progression into employment or onto a level 3 programme.
Course Details
THIS COURSE WILL ALLOW YOU TO EXPLORE A VARIETY OF LITERARY TEXTS, INCLUDING POEMS, NOVELS AND PLAYS FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DAY. DURING THIS COURSE, YOU WILL BE TAUGHT IN AN OPEN AND DEMOCRATIC WAY AND YOU’LL BE ENCOURAGED TO ASK QUESTIONS OF YOUR TEACHERS, OF THE THINGS YOU READ AND, PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, OF YOURSELF AND YOUR IDEAS.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN?
You will focus on texts that relate to a variety of topics including drama and poetry pre 1900 and literature post 1900.You will learn how to thoroughly analyse text, use evidence to support and develop arguments and express ideas clearly and accurately. Alongside this, you will also develop analytical and conceptual skills and improve the clarity and coherence of your own writing and speaking.
You will study a range of well known texts such as Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi (1613). Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake.You will also write two essays on literature post 1900 with text choices varying each year depending on the group’s interests. Past groups have written about the poetry of Philip Larkin, plays by Jez Butterworth and prose fiction by Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan and Angela Carter.
UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES
You will have the opportunity to attend trips to the theatre and galleries.You will also get chance to attend lectures and study days. In recent years our students have taken trips to London, Stratford-upon-Avon, Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Bury St Edmunds, Northampton and Cambridge.
IS IT SUITABLE FOR YOU?
If you enjoy reading and are looking for a course that improves your attention to detail, analytical and conceptual skills, then this course could be for you.
HOW YOU ARE ASSESSED?
You will sit two exams, both 2 ½ hours in length and each worth 40% of your overall mark.Your coursework folder makes up the other 20%.
THIS COURSE GOES WELL WITH…
A broad range of arts, humanities and social science subjects that requires extended writing as part of its assessment such as Sociology, History, Film Studies, and Politics
Entry requirements
3 A Level Programme
Minimum of 66444 at GCSE (Please note : grade 4 may be replaced by an 'old C' grade and grade 6 by 'old' B grade)
Vocational subjects cannot replace GCSEs for entry on to an A Level programme.
You must also study English/Maths GCSE if you have not already achieved grade 4 in these subjects.
If you achieve a minimum of 3 GCSE's at grade 8 (A*) plus 5 at grade 7 (A) and your English Language and Maths are at minimum grade 4, you will have the option to join the A Plus programme.
Please note that A Plus is designed for applicants to academic courses at Oxford, Cambridge or other Russel Group universities. Grades in vocational subjects cannot replace GCSE's for entry to this programme.
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YOU CAN GO ON TO DO...
An undergraduate study programme and is seen as a strong component of any university or job application. Former students are now undertaking further study or are working as journalists, actors, teachers, speech-therapists, university academics, police officers and in IT, PR and retail.
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