Law involves analysing a wide range of issues and problems. It is a vibrant and exciting subject. It helps you to give direction to your life and to be self-confident in dealing with issues, disputes and other people. You will study specific areas of English law in detail and you will develop excellent, transferable, and analytical skills. We build on your existing skills and your fascination with legal issues as you embark on studying what, for most, is a new subject. A Level Law has two dedicated teaching rooms in the Wilson Building. You will be provided with up-to-date textbooks, highly effective printed notes linked to integrated assessment materials based on examination questions and constantly updated media and online materials. We have a well-developed revision programme with focused lessons and materials alongside a large number of extra support sessions. As well as ensuring that you have an excellent knowledge of the subject, the Law team at Wyke also focus on developing your analytical skills, allowing you to answer examination questions to a very high standard. Studying the subject will also enhance your skills in written and verbal communication, dealing logically with complex concepts and enabling you to produce sustainable conclusions based on your powers of selection of the relevant legal rules. Our students enjoy their law lessons. Students enjoy the many debates and the variety of enrichment we offer through our Pre-Law Programme. The study of the key legal cases gives our students valuable insight into a wide variety of issues that life produces and which require a legal solution.
• Minimum 5 GCSEs • All grade 5 or above • Must include an English A Level Law requires you to achieve at least the minimum entry requirements for your chosen pathway plus a grade 5 or higher in GCSE English Language and a grade 5 or higher in English Literature or a humanities subject, e.g. Geography, Government and Politics, History, Law or Religious Studies. The minimum entry requirements will be discussed at open events and your college interview.
This course is delivered over two academic years. Students will receive 4 hours and 40 minutes of lessons per week. Independent work is essential and is expected of students outside of lessons. There is a strong ethos of high achievement in this course. The focus of the lessons is on applying legal concepts and skills to problems. Homework is set regularly involving case analysis but the key focus is on regular timed assessments in class, designed to enable students to answer legal problems effectively in timed conditions. A variety of teaching methods are employed and students will take part in structured debates, presentations, mini mock trials, and analysis of current legal issues and cases. PAPER 1: THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND CRIMINAL LAW (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – THE LEGAL SYSTEM • Criminal courts and laypeople • Legal Personnel • Access to Justice • Civil Courts SECTION B – CRIMINAL LAW • General elements of criminal liability • Fatal offences against the person • Non-fatal offences against the person • Offences against property • Mental capacity defences • General defences • Preliminary offences PAPER 2: LAW MAKING AND THE LAW OF TORT (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – LAWMAKING • Parliamentary Law Making • Delegated Legislation • Statutory Interpretation • Judicial Precedent • Law Reform • European Law SECTION B – TORT LAW • Liability in negligence • Occupiers’ liability • Torts connected to land • Vicarious liability • Defences • Remedies PAPER 3: FURTHER LAW (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – THE NATURE OF LAW • Law and morality • Law and Justice • Law and Society • Nature of Law SECTION B – THE LAW OF CONTRACT • Formation of a contract • Terms of a contract • Vitiating factors • Discharge • Remedies
About Education Provider
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Local Authority | Kingston upon Hull, City of |
| Ofsted Rating | Outstanding |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| Address | Bricknell Avenue, Hull, HU5 4NT |
Law involves analysing a wide range of issues and problems. It is a vibrant and exciting subject. It helps you to give direction to your life and to be self-confident in dealing with issues, disputes and other people. You will study specific areas of English law in detail and you will develop excellent, transferable, and analytical skills. We build on your existing skills and your fascination with legal issues as you embark on studying what, for most, is a new subject. A Level Law has two dedicated teaching rooms in the Wilson Building. You will be provided with up-to-date textbooks, highly effective printed notes linked to integrated assessment materials based on examination questions and constantly updated media and online materials. We have a well-developed revision programme with focused lessons and materials alongside a large number of extra support sessions. As well as ensuring that you have an excellent knowledge of the subject, the Law team at Wyke also focus on developing your analytical skills, allowing you to answer examination questions to a very high standard. Studying the subject will also enhance your skills in written and verbal communication, dealing logically with complex concepts and enabling you to produce sustainable conclusions based on your powers of selection of the relevant legal rules. Our students enjoy their law lessons. Students enjoy the many debates and the variety of enrichment we offer through our Pre-Law Programme. The study of the key legal cases gives our students valuable insight into a wide variety of issues that life produces and which require a legal solution.
• Minimum 5 GCSEs • All grade 5 or above • Must include an English A Level Law requires you to achieve at least the minimum entry requirements for your chosen pathway plus a grade 5 or higher in GCSE English Language and a grade 5 or higher in English Literature or a humanities subject, e.g. Geography, Government and Politics, History, Law or Religious Studies. The minimum entry requirements will be discussed at open events and your college interview.
This course is delivered over two academic years. Students will receive 4 hours and 40 minutes of lessons per week. Independent work is essential and is expected of students outside of lessons. There is a strong ethos of high achievement in this course. The focus of the lessons is on applying legal concepts and skills to problems. Homework is set regularly involving case analysis but the key focus is on regular timed assessments in class, designed to enable students to answer legal problems effectively in timed conditions. A variety of teaching methods are employed and students will take part in structured debates, presentations, mini mock trials, and analysis of current legal issues and cases. PAPER 1: THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND CRIMINAL LAW (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – THE LEGAL SYSTEM • Criminal courts and laypeople • Legal Personnel • Access to Justice • Civil Courts SECTION B – CRIMINAL LAW • General elements of criminal liability • Fatal offences against the person • Non-fatal offences against the person • Offences against property • Mental capacity defences • General defences • Preliminary offences PAPER 2: LAW MAKING AND THE LAW OF TORT (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – LAWMAKING • Parliamentary Law Making • Delegated Legislation • Statutory Interpretation • Judicial Precedent • Law Reform • European Law SECTION B – TORT LAW • Liability in negligence • Occupiers’ liability • Torts connected to land • Vicarious liability • Defences • Remedies PAPER 3: FURTHER LAW (1/3 OF A LEVEL) SECTION A – THE NATURE OF LAW • Law and morality • Law and Justice • Law and Society • Nature of Law SECTION B – THE LAW OF CONTRACT • Formation of a contract • Terms of a contract • Vitiating factors • Discharge • Remedies