English Literature

Assessment

We follow the AQA English Literature A syllabus at A-level, which is assessed through two final examinations, each worth 40% of your overall grade, and a non-examined assessment element, worth 20%. The AQA English Literature A course is academically challenging, highly rewarding and extremely popular here at Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst. Students follow a lively and varied programme of study, with opportunities to read and discuss a range of texts, issues and authors. Paper 1 allows you to study an exciting assortment of poetry, prose and drama texts linked by the theme of ‘Love through the ages’. Paper 2 brings with it a variety of texts based on ‘World War I and its aftermath’. What you read for pleasure is also part of what you study – and it will fuel you as a reader and as a person for the rest of your life. The non-examined assessment element of the AQA A Level course allows students the opportunities to explore their own literary loves in new lights.