The Politics A-Level helps you to explore contemporary political issues which hit the news every day. From striking unions; electoral reform; brexit; and protest movements - we explore the motivations and reasonings behind these phenomena. You will develop into a critical thinker as we explore not just political realities of the present but also how politics and society should look. Teaching will be through enquiry questions that encourage you to investigate issues, analyse the evidence and arguments, and make up your own mind on political issues. he A level is broken up into three main constituent parts: UK Government and Politics; Political Ideas; and Comparative Politics. Within this each part is broken up further; UK Politics examines democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, and voting behaviour and media. The UK government examines the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and Executive, and relationships between the branches. Political Ideas focuses on three core ideologies of Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and one of the following ideologies: anarchism, feminism, ecologism, nationalism, and multiculturalism (we teach feminism in school). Comparative Politics will focus on sovereignty and globalisation; global governance; political and economic global governance; human rights and environmental power and developments; regionalism; and the European Union.
Students will need to have at least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language and Mathematics at Level 4. To enable students to select the most appropriate subjects at A-Level we use a system based on their APS (average point score) from their GCSE results. Add together your 8 highest GCSE's and then divide by 8 to give your APS. We advise students to choose the subjects which best fit their APS.
The A level is assessed by 3 two-hour-long exams at the end of year 13. Each exam is worth 84 marks and a third of the A level. Paper 1 focuses on UK politics and core political ideas (liberalism, conservatism, and socialism), Paper 2 looks at the UK government and non-core political ideas (feminism, nationalism, multiculturalism, ecologism, and anarchism), and Paper 3 examines comparative politics (global politics). There is an emphasis on extended writing in the exams - the ‘shortest’ questions are worth 12 marks while the longer responses are worth 30 marks. Paper 1 and paper 2 also require students to respond to sources/extracts from articles or legislation so students should be comfortable with responding to and referencing unseen material.
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| Region | South East |
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
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| Address | Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE |
The Politics A-Level helps you to explore contemporary political issues which hit the news every day. From striking unions; electoral reform; brexit; and protest movements - we explore the motivations and reasonings behind these phenomena. You will develop into a critical thinker as we explore not just political realities of the present but also how politics and society should look. Teaching will be through enquiry questions that encourage you to investigate issues, analyse the evidence and arguments, and make up your own mind on political issues. he A level is broken up into three main constituent parts: UK Government and Politics; Political Ideas; and Comparative Politics. Within this each part is broken up further; UK Politics examines democracy and participation, political parties, electoral systems, and voting behaviour and media. The UK government examines the constitution, parliament, Prime Minister and Executive, and relationships between the branches. Political Ideas focuses on three core ideologies of Liberalism, Conservatism, Socialism and one of the following ideologies: anarchism, feminism, ecologism, nationalism, and multiculturalism (we teach feminism in school). Comparative Politics will focus on sovereignty and globalisation; global governance; political and economic global governance; human rights and environmental power and developments; regionalism; and the European Union.
Students will need to have at least five GCSEs at Grade 4 or above including English Language and Mathematics at Level 4. To enable students to select the most appropriate subjects at A-Level we use a system based on their APS (average point score) from their GCSE results. Add together your 8 highest GCSE's and then divide by 8 to give your APS. We advise students to choose the subjects which best fit their APS.
The A level is assessed by 3 two-hour-long exams at the end of year 13. Each exam is worth 84 marks and a third of the A level. Paper 1 focuses on UK politics and core political ideas (liberalism, conservatism, and socialism), Paper 2 looks at the UK government and non-core political ideas (feminism, nationalism, multiculturalism, ecologism, and anarchism), and Paper 3 examines comparative politics (global politics). There is an emphasis on extended writing in the exams - the ‘shortest’ questions are worth 12 marks while the longer responses are worth 30 marks. Paper 1 and paper 2 also require students to respond to sources/extracts from articles or legislation so students should be comfortable with responding to and referencing unseen material.