A Levels

A Levels will suit you if you perform well in exams, if you want to study a range of subjects, or if you have a particular career in mind that requires specific A Level qualifications.

A Levels are two-year courses with assessment through exams at the end of that period. Although mostly exam-based, some subjects such as the Arts include ongoing projects and coursework.

We offer the widest choice of A Levels in the region; you can choose from 39 A Levels, including 4 A Level equivalent applied courses. An academic study programme will typically consist of three courses. If you have mainly grade 7 or above at GCSE, you may want to consider studying four A Levels to stretch yourself or to improve your chances of a place at a competitive university or on a competitive course.

One of the advantages of our A Level programme is that as one of the largest colleges in the country, you will be able to study almost any combination of three subjects - you won’t find that your choices are restricted because of timetable clashes. There are however two subject combinations that are not allowed by exam boards:

• A Level Combined English with either A Level English Literature or A Level English Language
• A Level Business with CTECH Extended Certificate Business.

You can study English Literature and English Language, but this would only be advisable if you intended to study English at university.

If you want to study A Level Further Maths you must also study A Level Maths and will typically need to study four A Levels.