English GCSE

This new syllabus is a fast-track, one-year GCSE English Language course involving wider reading and building on written and spoken skills.

There are two units for this qualification:

• A written exam (1 hour/45 minutes)
• 50% of GCSE/ 80 marks

Analysing a literature fiction text and writing descriptively

• A written exam (1 hour/45 minutes)
• 50% of GCSE/ 80 marks

Analysis/comparison of 19th/20th/21st Century non-fiction texts and writing to persuade

Please note that studying at GCSE is an invitation to occasionally engage in and examine challenging and difficult topics and texts.

• Teacher-assessed in the autumn term.

(This mark is carried through from school, if you have already done it.)

If you already have a Grade 4 in GCSE English Literature, you do not have to resit English Language GCSE, but it may be useful especially if you are considering going to university.

Course Essentials