St. Anne’s Sixth Form Centre

Options Booklet: 2017-2018

Course offered: A Level Art and Design Length of course: 2 Year A Level Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry requirements: 4 A* - C (or equivalent 9-4) grades at GCSE including a B in GCSE Art

Course Summary: Year 12 Art is made up of two units: • Unit 1 Coursework • Unit 2 Externally Set Assignment Year 13 Art is made up of two units: • Unit 3 Coursework • Unit 4 Externally Set Assignment Subject Leader: Mr P Barnes

Art and Design

Course offered: Pearson BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Business Length of course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 6 (3 double lessons) Entry requirements: Grade 4 GCSE in English Language or Literature and grades A*-C in 3 other GCSE’s. Please note that a grade 4 or above in Maths is preferable and in the event of the course being oversubscribed this criteria will be applied. Course Summary: 4 Units Year 12: • Unit 1: Exploring Business: Internally assessed - Coursework Portfolio • Unit 3: Personal and Business Finance: Externally assessed - External Examination Year 13: • Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Campaign: Externally assessed - Controlled assessment • Unit 20: Investigating Corporate Social Internally assessed - Coursework portfolio Responsibility

PEARSON BTEC LEVEL 3 EXTENDED CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS

Course Offered: A Level English Literature Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA English Literature Spec. A Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B grades at GCSE including grades 9-5 in English and English Literature

Course Summary:

English Literature - Love Through the Ages There will be two exam papers: The first involves a study of a Shakespeare play (Othello) and a poetry anthology. The second involves the study of two prose texts and there is also a question on an unseen prose extract. English Literature continued into Year 13 is made up of two units: Texts in Shared Contexts - Modern Times: students will study one prose text, one drama text and one poetry text. This is assessed by an exam in which students are required to answer three questions. Texts Across Time: Independent Critical Study – a non-exam assessment based on two texts in which students choose their texts and produce a comparative essay of 2,500 words approx.

Subject Leader: Ms S Morrell

English Literature

Course Offered: BTEC Subsidiary Diploma Fashion & Clothing (equivalent to one A Level) Length of Course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 4 A* - C (or 9-4 )grades at GCSE including a C in a Design and Technology Subject or Art Assessment: On-going written and practical assessment

Course Summary:

Throughout the course you will cover Fashion drawing and illustration, History of Fashion, Inspiration and research, Fashion Design process, Textiles and surface patterns, Garment making, Pattern making, Computers in Fashion, Portfolio building and Careers advice and guidance.

All students compile a creative portfolio for University or Industry showcasing a range of skills.

Subject Teacher: Miss S Hall

BTEC L3 Fashion & Clothing

Course Offered: A Level French

Length of Course: 2 Year A Level

Specification: Edexcel 9FR0 Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including a B in French

Course Summary:

Themes

• Changes in French Society (changes in family structure, education and the world of work).

• Political and artistic culture in the French-speaking world.(music, the media and Festivals and

traditions)

• Immigration and a multi cultural French Society (multi-culturalism, Integration and the extreme right)

• The occupation of France and the resistance movement

• Two literary works or one literary work and one film

Exam Papers:

Paper 1: Listening, reading and translation into English 2 hours 40%

Paper 2: Written response to two literary works or to one literary work and one film and translation into

French 2 hours 40 minutes 30%

Paper 3: Speaking – 21-23 mins including 5 minutes prep time 30% - discussion on a theme plus a

presentation and discussion of an independent research topic.

Subject Leader: Ms R Griffin

French

Course offered: AS/A Level Geography Length of course: 2 Year A Level Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry qualifications: 3 A*- B grades at GCSE. Must include grade B at Geography or grade 5 at English Language

Course Summary: Paper 1: (30%) Paper 2: (30%) Paper 3: (20%) 1. Tectonic Hazards 1. Globalisation 1. Decision Making Exercise

2. Changing Landscapes 2. Shaping Places

3. Water Insecurity 3. Superpowers

4. Energy Security 4. Global development

5. Climate change

Coursework: Independent investigation on a geographical issue (20%)

Subject Leader: Mr T Sikuade

Geography

Course Offered: BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in Graphic Design (equivalent to one A Level) Length of Course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 4 A* - C (or 9-4) grades at GCSE including a C in a Design and Technology Subject or Art Assessment: On-going written and practical assessment.

Course Summary: This vocational course places emphasis on exploration and experimentation in the core skills necessary to develop your potential creativity, including Drawing development, Computers in art and design, Professional and studio practice, and Historical and contextual understanding. The course is structured on realistic assignments, which allow you to move towards the area of industry or higher education that you wish to progress to on completion of the course. You will study from beginner's level to pre-university building a portfolio of work that will help you access higher education or find employment.

Subject Leader: Mr R Patel

BTEC L3 Graphic Design

Courses offered: Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in Health and Social Care (720 GLH) Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care (360 GLH) Length of course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 12 Entry requirement: 4 A*- C (or 9-4) grades at GCSE including a grade 4 or above in English Language Assessment: On-going written assessment, written Exams and short controlled assessment.

Course Summary:

Mandatory units include:

• Unit 1: Human Lifespan Development • Unit 2: Working in Health and Social Care • Unit 4: Enquiries into Current Research in Health and Social Care • Unit 5: Meeting Individual Care and Support Needs • Unit 7: Principles of Safe Practice in Health and Social Care Settings • Unit 8: Promoting Public Health

In addition you will study two (double ward) one (single award)optional unit/s selected from a range including:

• Unit 10: Sociological perspective • Unit11: Psychological perspective • Unit 12: Supporting Individuals with Additional Needs • Unit 14: Physiological Disorders and Their Care • Unit 19: Nutritional Health

The double award (720) qualification is equivalent to 2 GCE A-levels. The single award (360) qualification is equivalent to 1 GCE A-level.

Subject Leader: Ms H Akrofi

BTEC L3 Health & Social Care

History Course offered: A Level History Length of course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry requirements: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including a B in History and grade 5 in English Language or English Literature. If History has not been taken at GCSE a Grade A GCSE English Language or Literature is required.

Course Summary:

• 1C The Tudors: England, 1485-1603:

Part One: Consolidation of the Tudor Dynasty: England 1485-1547

Part Two: England: Turmoil and Triumph, 1547-1603

• 2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945

Part One: The Weimar Republic, 1918–1933

Part Two: Nazi Germany, 1933–1945

Subject Leader: Ms K Vevers

BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate in Information Technology

Course offered: BTEC Level 3 Extended Certificate in Information Technology Length of course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry requirements: 4 A*-C (or equivalent 9-4) grades at GCSE, including a grade B in GCSE ICT or a grade B in GCSE Computer Science

Course Summary: 4 Units Year 12: • Unit 1: Information Technology Systems (Externally Assessed) • Unit 2: Creating Systems to Manage Information (Externally Assessed)

Year 13: • Unit 3 : Using Social Media in Business (Internally Assessed) • Unit 6: Website Development (Internally Assessed) Subject Leader: Ms C Duarte

Course Offered: A Level Mathematics Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: Edexcel Mathematics Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualification: 3 A* – B grades (or 9-5 ) at GCSE including a Grade 6 or above in GCSE Maths Course summary:

• Paper1 (Pure Mathematics) 67% (2 hours) • Paper2 (Statistics and Mechanics) 33% (1 hour)

• Paper1 (Pure Mathematics) 33% (2 hours) • Paper2 (Pure Mathematics) 33% (2 hours) • Paper3 (Statistics and Mechanics) 33% (2 hours)

Subject Leader: Ms L Popat

Mathematics

Course offered: A Level Photography Length of course: 2 Year A Level Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry qualifications: 4 A* - C (or 9-4) grades at GCSE including a B in GCSE Art. If Art has not been taken at GCSE then a portfolio of work needs to be submitted for consideration.

Course summary:

A Level Photography is made up of two units;

• Unit 1 - Coursework 60%

• Unit 2 - Externally Set Assignment 40%

Subject Leader: Mr P Barnes

Photography

Course offered: AS/A Level Psychology Length of course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of lessons per week: 6 Entry requirements: 3 A*- B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE in Science, English Language and Maths.

Course Summary:

Compulsory Content: Social Influence, Memory Attachment, Psychopathology, Approaches in Psychology, Biopsychology, Research Methods, Issues and Debates in Psychology.

• Option 1: Relationships or Gender or Cognition

• Option 2: Schizophrenia or Eating Behaviour or Stress

• Option 3: Aggression or Forensic Psychology or Addiction

Subject Leader: Ms J Winnick

Psychology

Courses Offered: A Level - Religious Studies Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: OCR Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including a grade B in Religious Studies and grade 5 in English Language

Course Summary:

Philosophy of Religion –ancient philosophical influences , arguments about the existence or non-existence of God, the nature and impact of religious experience, ideas about the nature of God, the nature of soul, mind and body, ideas about life after death, the challenge to religious belief of the problem of evil.

Religion and Ethics - major ethical theories, such as Utilitarianism, Virtue Ethics, Kantian ethics; ethical theories from religious perspective, such as Natural Law & Situation Ethics; application to ethical theories in Medical Ethics, Sexual Ethics, War & Peace; what do we mean by Free Will, Conscience, Right, Wrong.

A study of Christianity – the Christian Scriptures as a source of wisdom and authority, Religious concepts and Religious Life, significant social and historical developments in Christian thought.

Subject Leader: Ms I Pugh

Religious Studies: Philosophy and Ethics

Course offered: BTEC National Subsidiary Diploma in Applied Science Length of course: 2 Years Specification: Edexcel Number of lessons per week: 3 double lessons a week Entry requirements: 4 A*- C (or 9-4) grades at GCSE including a grade 4 in GCSE Science and Additional Science

Course Summary: This 60-credit BTEC qualification is worth 1 GCE A-level. There are three compulsory units in Year 12 designed to give an introduction to BTEC, which is a more applied and practical way of learning science than A Level. These units are called Fundamentals of Science, Working in the Science Industry, and Scientific Investigation. There are three units in Year 13 which can be chosen from a wide selection of options. It is envisaged that these units will have a focus on the Biological Sciences. All assessment is through coursework completed throughout the two years.

Subject Leader: Mr R Thompson

BTEC L3 Applied Science

Course Offered: A Level Biology Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including Grade B in Higher Tier Core Additional Science and Grade 5 in Maths & English Language

Course Summary:

AS • Biological Molecules • Cells • Organisms exchanging substances with their environment • Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms A Level • Energy transfers in and between organisms • Organisms respond to change • Genetics, population, evolution and ecosystems • The control of gene expression

Subject Leader: Mr R Thompson

Sciences: Biology

Course Offered: A Level Chemistry Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including Grade B in Higher Tier Core Additional Science and Grade 5 in Maths and English Language

Course Summary: Physical Chemistry • Inorganic Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Practical Skills • Further Physical Chemistry • Further Inorganic Chemistry • Further Organic Chemistry • Practical Skills

Subject Leader: Mr R Thompson

Sciences: Chemistry

Courses Offered: A Level Physics Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including Grade B in Higher Tier Core Additional Science and grade 5 in Maths and English Language

Course Summary: AS

• Measurement and Errors • Particles, Radiation and Waves • Mechanics and Materials • Electricity • Practical Skills A Level

• Further Mechanics and Thermal Physics • Fields • Nuclear Physics • Optional Topic • Practical Skills

Subject Leader: Mr R Thompson

Sciences: Physics

Course Offered: A Level Sociology Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A*- B (or 9-5) grades at GSCE, including a Grade 5 or above in English Language. Sociology GCSE is not required, but if studied must be grade A* -B.

Course Summary:

Year 1 • Education • Methods in context • Research methods • Family and households

Year 2 • Crime and deviance • Theory and methods • Mass Media

Subject Leader: Ms P Delaney

Sociology

Course Offered: A Level Spanish Length of Course: 2 Year A Level Specification: AQA Number of Lessons per Week: 6 Entry Qualifications: 3 A* - B (or 9-5) grades at GCSE including a B in GCSE Spanish

Course Summary: Topics Studied:

• Social issues and trends

• Political and artistic culture

• Grammar

Assessment:

• Paper 1 Listening, Reading and Writing

• Paper 2 Writing (on a literary text and a film studied or 2 literary texts and translation to Spanish)

• Paper 3 Speaking - including a discussion on an individual research project and the topics studied.

Subject Leader: Ms R Griffin

Spanish

University Destinations - 2016

University of Kent - Philosophy and Religious Studies

University of Leicester - Psychology

City University London - Child Nursing

University of Hull - Biomedical Science

University of Hertfordshire - Diagnostic Radiography and Imaging

University of Hull - Biomedical Science

Bishop Grosseteste University - English Literature

University of Law - Law

University of Hertfordshire - Criminal Justice and Criminology

University of Kent - Biomedical Science

Middlesex University - Sociology

King's College London - Nursing Studies

University for the Creative Arts - Architecture

University of Essex Law

University of Leicester - Psychology

Swansea University - Medical Sciences and Humanities

De Montfort University - Fashion Design

University of Brighton - Media Studies

University of East Anglia - English Literature

University of Hertfordshire - Information Technology

University of Essex - English Language and Teaching English

University of Northampton - Geography

Loughborough University - History

Lancaster University - Fine Art

Canada - Canada - Art

Brunel University - Business Computing (Social Media)

University of Kent - Social Work

Nottingham Trent University - Accounting and Finance

Queen Mary University of London - Science and Engineering

King's College London - Religion, Politics and Society

University Destinations - 2016 De Montfort University - Business and Management

University of Wolverhampton - Business Management

Queen Mary University of London - History

University of Kent - Psychology

Swansea University - Medical Sciences and Humanities

Middlesex University - Criminology (Criminal Justice)

University of Hertfordshire - Mathematics

Birmingham City University - Sociology

Nottingham Trent University - Business

University College London - Medicine (6 years)

Nottingham Trent University - Health and Social Care

St Mary's University Twickenham - Education & Social Science and Psychology

University of Reading - Geography (Human)

St George's University London - Healthcare Science (Physiological Sciences)

Bournemouth University - International Hospitality Management

University of Kent - Law

Nottingham Trent University - Fashion Communication and Promotion

Grand View University, Iowa, USA - Sports

Canterbury Christ Church University - Graphic Design

Middlesex University - Social Work

University of Sussex - Geography

Coventry University - Law and Practice

University of Veterinary Medicine, Czech Republic - Veterinary Medicine

Middlesex University - Midwifery

Study in Portugal

Kingstone University - Architecture

St George's University London - Biomedical Science

University of Southampton - Fashion and Textile Design

University of Northampton - Geography (Human Geography)

Goldsmiths University of London - Sociology

BLOCKS FOR YR 12: 2017 - 2018

A B C D E

Art Photography Fashion & Clothing Graphics

Health & Social Care

(Part 2 can only be

studied in addition to

part 1)

Health & Social Care

(Part 1, may be studied as

a single award or

combined with Part 2)

Sociology Applied Science

Business Information

Technology History Geography

Further Maths

(This is in addition to

Maths and 2 other A’

Level choices)

Biology

Maths

(Further maths can also

be studied in addition to

this)

Chemistry Physics

English Literature Psychology Spanish Religious Studies:

Philosophy and Ethics

English Literature French Psychology

The Option Blocks