Inspirational teaching, small classes and excellent results. We offer outstanding support resources for the texts we study – some written and published by our own staff, all of whom are passionate about literature and see the subject as a vocation, not a job. However, our department embraces English and Drama and offers access to an amazing variety of theatre trips, practical workshops, visits to the Cheltenham and Edinburgh Festivals, as well as creative writing opportunities, enrichment opportunities, outside lectures and workshops on set texts. Regular trips to Stratford and participation in epic productions such as West Side Story, Mother Courage, Grease and The Crucible are all part of an amazing departmental menu. We particularly pride ourselves on our inclusiveness at A level, and the phenomenal level of individual support with essay writing and coursework, for example. What will I study during the course? Students will be reading, studying, discussing, arguing about, watching and acting 8 set texts including Shakespeare’s Hamlet ( one of the best plays ever written), Milton’s Paradise Lost (a poet’s attempt to explain the mind of God no less), Nineteen Eighty-Four (a ‘must read’ extraordinary insight into the relationship of the individual and society, modern politics and history), alongside some more contemporary texts such as Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, the iconic A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will be comparing lots of books and ideas and looking at some modern texts and films on the theme of dystopian visions of the future. Students will learn how to write better, be an independent critics, read widely, and express themselves in ways that prepare them brilliantly for the challenge of academic and work life. Students will also go on trips to see plays, take part in workshops, and lead academic discussions and presentations themselves.
Students will need imagination, curiosity, a willingness to try different kinds of reading and respond to different ideas, a readiness to write, to try out books, and begin to think more independently. Students will need 6 / B grade at GCSE in both English Language and Literature in order to take this course. To get a top grade in English Literature you need flair, precision and good judgement.
About Education Provider
| Region | South West |
| Local Authority | Gloucestershire |
| Ofsted Rating | |
| Gender Type | Co-Educational |
| ISI Report | View Report |
| Boarding Fee | Unknown |
| Sixth Form Fee | £9,180 - £23,940 |
| Address | Pitt Street, Gloucester, GL1 2BG |
Inspirational teaching, small classes and excellent results. We offer outstanding support resources for the texts we study – some written and published by our own staff, all of whom are passionate about literature and see the subject as a vocation, not a job. However, our department embraces English and Drama and offers access to an amazing variety of theatre trips, practical workshops, visits to the Cheltenham and Edinburgh Festivals, as well as creative writing opportunities, enrichment opportunities, outside lectures and workshops on set texts. Regular trips to Stratford and participation in epic productions such as West Side Story, Mother Courage, Grease and The Crucible are all part of an amazing departmental menu. We particularly pride ourselves on our inclusiveness at A level, and the phenomenal level of individual support with essay writing and coursework, for example. What will I study during the course? Students will be reading, studying, discussing, arguing about, watching and acting 8 set texts including Shakespeare’s Hamlet ( one of the best plays ever written), Milton’s Paradise Lost (a poet’s attempt to explain the mind of God no less), Nineteen Eighty-Four (a ‘must read’ extraordinary insight into the relationship of the individual and society, modern politics and history), alongside some more contemporary texts such as Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, the iconic A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) and Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Students will be comparing lots of books and ideas and looking at some modern texts and films on the theme of dystopian visions of the future. Students will learn how to write better, be an independent critics, read widely, and express themselves in ways that prepare them brilliantly for the challenge of academic and work life. Students will also go on trips to see plays, take part in workshops, and lead academic discussions and presentations themselves.
Students will need imagination, curiosity, a willingness to try different kinds of reading and respond to different ideas, a readiness to write, to try out books, and begin to think more independently. Students will need 6 / B grade at GCSE in both English Language and Literature in order to take this course. To get a top grade in English Literature you need flair, precision and good judgement.