Maximising Success: A* at A-level English Literature

  • How to achieve the highest grade

  • See an upturn in all grades, with:

    • identification strategies
    • grade criteria analysis
    • new approaches to writing
    • independent reading
  • A practical toolkit to get your pupils those vital extra marks

Share this with a colleague:

Unfortunately, this course isn’t running at the moment.

Description

Understand how top marks are awarded

What are the criteria for reaching A grade and above?

Who will achieve these grades? It’s not necessarily who you’d expect!

What techniques will increase the number of students to attain top marks?

 

The national agenda for A-Level English

The latest updates from Ofsted, DfE and exam boards

Unpick grade boundaries

 

Provide the keys to success

Unpick assessment objectives for marginal gains

Ensure a smooth transition between GCSE and A-Level English

Integrate new approaches to teaching:

  • context

  • other interpretations

  • literary theory

Develop a critical disposition

Embed collaborative learning

Encourage wider reading

Build language capacity for top-band writing

Drive student-led and independent learning

Map student progression

Evaluate and improve pupil progress

 

A range of resources to develop higher-level responses:

  • routines for reading

  • new approaches to context

  • resources for wider reading

  • sample written answers

  • formative assessment strategies

  • ways to approach context

  • techniques to manage the demands of the new linear A-Level course

brochures

Additional information

Subject

English & Literacy

Course Type

Curriculum & Qualifications, G&T, Teaching & Learning

Key Stage

Key Stage 5