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Head of English: Mrs K. Lucas
Email: lucask@hattonacademy.org.uk

Literacy Co-ordinator: Ms S. Harcup
Email: harcups@hattonacademy.org.uk

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Assessment Information

KS4

English Language GCSE
Exam Board: AQA
Assessment: 2 written papers and a non-examination assessment.

  • Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing; 1 hour 45 minutes; 80 marks (worth 50%)
  • Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives; 1 hour 45 minutes; 80 marks (worth 50%)
  • Non-examination Assessment: Spoken Language assessed by class teacher (worth 0%)

Revision Guide: Paper 1 and Paper 2 

English Literature GCSE
Exam Board: AQA
Assessment: 2 written exams.

  • Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel; 1 hour 45 minutes, 64 marks (worth 40%)
  • Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry; 2 hours 15 minutes; 96 marks (worth 60%)

Revision Guides: Romeo and JulietA Christmas Carol; Power and Conflict PoemsAn Inspector Calls 

KS5

English Language and Literature A Level
Exam Board: Edexcel
Assessment: 2 written exams and 1 non-examination assessment.

  • Paper 1: Voices in Speech and Writing; 2 hours 30 minutes; 50 marks (worth 40%)
  • Paper 2: Varieties of Language and Literature; 2 hours 30 minutes; 50 marks (worth 40%)
  • Non-examination Assessment: Investigating and Creating Texts; 2500 - 3250 words (worth 20%)

Revision Guide

English Literature A Level
Exam board: Edexcel
Assessment: 3 written exams and 1 non-examination assessment.

  • Paper 1: Drama - Hamlet and Dr Faustus; 2 hours 15 minutes; 60 makers (worth 30%)
  • Paper 2: Prose - Beloved and The Picture of Dorian Gray; 1 hour 15 minutes; 40 marks (worth 20%)
  • Paper 3: Poetry - Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011 and The Modernist Period; 2 hour 15 minutes; 60 marks (worth 30%)
  • Non-examined Assessment: One extended comparative essay referring to two texts; 2500 - 3000 words (worth 20%)

Revision Guide