GCSE English (evening) - Free to UK resident for 3 years and don't have a GCSE at Grade 4/C

13/09/2022 Format
06/06/2023
Tuesday - 13/09/2022 at 18:00 PM till 21:00 PM
ACCEP201 (2022/2023)
Accrington and Rossendale College, Accrington and Rossendale Colleg, Broad Oak Campus,Accrington,BB5 2AS

You may be entitled to a discount if you are in receipt of one or more benefits:

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If the above applies to you, you will be asked to provide evidence of this before you make a payment. You will find further instructions after you have completed the enrolment steps.

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You may be entitled to this course for free. There are two cases where you may qualify for this:

If you are currently unemployed, are looking for work and are in receipt of one or more of the following benefits you may qualify for a discount:

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If the above applies to you, you will be asked to provide evidence of this before you make a payment. You will find further instructions after you have completed the enrolment steps.

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Please note that the College is only able to offer this course at the rates publicised on this website to those individuals aged 19+ or over on 31st August 2022 whose home address is in areas of England outside of the devolved authority areas of: Cambridge and Peterborough, Greater Manchester, Greater London, Liverpool City Region, Tees Valley, West Midlands and West of England. Where an individual resides outside of England or in one of the devolved areas then the College reserves the right to charge you for the delivery of the course at a rate of £10.55 per hour. This is in line with the College’s Fees Policy which is published on our websites.

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Free to UK resident for 3 years and don't have a GCSE at Grade 4/C

In GCSE English you will get to study the underpinning skills needed for academic reading and writing, to set you up for a fantastic future. We develop your skills in analysing language, critically evaluating texts, comparing ideas and viewpoints alongside creative and viewpoint writing. All the skills for success in employment, industry, university and in life. This free* course expands your opportunities and increases your horizons.

This course is offered in two streams: a fast-track intensive (Only students identified as being strong candidates on the initial assessment will be offered the fast-track pathway.) and a year-long course.

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The course has two specific focuses, developing your understanding and responses to unseen texts:
• Explorations in creative reading and writing (Fiction paper 1) - 1Hr 35 Min Exam
• Writers' viewpoints and perspectives (Non fiction paper 2) - 1Hr 35 Min Exam

Alongside the two external examinations held there is a spoken language endorsement which does not count towards any final grade but is a presentation on a topic of your choice assessed by your teacher. This allows you to showcase your new skills and enhance your spoken delivery. This is to help your thrive in interviews, proposals, and pitches of any kind.

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There may be fees for this course if you have previously studied GCSE English and achieved a grade 4 or C and above.

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This course enables you to access higher educations and help you achieve your dreams of going to university, makes you more employable and provides opportunities to access higher level apprenticeships. It also supports your own knowledge and skills.

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This course has now started and we can no longer accept applications online. Cant Apply Reason
The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.
Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.
At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.
If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help

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