GCSEs for Access to HE courses - Level 2
Overview
Get the GCSEs you need for university.
If you’re aged 19+ and planning to go to university but don’t yet have GCSE English and maths at grade 4-9 (C or above) to join an Access to Higher Education course, this course is for you.
Designed to help you achieve the necessary GCSEs, this programme prepares you to progress onto an Access to Higher Education course at the college.
What's more you can study this course for FREE. Contact us for more information 0808 100 3626.
Start dates and fees
| Start Date | Part/Full-time | Code | Fee | Actions |
| 01/09/2025 | PT | 1586A901 | TBC | Apply |
E You may be eligible for fee exemption depending on your circumstances. Please see our fees for adult learners page for more information.
What will I study?
GCSE English
You will focus on developing a number of skills while studying a variety of extracts from literary texts spanning the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
The main skills you will cover are:
- Being able to identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas.
- Selecting and synthesising evidence from different texts.
- Being able to explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views.
- Comparing writers’ ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts.
- Evaluating texts critically and support this with appropriate textual references.
- Communicating clearly, effectively and imaginatively; selecting and adapting tone, style and register for different forms, purposes and audiences.
- Organising information and ideas; using structural and grammatical features to support coherence and cohesion of texts.
- Using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
GCSE maths
Follows the GCSE mathes curriculum at foundation level with Educas examination board. It covers the broad topics of:
- number
- algebra
- measure, shape and space
- statistics
- problem solving.
Entry requirements
You will be required to undertake a diagnostic assessment prior to starting the course.
How long is the course?
- One year.
- Attendance is 1-2 days per week.
Career opportunities
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