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A-Levels

Advanced Level courses, commonly known as ‘A-Levels’ are Year 12 & 13 courses that are typically taken by students between the ages of 16 – 19 years. A-Levels are the mostly widely recognised qualification for entry to UK universities.

The Abbey College Cambridge A-Level Programme is taught over two year (September start) and eighteen month (January start) durations. A-Level students take four subjects in their first year/first two terms and four or three subjects in their second year. Students with an English level of below IELTS 7.5 (or equivalent) will also study Academic English during their first year of study.

Abbey College Cambridge’s A-Level results place us amongst the UK’s best independent schools.

Subjects available

ACCOUNTING

Learn the ‘language of business.’

ART & DESIGN

Artistic skill underpins every creative practice.

BIOLOGY

Study living things and the processes that sustain them.

BUSINESS STUDIES

Understand business activity from small scale to multinational organisations.

CHEMISTRY

See life at molecular, atomic, sub-atomic levels.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

Computer science is concerned with problem solving: modelling and analysing problems, designing solutions, and implementing them.

ECONOMICS

Understand the forces that drive the world around us.

ENGLISH LITERATURE

Study poetry, prose and drama.

Further Mathematics

Broaden and deepen your maths knowledge.

GEOGRAPHY

What happens when landscapes and humans collide?

HISTORY

Learn from the past.

MATHEMATICS

Model reality, describe discoveries and open the doors to the unknown.

Photography

Open up an exciting platform for personal expression through traditional and digital image-making.

PHYSICS

Study the most fundamental and widest reaching science.

POLITICS

How is power wielded around the world?

PSYCHOLOGY

Study science of the mind.

Course details and entry requirements

A-LEVEL COURSE START DATES AND DURATION

September (2 year programme)

January (18 month programme)

A-LEVEL ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS

Minimum IELTS 5.5, or equivalent level qualification and successfully passing the college interview process.

Students can sit an online English test administered by the college as proof of English level.

A-LEVEL AGE REQUIREMENTS

16 – 19 years old on entry

A-LEVEL COURSE: ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

5 GCSE passes at Grade C or equivalent.

Students without a pass at grade C in GCSE or IGCSE English Language, or with an Academic English score below 7 overall, must join an Academic English course for the duration of their first academic year. This will be timetabled alongside the student’s A-Level lessons. To find out more about the UK Education system and equivalent level qualifications, please visit our UK Education System page.