Why Study English Literature?  Employers LOVE English graduates: research shows companies value communication, collaboration, critical thinking, independence, adaptability. English teaches all of these.  It’s sociable! English degrees rely on talking, arguing and communicating with others. It’s accessed in all kinds of different ways: creative work, reviews, presentations, coursework, discussions, essays, portfolios as well as traditional exams.  It’s ‘learning from the past, in the present, for the future.’  It’s about creativity – not just in the texts you read but how you respond, think and change in relation to them.  We’re shaped by language, studying its use and significance is important and exciting.  English isn’t always English – texts in English come from across the globe and bear witness to the diverse cultures that produced them.  You’ll read a rich range of wonderful novels, poems, plays and texts that can’t easily be categorised, (plus works of history, philosophy, theory and more…)  English doesn’t always start out in the UK: texts in translation help us to read across national borders and to think about communication between cultures. What is it we offer? 1. A friendly committed staff who will support you, both in class, and in tutorial sessions, providing an engaging curriculum and covering a range of genres and time periods. 2. A designated 6th Form Library for English A Level students with great critical materials over a period of time, supported by journals and online resources. 3. Targeted Study Days in both Year 12 and Year 13 covering cultural context and alternative reading of texts – which will broaden and deepen your experience of the texts studied. 4. An Intensive Saturday Revision School in both Year 12 and 13 to improve your chances of exam success. 5. Regular Theatre trips, not just to productions of the examination texts but to others – to enrich your cultural capital. 6. Supporting University applications for future studies in a practical “hands-on” way.