EA6 Curriculum

Our EA6 curriculum for 2023/24 will help to prepare you for an EPIC future in a career of your choice or at university. You will have a choice of a range of A-level and vocational courses to suit you, and ensure you future academic and career success.

Students will study either core maths – which provides functional maths skills which will be useful for a range of subjects including psychology, biology, chemistry and business – or the Extended Project Qualification – which allows students the opportunity to develop their research skills and consolidate their ability to learn independently. Each of these qualifications is worth an additional AS grade and will therefore provide students with additional UCAS points. 

Students also have free choice across the five option blocks, but can only select one option from each block.

The option blocks are:

Option A
Sociology
Mathematics

Option B
Law
Chemistry
Art/3D Design

Option C
Geography
Psychology
BTEC Sport

Option D
English Literature
BTEC Computing
Finance

Option E
History
Biology
Business

Entry requirements

The basic entry requirement is 5 x 4+ grades, including English Language and Mathematics.

The following subject-specific entry requirements also apply:

  • Sociology: 5 in English Language
  • Mathematics: 7 in mathematics
  • Law: 5 in English language or 5 in history
  • Geography: 6 in geography
  • Psychology: 5 in English language or 5:5 in science
  • BTEC sport: merit in sport
  • English literature: 6 in English literature
  • BTEC computing: 6 in computer science
  • History: 5 in history
  • Biology: 6:6 in science

For students that are unsure what subjects they would like to study, we suggest the following pathways:

Option A
Sociology

Option B
Law

Option C
Psychology

Option C
Geography

Option D
English Literature

Option E
History

Option A
Mathematics

Option B
Chemistry

Option C
Psychology

Option E
Biology

Option B
3D Design

Option C
BTEC Sport

Option D
Finance

Option D
BTEC Computing

Option E
Business