The Kings Advanced Level Foundation - Brighton
Program start date | Application deadline |
2024-01-08 | - |
2024-09-11 | - |
Program Overview
The Kings Advanced Level Foundation
Overview
The Kings Advanced Level Foundation is based on A-level syllabuses, taught by A-level teachers, assessed against A-levels and moderated by an independent Advisory Board of external examiners. As such, it is one of the most highly academic and successful pathways to leading UK universities.
Program Outline
Learning outcomes
- Gain UK national university entrance qualification
- Raise English to university level
- Develop study skills required at degree level
- Develop specialist subject expertise
Why choose the Advanced Level Foundation?
Kings works with a wide range of university partners. This is because our Advanced Level Foundation is based on, and linked to, A-levels. It is therefore automatically recognised and accepted by the widest choice of universities. Out of the Top 25 universities listed in the Times and Sunday Times 2019 rankings, 20 have accepted Kings Foundation students.
Pearson assured
The Kings Advanced Level Foundation has Pearson assured status, awarded after an annual Pearson audit of quality assurance.
Advisory Panel
Standards for the Programme are set by an external and independent Advisory Board which meets three times each year to ensure best practice, moderate marks where required and hear appeals.
Benchmarking against A-Level grades
Typical top 30 university offers to students following the Programme are based on their normal A-level offers.
The Programme is benchmarked against A-level grades as follows:
Typical A-level offer
A*A*A*
Typical Kings Foundation offer
80%
AAA
AAB
75%
70%
ABB
BBB
65%
60%
CCC
50%
Course content and structure
The programme is highly flexible, and able to adapt to the needs and academic aspirations of each student. It does this through a combination of core modules and a series of elective modules which can be combined in different ways to create main subject streams.
Core subjects
These form the basis of all Advanced Level Foundation pathways.
They give you the vital platform you need to acquire subject specific knowledge.
- Communication and Study Skills
- Data Handling and Information Technology
Elective subjects
Choose three subjects from a range of electives.
Like A-levels, subject modules can be combined in any way according to your strengths, interests and degree entry requirements.
We will advise you on the best subject combination for your intended degree.
You can choose combinations which are not 'typical', for example Maths, Art and Physics, but which might be the best path to your specific degree.
- Art and Design
- Biology
- Business Studies
- Chemistry
- Economics
- Geography
- Government and Politics
- History
- Law
- Mathematics
- Further Mathematics
- Physics
- Psychology
Assessment
Students are assessed at the end of each term and the results of each assessment go towards the final grade:
- Term 1 Assessment: 30%
- Term 2 Assessment: 35%
- Term 3 Assessment: 35%
September Sample academic calendar (2023-2024)
Year 1
September
- 11th: term starts
- Student induction
October
- 23rd – 27th: half term
- Progress tests
November
- University fairs and talks
December
- 15th: term ends
- End of term exams
January
- 8th: term starts
February
- 15th – 16th: half term
- Progress tests
- University fairs
March
- End of term exams
- 22nd: term ends
April
- 8th: term starts
May
- Progress tests
June
- Exams
- 14th: term ends