This engaging course has been designed to inspire, nurture and develop learners and covers a wide range of topics from criminal law to human rights. This qualification is designed to develop knowledge and skills for the further study of law, and related subjects, such as business and politics. You will develop your knowledge of the law in England, and an awareness of law in a European and global context. The course will enable you to understand the changing nature of law and the interaction between law, morals, justice, society and explore how the law has an impact on human rights.
Learners will be introduced to the concept of how the law is established and made in the UK looking at how Laws are passed in Parliament. The concept of legal liability will be learnt through the study of criminal law and the law of tort (a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm). This will enable them to develop and apply the techniques of legal method and reasoning to analyse and offer answers to legal problem based scenarios. These answers will be based on legal rules and principles and use a number of recent case law examples to demonstrate their understanding of the law.
The A Level in Law will develop learners’ knowledge of law through advanced study of an additional legal subject, human rights law. Students will also develop their critical awareness of the law through the study of the nature of law in which they will develop an understanding of how the law interacts with morality, justice and society.
See the curriculum map for a full breakdown of what is taught in Y12-13
In Law we assess students’ understanding through a range of formative strategies. Formative assessment is all about supporting learning ‘during’ the learning process.
Methods used in Law include a range of questioning techniques and responsive teaching in lessons. Students are encouraged to stop and reflect, to make sense of what they have heard or read. They have the opportunity to collaborate with others as they develop and demonstrate their understanding of concepts. To be an expert in this subject students will be encouraged to use content specific language throughout their learning journey and be able to apply the law to any given scenario.A Level Law consists of three examined components. Candidates must sit Paper 1 (The legal system and criminal law), Paper 2 (Law making and the law of tort) plus either Paper 3 (The nature of law and human rights) or paper 4 (The nature of law and law of contract). At Sprowston, we feel that the most interesting and accessible to our students is Component 3. This also fits in well with the whole school ethos.
The qualification is awarded out of a total of 240 marks over 3 exams. There are 80 marks available for each paper. Exams are all 2 hours long and the weightings for all 3 components is split equally at 33.33% making each exam of equal importance to the final overall grade.
The papers will contain structured questions and extended writing. There is no coursework.