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English Certificate Level 2

  • SLOUGH AND LANGLEY COLLEGE
  • LEVEL 2

Course Overview

A course specially designed for young learners aged 16 to 18 who need to study GCSE English and Maths, employability, digital skills and ESOL.

Course Code

FF2FENG6L0

End Date

Fri, 03 Jul 2026

Entry Requirements

Once you apply for this course online, you’ll be called to come for an initial assessment.

Course information

You will be coming to college for three days and within one year will be able to achieve a minimum of 5 different qualifications:

– GCSE English
– GCSE Maths
– Living and Working in the UK
– Digital Skills
– Employability skills

1 year

The qualification is 90% exam based: Paper 1 is worth 70% of the final mark and covers two non fiction texts, one seen and one unseen, and two longer writing tasks. Paper two is worth 20% of the final mark and covers a reading question based on a poem or short story and two short writing tasks. Speaking and listening is also assessed and is worth 10% of the final mark and learners complete a group discussion, an individual presentation and a paired presentation.

The course is 3 hours a week for 1 year.

Learners are encouraged to build their skills so that they can get a job, get promotion or access university.

Employment opportunities or other courses in our college.