Psychology

The document linked below outlines how we have sequenced knowledge and skills in each academic year:

Enrichment

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Click here to access the KS5 Psychology Super Curriculum.

Careers

Psychology is a great starting point for a career in both science and the arts, as it equips you with a range of skills and opens up opportunities with many kinds of employers.

Although some psychology graduates become professional psychologists, many go on to work in related fields.

Major employers include: careers and counselling services, commercial and industrial companies, financial organisations, human resources departments, legal firms and organisations providing advice, local and national government, marketing companies, the media, the NHS, police forces, the National Probation Service and prisons, schools, colleges, universities, social research organisations and social services.

Career ideas: psychologist (clinical, counselling, educational, forensic, health, occupational, sport & exercise), teaching/lecturing, therapist, wellbeing practitioner, advice worker, border forces officer, careers advisor, chaplain, counsellor, psychotherapist, education consultant, Human Resources officer, life coach, market researcher, mediator, neuroscientist, social researcher.

Click here to find out more about careers in Psychology.

Key Stage 5

Qualification: A Level Psychology
Exam board: AQA

Over a fortnightly timetable, A Level students receive:

  • 10 hours of guided learning.
  • 10 hours of homework.

Click here to read more about this course.