The LAE curriculum is academically rigorous and challenging. Accordingly, places will be offered to applicants who are assessed as being most likely to meet our minimum entry requirements and who will benefit from the opportunities offered at LAE.

Minimum Entry Requirements

To meet our minimum entry requirements, all applicants must demonstrate that they are likely to:

• achieve at least five 9-7 GCSE grades (A*-A in unreformed subjects)
• achieve a grade 6 or above in both GCSE Mathematics and English Language.
• achieve at least a 9-7 grade in the GCSE subjects they wish to continue to study at A level in Year 12 and meet minimum course requirements

Subject Specific Entry Requirements

A Level Subject	GCSE Subject Required	GCSE Grade	Special Notes
Biology	GCSE Biology plus GCSE Mathematics plus average GCSE Maths & Science grades	7+ 8+ 7+	Also studying another A level in Science, Psychology, Geography or Maths
Chemistry	GCSE Chemistry plus GCSE Mathematics plus average GCSE Maths & Science grades	7+ 8+ 7+
Economics	GCSE Mathematics plus GCSE English Literature or Language	7+ 7+
English Literature	GCSE English Literature plus GCSE English Language	7+ 7+
French	GCSE French	7+	Or French as home language if not taken at GCSE (subject to proficiency test)
Geography	GCSE Geography plus GCSE English Language and/or Maths	7+ 7+
History	GCSE History if History not taken GCSE English Language	7+	Grades in other Humanities subjects considered on a case by case basis
History of Art	GCSE English Language or Literature	7+
Italian	GCSE Italian	7+	Or Italian as home language if not taken at GCSE (subject to proficiency test)
Maths	If taken with a Humanity or Social Science A level subject,  GCSE Maths If taken with any combination of Chemistry, Biology or Physics A level subject, GCSE Maths	7+   8+	Note: students with a grade 7 will have significant gaps in GCSE skills and knowledge and will have to work very hard to overcome this
Further Maths	GCSE Mathematics	9+
Philosophy	GCSE English Literature or Language	7+	Will consider GCSE Religious Studies at 7+ as an alternative to English Literature. Other humanities subjects considered on a case by case basis
Physics	GCSE Physics (or Combined Science) plus GCSE Maths plus average GCSE Maths & Science grades	8+ 8+ 7+	Also studying Year 12 Maths
Politics	GCSE English Language plus GCSE Geography, History, Sociology, Politics or English Literature	7+ 7+
Psychology	GCSE Maths and/or English Language plus Science GCSE (preferably Biology)	7+ 7+
Spanish	GCSE Spanish	7+	Or Spanish as home language if not taken at GCSE (subject to proficiency test)

Notes:

• it is possible to study Economics, History,  Psychology or Philosophy and Theology (RS) in Year 12 if the subject was not studied at GCSE;
• it is very unlikely that French, Spanish, Mandarin or Italian can be studied in Year 12 if the subject was not studied at GCSE;
• in some cases, a minimum grade in a relevant supporting GCSE subject may be required for an offer-holder to be enrolled for the study of a particular subject at A level