English lit and Lang GCSE

Speak to a student advisor on your course, it very much depends on your course qualifications and what you want to do afterwards

I'm surprised you weren't asked to retake language in sixth form, because language is the important one. Literature doesn't matter at all (unless you're taking it as an A Level).

When universities say you need English and Maths, it's language that they mean. They couldn't give a stuff about GCSE English literature.

Lit is definitely not an equivalent to language. By equivalent they mean something like IGCSE instead of GCSE.

If your uni hasn't specifically asked for it though, I highly doubt they'll bring it up.

I was told to retake but they said something along the lines of if you have a five in literature, you do not need to resit as it will average out as a pass. And since then it was never brought up. I would still be able to graduate right?

If you're already at uni and it hasn't been questioned about it, you're fine, don't worry about it.

What your sixth form told you is utterly bizarre though as they are two separate subjects.

Maybe because I was the first year of students who went through the whole “number graded GCSEs” there were different rules back then, obviously it probably different now. And I’m sure there’s loads of people how have had a degree with a failed gcse. I’m literally trying to reassure myself. So they wouldn’t kick me out right? I’m so sorry if I am persistently asking this.

I need some advice as last year I took the gcse for English literature and got a 3 but this year I took English language and if I get a high grade let’s say will I have to retake English literature