One Year A Level courses

English Language isn't that hard to keep up with. Depends on what examination board you'll be under.

I think it's possible to achieve a sensible, reasonable grade. But to get an A is quite ambitious, if you mean doing the whole AS and A2 level within 9 months, is going to be so strenuous and demanding to not just you, but to anyone who is willing to put themselves through that aha.

Good luck!

Would you recommend going for a different course instead? My college also offers a Philosophy & Religion course that may be slightly easier to handle in one year?
Only a lot of the universities I have been looking at ask for AAA-AAB :/

Well I also do Philosophy and Ethics, but I don't know about "Philosophy & Religion". If it's the same as my on which is OCR, then I should really dissuade you from doing that within a whole year. It's one of the most complicated A-levels you could encounter. My friend who got all A*s and As at GCSE and got AAAB in AS (Biology, Chemistry, Maths and Geography (B) ) and she's predicted all As in her A2 year. And I showed her my book for The Ontological Argument which doesn't require previous knowledge to be understood and she found it really hard to grasp, coming from an straight-A student!!
I found it so hard, it was my difficult subject out of English Lit, English Lang and History. It's hard dependent on who you study. Some philosophers and moralists are harder than others, because their concept and principles have been around for literally centuries and nothing from this day has come to surpass it.

So if I had to pick out of English Language and (OCR) Philosophy & Ethics, I say pick English Language. Also, you will do coursework in English, whatever the exam board so that should be some conciliation to you. But by no means should you want to take Philosophy if you cannot handle it. It's 100% exam and because at A2, you don't study any philosopher you studied at AS, it becomes harder because it's learning it all over again, but at a higher standard. Whereas English Lang, you learn lots of things at AS and you can apply the knowledge and skills to your A2 studies.