Our approach
English is the art of effective thought, interpretation, and communication. It is the bedrock of the curriculum, developing pupils’ essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills; and enabling them to become knowledgeable and empathetic citizens. Pupils will study English through distinct disciplinary concepts – story, context, figurative language, argument, grammar and vocabulary. The curriculum is designed to allow pupils to recognise, transfer and deepen their knowledge of English. Pupils read a wide range of texts from different genres, places, and time periods; considering how a range of different voices use texts to build worlds and convey their viewpoints and perspectives to different audiences. Using consistent and well-practised approaches, which are carefully mapped backwards from Year 13 to Year 7, pupils explore the relationships between readers and texts. Pupils learn to think critically about the world and what others write about it, and in turn, express their own worldview confidently and successfully.
Exam Board
KS4: AQA
KS5: Edexcel
Mrs Emily Meachin
Curriculum Overview
Year 7
‘Relationships and Belonging’
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Making inferences about the presentation of Conor’s grief in ‘A Monster Calls’. |
Setting description inspired by a range of literary extracts. |
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Year 8
‘Justice and Equality’
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Setting and character description inspired by the gothic. |
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Year 9
‘Conflict and Heroism’
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Year 10
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Autumn Language |
Autumn Literature |
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Language Paper 1, Section B: creative writing |
‘Macbeth’ by William Shakespeare Power & Conflict poetry anthology, Cluster 1: War |
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Spring Literature |
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Language Paper 2, Section B: transactional writing |
‘An Inspector Calls’ by J.B. Priestley |
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Summer Literature |
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Language Paper 1, Section A: explorations in creative writing |
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Year 11
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Autumn Language |
Autumn Literature |
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Power & Conflict poetry anthology, Cluster 3: Power of nature and man
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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Spring Literature |
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‘Jekyll and Hyde’ by Robert Louis Stevenson |
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Summer Literature |
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Year 12
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Shakespeare – ‘Othello’ What makes a tragic hero? |
Atwood – ‘The Handmaid's Tale’ Why is it important to hear marginalised voices? |
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Williams – ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ What makes a tragic hero? |
Shelley – ‘Frankenstein’ How do Victorian writers portray good and evil in their society? |
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Coursework (‘The Lord of the Flies’ and ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’) |
Coursework (‘The Lord of the Flies’ and ‘Songs of Innocence and Experience’) |
Year 13
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Victorian Poetry anthology How do poets portray the universal human experience? |
Modern Poetry anthology How do poets portray the universal human experience? |
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