English nurtures development of the fourteen enterprise capabilities as well as providing high quality education for all pupils. In Year 7, students are setted using data from the feeder primary schools' teacher assessment and Key Stage Two results. Pupils remain in these groups until proof of suitable progress has been made. Pupils can then move up or down groups as necessary. Support from Business & Enterprise provides the funds to pay specialist staff to raise achievement in English.
KEY STAGE 3
A selection of schemes of work:
- Autobiography
- Shakespeare
- A Night in the Red Room
- Writing to argue, persuade, advise
- Speaking and Listening
- The New Play
- Writing to Imagine, Explore, Entertain
- Assignment based on Media
- Poetry Comparison
All students follow NEAB AQA/A GCSE English and English Literature over 4 lessons per week. A good grade in English is the gateway to future success and underpins achievement in all other subjects. The course is combined and provides students with 2 GCSEs. There are 2 tiers of entry: foundation tier awards grades G - C, higher tier awards grades D - A*. Decisions regarding tiers of entry are made in year 11 and will be based on performance in the mock exams and on coursework marks.
We aim to enter as many students as possible for both English and English Literature at GCSE.
Coursework consists of 5 written and 3 speaking and listening assignments - all are compulsory. For English, coursework represents 40% of the course and for English Literature it represents 30% of the course. 2 of the written assignments can be used for both English and English Literature awards. They are the responses to a Shakespeare text and the response to
KEY STAGE 4
A very informative site. It covers all aspects of the GCSE course; including some excellent notes on the poems and stories in the Anthology.
http://www.universalteacher.org.uk
Some advice on how to write a good essay
http://www.englishbiz.co.uk
Great revision for Paper 1 and 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english
Lit Paper, revision - Duffy, Armitage, Heaney, Clarke and pre-1914.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature
KEY STAGE 3
Brush up your Shakespeare plus reading and writing papers on this site
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize\'
www.shakespeare4kids.com
Prose study.
www.satspapers.co.uk/englishks3.htm
