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- Mrs Abel – Curriculum Leader
- Miss Marlowe – Assistant Curriculum Leader
- Mrs Fernandez-Arias – Assistant Headteacher and teacher of English
- Mr Mayell – Co-Headteacher and teacher of English
- Mrs Jackson – Director of Literacy and teacher of English
- Miss Corrigan – Teacher of English
- Miss Fitzpatrick Teacher of English
- Miss Hudson – Teacher of English
- Mrs Moss – Teacher of English
- Mrs Shareef – Teacher of English
- Miss Stead – Teacher of English
- Mrs Van-Hessing – Teacher of English and maths
- Miss Checkland-Harding – Teaching assistant
Key Stage 3
Throughout Key Stage 3, students will study a range of fiction and non-fiction texts. They are encouraged to plan, draft and present a range of writing suitable for different purposes and audiences. They also complete a range of speaking and listening activities. Assessment is completed in line with the National Curriculum framework, using the APP model (in short a student is ‘levelled’ through an accumulation of different tasks with different assessment foci.
| Year 7 curriculum | ||||||
| ½ term 1 | ½ term 2 | ½ term 3 | ½ term 4 | ½ term 5 | ½ term 6 | |
| Topic | Journeys and Alter Egos: Creative and Imaginative Fictional Writing | ‘The Other Side of Truth’ by Beverley Naidoo:Study of a novel | Identity and Poetry: A study of a range of poems on the theme of identity | Action Adventure: Creative and imaginative non-fictional writing | Action Adventure continued | The Gothic:Study of 19th century and modern short stories from the gothic genre and Dracula:The study of a playscript |
| Year 8 curriculum | ||||||
| ½ term 1 | ½ term 2 | ½ term 3 | ½ term 4 | ½ term 5 | ½ term 6 | |
| Topic | Short Stories:Study of a short story and Spies:Creative and Imaginative Fictional Writing | ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell:Study of a novel | ‘Romeo and Juliet’: Study of the Shakespeare play (including non-fiction writing) | ‘Romeo and Juliet’: Study of the Shakespeare play (including non-fiction writing) | Science Fiction:A study of a range of texts and imaginative creative writing in the science fiction genre | Science Fiction and ‘Noughts and Crosses’: The study of a playscript |
| Year 9 curriculum | ||||||
| ½ term 1 | ½ term 2 | ½ term 3 | ½ term 4 | ½ term 5 | ½ term 6 | |
| Topic | Dystopia: A study of a range of texts from the Dystopian genre and creative, imaginative writing in the same style | ‘Othello’:Study of the Shakespeare play | Love Poetry:A study of a range of poems on the theme of the many forms of love | Issues that Matter Creative and imaginative non-fictional writing | ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck: The study of a novel | ‘Of Mice and Men’ by John Steinbeck and ‘DNA’ by Dennis Kelly: the study of a playscript |
Key Stage 4 : GCSE English Language & English Literature
All students will follow two courses:
- English Language
- English Literature
An outline of the courses are shown below and full details/support materials can be found at: www.aqa.org.uk
Specification at a glance:
Assessments
All assessments are compulsory
All assessments are closed book: any stimulus materials required will be provided as part of the assessment
Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
What’s assessed
Shakespeare
The 19th-century novel
How it’s Accessed
Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
64 marks
40% of GCSE
Paper 2: modern texts and poetry
What’s assessed
modern texts
Poetry
Unseen poetry
How it’s Accessed
written exam: 2 hour 15 minutes
96 marks
60% of GCSE
Assessments
All texts in the examination will be unseen.
Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing
What’s assessed
Section A: Reading
One literature fiction text
Section B: Writing
Description or narrative writing
Accessed
Written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
80 marks
50% of GCSE
Paper 2: Writers’ Viewpoint and Perspectives
What’s assessed
Section A: Reading
one non-fiction text and one literary non-fiction text
Section B: Writing
writing to present a viewpoint
Accessed
written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
80% marks
50% of GCSE
Non-examination Assessment:Spoken Language
What’s assessed
(AO7-AO9)
presenting
responding to questions and feedback
use of standard
Accessed
teacher set throughout course
marked by teacher
separate endorsement (0% weighting of GCSE)