English
English Curriculum Intent
We strive to share our passion for English, highlighting the power of language and the responsibility that accompanies its use. We desire that all students have equal opportunity to access the wonderful world of words, empowering them to confidently articulate their view of the human condition and the world they experience. We stress the importance of exploring and respecting alternative viewpoints, making students consciously aware of the effect of their language. Thus, our curriculum aims to introduce students to a diverse selection of texts, including fiction and non-fiction material from a variety of different cultures and social perspectives. This facilitates students in acquiring knowledge and skill over time. Whilst doing so, we also endeavour to enable learners of all abilities to be functionally literate and apply language appropriately in a range of mediums.
The sequencing of material enables students to acquire knowledge whilst developing interpretation, inference, analysis, evaluation, oracy and writing skills over time. Each unit recalls and interleaves knowledge and skill from previous units, maximising student potential to consistently master all strands. Alongside this, we sculpt focus on the more abstract elements of our subject to ensure they are applied to real life situations. This includes issues encountered by our student body and the local community, in line with national curriculum and local police safeguarding guidance. This approach strives to prepare them for their first steps into the wider world and future employment, whilst experiencing a broad and balanced English curriculum.
Curriculum Implementation – Curriculum Map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 7 |
The Hunger Games |
The Hunger Games |
White Poppies |
Romeo and Juliet |
Romeo and Juliet |
Culture and Identity Poetry |
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Year 8 |
Face and Non-Fiction Writing |
Greek Myths and Legends |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Character and Place Poetry |
Twisted Tales |
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Year 9 |
Nineteenth Century Fiction |
Voices (extract study and creative writing) |
The Tempest |
The Tempest |
Poetry: Towards A World Unknown |
Spoken Language Study |
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Year 10 |
Language Paper 1 |
A Christmas Carol |
Macbeth |
Macbeth |
Language Paper 2 An Inspector Calls |
An Inspector Calls |
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Year 11 |
Spoken Language Endorsement
Conflict Poetry |
Power Poetry
Unseen Poetry |
Essay Skills Workshops
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Interleaved Revision- All Units |
Interleaved Revision- All Units |
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Year 12 |
Introduction to Dystopian Fiction
Christina Rossetti Poetry and Literary Theory |
A Doll’s House
Christina Rossetti Poetry |
Hamlet |
A Streetcar Named Desire
Audre Lorde’s Poetry |
Home
NEA Launch |
NEA Writing
Exam Answer Skills |
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Year 13 |
The Handmaid’s Tale
Nineteen Eighty-Four |
The Handmaid’s Tale
Nineteen Eighty-Four
NEA Redraft
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Essay Skills Development- Close Analysis and Comparative Essays |
Interleaved Revision- Focus on Content and Modelling |
Interleaved Revision- Focus of Timed Planning and Writing
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Texts and Exam Boards
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Year 7- 9 Core Texts |
Year 10-11 |
Year 12-13 |
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Exam board: GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature = AQA Exam Board
Core texts:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
An Inspector Calls by J. B. Priestley
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
AQA Power and Conflict Poetry
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Exam board: A Level English Literature = OCR Exam Board
Core texts
Year 12 Dystopian Extracts
OCR Christina Rossetti Poetry Cluster
A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Home by Toni Morrison
Poetry of Audre Lorde: · Litany for Survival · A Woman Speaks · Who said it was simple? · Coal · Girlfriend · Dozens
Year 13 The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Attwood Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
White Poppies by Sue Saunders
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Poetry Unit Poetry Unit: This Is Me Presents From My Aunts in Russian Doll Game Changer Isn’t My Name Magical? The British Where I Come From
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Face by Benjamin Zephaniah
Greek Myths and Legends Pandora’s Box Persephone and Hades King Midas Theseus and the Minotaur Perseus and Medusa Icarus and Dedalus
Character and Place Poetry: The Clown Punk The Laboratory The Hunchback in the Park Hurricane Hits England You Called, We Came Spellbound Medusa The Lady of Shalott
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
The Darkness Out There
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Nineteenth Centry Fiction: Great Expectations Oliver Twist Jane Eyre Frankenstein A Study in Scarlet
Voices- features extracts and TED Talks which include: Of Mice and Men Elizabeth I’s speeches Love, Simon Noughts and Crosses Teacher’s Dead I Am Thunder I Am Malala Anne Frank’s Diary
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Poetry: Towards A World Unknown When We Two Parted Winter Swans Walking Away Mother, any distance Elegy Out of the Blue |
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BBC Bitesize: KS3 English - BBC Bitesize Oak Academy Lessons: Free KS3 English teaching resources | Y7, 8, & 9 | Page 1 of 5 | Oak National Academy Link to phonics games for those still securing phonics : Letters and Sounds, English Games for 5-7 Years - Topmarks |
Mr Bruff Revision Videos: AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5 (2026 Onwards) Oak Academy Lessons: Free KS4 English teaching resources | Y10 & 11 | Page 1 of 2 | Oak National Academy Mrs H Educates Revision Videos: Mrs H. Educates - YouTube
Suggested Revision Guides: Literature · York Notes Revision Guides for: · A Christmas Carol · An Inspector Calls · Macbeth · AQA Power and Conflict Poetry · SPAG Workbook
Language SNAP revision guides for: · AQA English Language Reading · AQA English Language Writing |
Suggested Revision Guides: York Notes A Level Revision Guides for: · A Doll’s House · Nineteen Eighty-Four · The Handmaid’s Tale · A Streetcar Named Desire
Christina Rossetti Selected Poems Revision Guide by Charlotte Unsworth
Useful websites: The British Library: The National Library of the UK - The British Library
Free online English Literature / Creative Writing courses | OpenLearn - Open University
E Mag online (please ask teachers for log in details)
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