Our aim is to create successful users of the English language: literate, confident, empathetic team players and leaders. We are creating successful readers, writers and speakers who read widely around the curriculum, for educational purposes and pleasure. We are investing in explicit vocabulary instruction to combat word poverty and always supporting pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their full potential.Through a creative, stimulating and rigorous curriculum, we are developing well rounded individuals who will contribute positively to their community and the wider world.
We implement our English curriculum by using a wide range of innovative and engaging teaching and learning strategies. Many are listed below
- Lesson planning and Learning Walks
- Knowing our pupils
- Positive pupil and teacher relationships
- Regular homework
- Literacy support lessons
- SPAG teaching
- Modelling in lessons- Live modelling by teacher, paired peer writing and AQA exam board examples from Exampro.
- Regular retrieval activities embedded into SOWs
- Reading aloud in class
- Library lessons
- Reading homework
- Oracy activities and Oracy assessments
- Debates, Drama and Role Play activities
- Extra curricular clubs, competitions and trips
- Moderation of KS3/KS4 work
- Shared resources
- Google classroom- resources uploaded for revision
- Intervention KS4 after school/ revision sessions
- Expose pupils to a range of texts e.g: diversity of non fiction, poetry, fiction literary work.
- Pupils work in groups, pairs and independently.
At the core of our curriculum are the learning levers. Every English lesson will have elements of the learning levers: modelling, retrieval practice, deliberate practice and live marking. These are all firmly embedded in our teaching and form the solid basis of our curriculum
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Grades achieved at 7-9
Point 9 Average Score
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