Curriculum Intent
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Equipping students with a rich body of knowledge that will enable them to interact meaningfully with the wider world
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Developing students to have the analytical skills that are crucial for self-reflection and reflection on challenges within wider society
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Furnishing students with the vital skills to communicate to others through writing and speaking, and with others through reading and listening
Head of Department
Assistant Principal: Communications (English and Modern Foreign Languages)
Mr James Connelly
Year 7
Autumn Term
- Oliver Twist
- Creative Writing: Foundations of Short Stories
Spring Term
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
Summer Term
- Poetry and Allegory
- Reading for Writing: Ancient Tales
Year 8
Autumn Term
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Spring Term
- The Tempest
Summer Term
- Animal Farm
- Rhetoric
Year 9
Autumn Term
- Jane Eyre
Spring Term
- Romeo and Juliet
Summer Term
- Comparative Poetry: Journeys
- Reading for Study
Year 10
Autumn Term
- A Christmas Carol
- English Language Paper 1
Spring Term
- Macbeth
- English Language Paper 2
Summer Term
- An Inspector Calls
- Descriptive and Analytical Writing for GCSE English Language
Year 11
Autumn Term
- Power and Conflict Poetry
- GCSE English Language Revision
Spring Term
- Revision
Summer Term
- Revision