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Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities- Subject Overview
- KS3 Structure
- KS3 Content
- KS4 Structure
- KS4 Content
- Additional Information
Members of Staff and Roles/Responsibilities
| Mr Kevin Waite | Curriculum Team Leader |
| Miss Nina Bennett | Deputy Team Leader and Lead Teacher for G&T |
| Mrs Elvira Morris | i/c KS3 |
| Mrs Jane Cowling | AST for English |
| Mrs Caroline Hodgson | Teacher of English |
| Mrs Rowena Guzy | Teacher of English and ITT Mentor |
| Miss Navjot Hundal | Teacher of English and ITT Mentor |
| Miss Jenna Premchand | Teacher of English |
| Ms Jane Ward | Teacher of English & Assistant Principal |
English Overview
Students follow the National Curriculum Programmes of Study and the National Literacy Framework. Our aim is to help students become effective communicators, orally and in writing, as well as competent and thoughtful readers who read regularly for pleasure. In addition to the formal study of novels, plays, poems and non fiction texts, all students in Key Stage 3 begin each lesson with a short period of personal reading using books of their choice from either the college or public libraries.
Each unit of study in KS3 is followed by a formal assessment to test students’ skills, knowledge and understanding and the marks are recorded to create a profile of the student’s achievement and to enable them to be given clear progress targets.
At Key Stage 4 students are prepared for GCSE English and GCSE English Language and Literature (Welsh Board) and may also take Adult Literacy and Numeracy examinations. A small number of students only take GCSE English.
KS3 Structure
All students are taught in setted groups. Students with significant problems with Literacy are withdrawn from some English lessons to receive targeted help in small groups from the Learning Support Faculty. Students in Year 7 who are not yet working at a secure Level 4 and whose reading ages are between 8 years six months and ten years follow a Booster programme aimed specifically at raising their reading ages as quickly as possible to ensure that they are able to access the full English curriculum in Year 8 and after.
In Year 9 following the withdrawal of SATs tests, pupils take a formal controlled assessment designed to help them become more successful at KS4 as well as to access the curriculum more effectively. A small number of girls for whom the formal test would not be appropriate will sit the Standard Assessment Tasks instead.
KS3 Content
| Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
Units of work include: Poetry for pleasure |
Units of work include: A history of language |
Units of work include: Shakespeare play Reading non-fiction Unseen poetry and comparison |
KS4 Structure
Students are taught in sets across six ability bands focussing on coursework and examination skills.
Coursework
Each student will complete four pieces of coursework covering writing to entertain, poetry and drama and different cultures. Each pupil will also be assessed on three separate speaking and listening tasks as part of their coursework requirement. This coursework counts towards 20% of marks for English only students and and 30% of marks for English Language and English Literature students.
Exams
There are two 1 hour papers for English counting for 40% of each pupil's overall grade and for English Literature, there are two 2 hour papers counting for 75% of each pupil's overall grade.
There are two tiers of exam entry:
Tier Grades available
Higher A* - D
Foundation C - G
KS4 Content
| Year 10 | Year 11 |
3 coursework essays: Two Speaking and Listening Assignments
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Final coursework essay: Speaking and Listening Assignment (coursework) Revision |
Additional Information
Those pupils taking English Language and English Literature will also study two 20th century novels and a 20th century play in preparation for their GCSE exams.
Coursework will now take place in school as controlled assessments taken in exam conditions.
