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Taunton Deane Partnership College

English Overview 2023/2024

 

Key Stage 3-4

 

Intent

English is fundamental in education and society, our aim is to ensure that all pupils are equipped for the demands of further education, adulthood and the world of work. Our ethos, therefore, is for all pupils to be able to develop skills to enable them to speak, read and write with fluency and imagination so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions in a clear and coherent manner.

Pupils are able to understand the relevance of being able to communicate effectively and build on their skills to support them in the future. Pupils should complete Key Stage 3 having established a solid foundation of knowledge that will contribute towards a more seamless transition to our Key Stage 4 curriculum.

 

Implementation

KS4 pupils are taught by subject specialists. Pupils can be entered for English Language GCSE and some are entered for English Literature GCSE. We acknowledge that our cohort of pupils at TDPC have had disrupted learning and may not be able to access learning in a classroom, opportunities are provided to develop literacy skills across the curriculum. We are ambitious for all our pupils to access learning so lessons are planned to include those who will need more scaffolding and others who require a greater challenge. In order to achieve our ambitions, we use differentiated questioning and resources as well as creating individual learning programmes for those who will benefit from additional support. These students will gain basic knowledge and skills through Entry Level English which is designed specifically to align with GCSE English Language and provide a progression route for low-attainers.

 

Impact

To foster an enjoyment and curiosity of the subject using a variety of interesting texts to engage and interest our pupils. The impact on our pupils is clear progress, sustained learning and transferable skills. Pupils work is consistently marked across TDPC and end of term assessments are used to show pupil progress. Pupils gaining a result at GCSE level which enables them to access further education or work. For those who may not be able to access GCSE’s we offer Entry Level English which is a stepping stone towards GCSE’s. We also encourage students to access the AQA Unit Award Scheme, this unique way to record learner achievement is used to boost student confidence, engagement and motivation.

 

Subject

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

English

KS3

Baseline

Assessments

 

Language

 

Creative 
Writing, 
figurative
language, show 
not tell. 
Punctuation and 
sentence 
structures.          

 

Literature Introduction

to Poetry

 

A selection of poems

from the Edexcel Conflict

cluster. Analysis,

form,

structure, 
tone, language, 
context.
Language
Victorian text
extracts.
Context Victorian 
England. Analysis 
of structure, 
language and 
settings.

Literature

 

Blood Brothers, Willy Russell. Read, explore 
key ideas, context, 
themes, characters, 
language and 
structure of a play.

Language

 

Identify and interpret 
explicit and implicit 
information and ideas.
Understanding the 
Audience and purpose of 
a text.

Literature

 

Introduction to 
Shakespeare 
and the Globe 
Theatre.
Context, 
Elizabethan 
England.
Explore 
Shakespeare’s 
villains.

Language

 

Non-Fiction 

Extracts Anne 
Frank. 
Analysis: 
biographical writing, emotive 
language, 
structure

English KS4

Language

 

Baseline 
Assessments


Creative 
Writing

 

Literature
Introduction to 
Conflict and 
the Edexcel 
cluster of 
Conflict Poems. 


Analysis:

Form, 
structure, 
tone, language, 
context

Language

 

A03 Understanding 
the writer’s 
perspective
AO1 Comparing 
texts.


Literature


A Christmas Carol.
Read, explore key 
ideas, context, 
themes, 
characters, 
language and 
structure.

Language

 

Transactional writing
AO5 Communicate 
clearly, effectively 
and imaginatively, 
selecting and 
adapting tone, style 
and register for 
different forms, 
purposes and 
audiences. Organise 

information and ideas, 
using structural and 
grammatical features 
to support coherence 
and cohesion of texts

Language


Transactional writing 
continued AO1 Identify 
and interpret explicit and 
implicit information and 
ideas
AO2 To analyse the 
effect of language and 
structure
AO4 To explore the 
writers techniques/
evaluate texts critically 
using textual references.
Understanding the exam 
paper questioning
Revision and mock exams

Year 11s

 

 

 

Revision/past
papers for
GCSE’s 
Year 10/11
Remainder of
Edexcel 
Conflict cluster
poems. 
Analysis; form, 
structure, tone 
and language

Year 11 Exams

 

Year 10

Language


Non-Fiction 
Extracts Anne 
Frank. 
Analysis: 
biographical 
writing, emotive 
language, 
structure

   

Literature


Blood Brothers Read, 
explore key ideas, 
context, themes, 
characters, language 
and structure

Literature


Revisit Shakespeare’s

Macbeth.
Context Elizabethan 
England Analysis: 
characters, features of a 
play, setting.

  

 

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