Paths are made by walking.
Franz Kafka
New website content for September 2025
New year group pages with quick links to key content (also in the dropdown above):
Year 7 — Year 8 — Year 9 — Year 10 — Year 11
Three new GCSE English Language AO6 guides for P1Q5 and P2Q5
Updates to the GCSE English Language guides to reflect the changes for the 2026 GCSE
New pages with lists of terminology for each year, including which terms are new for that year:
Year 7 — Year 8 — Year 9 — GCSENew vocabulary lists for curriculum texts to help you build your vocabulary
New common misspellings page to help you avoid common mistakes
Knowledge
The first pillar of our curriculum is knowledge. To master English you need to know the texts, the terminology, the rules and the words of English.
Oracy
The third pillar is oracy. We spend far more time speaking English than we do reading or writing it, and with people turning increasingly to AI to write things for them, being able to speak well may turn out to be the thing that sets you apart from the rest in the years to come.
Enrichment: go beyond the curriculum
To become an outstanding student of English, not to mention a more informed and enlightened human being, you need to go beyond the curriculum. You need to enrich your knowledge, skills and oracy with cultural capital. You need to know how different texts and ideas fit into the wider intellectual landscape; you need to know the movements and texts that made a difference to the world; and you need to know why any of it matters.