Last year is dead, they seem to say, Begin afresh, afresh, afresh.
Philip Larkin, ‘The Trees’
NEW WEBSITE CONTENT FOR SEPT. 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 11New pages with lists of terminology for each year, including which terms are new for that year:
Year 7 — Year 8 — Year 9 — GCSECommon misspellings page to help you avoid careless 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.