YEAR GROUP QUICK LINKS
Key website pages for Year 11
There’s a lot of content on the website now, so we’ve created these pages to give an overview of the key content for each year group. They’re not the only pages that are relevant, but they’re the ones you’ll want to see multiple times this year.
Key resources for GCSE examinations
English Language
English Language question guides - This page has guides for how to answer all of the English Language questions at GCSE
English Language example answers — This page has links to example grade 9 answers for the English Language questions written by SHSG students in the actual GCSE
English Literature
English Literature revision page — This page contains links to all our Literature revision resources
English Literature key quotations — This page contains links to pages with a selection of key quotations to learn from each of the Literature texts; alongside the quotations there are also suggestions of how to analyse each quotation, and also how to embed it as evidence in an essay
English Literature question guides — This page contains links to guides for how to answer all the English Literature questions
English Literature examples essays — This page contains links to example grade 9 essays written by SHSG students in the actual GCSE
English Literature practice questions — This page contains links to practice questions you can use to help revise for your GCSE
Key information for your Knowledge Checks
Glossary of terminology — You should look at this regularly to revise for your Knowledge Checks.
Assessments in the current round — This page tells you what assessments are coming up soon; it also tells you exactly what terminology you need to learn for your next Knowledge Check.
There is nothing new to learn this year in terms of skills, but these are the guides that you should definitely read again before Christmas.
English Language and Literature analysis skills
Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence guide
(Students are notoriously bad at this, even in Year 11)Making an argument guide 3 — 3rd guide in the 3-part series
(You’ll be assessed on your ability to extend an argument with more evidence and analysis — students are generally quite bad at this too)Analysing language, form and structure guide 4 — 4th guide in the series
(The final guide in the methods analysis series is where the big marks come at GCSE — you definitely need to read this before your Skill Checks this year)Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective
(You’ll be doing this again this year, so it’s worth refreshing yourself on how it works)Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis
(This is hugely important for the actual GCSE and you’ll be assessed on it in a Skill Check this year)
English Language creative writing skills
Key guides for your Skill Checks
Skill Check assessment criteria — This page shows you what you need to do to get equals, plus and star for each skill. You should read it before each Skill Check to make sure you know what you need to do to succeed.
Key Skill quizzes — This page has a link to all the quizzes for each key skill You can take them to check your understanding before each Skill Check.
Year 11 assessment schedule for 2025-26 — This page shows you what assessments are coming up in the future so you can can make sure you are always prepared.
Other useful pages for assessments
Other useful pages for Year 11
Our grammar and punctuation guides — Useful to help you with style and accuracy in your English Language GCSE Q5s.
Our spelling and vocabulary guides — Useful for expanding your vocabulary for both English Language and English Literature GCSE responses