At the heart of the school curriculum, English is a compulsory subject to GCSE. Our curriculum is rigorous and challenging, aiming to foster a love of literature and develop excellent communication and critical thinking skills. In the First and Second Years, we foster a love of literature while developing reading and writing skills through drama, poetry and prose fiction and non-fiction texts. Third Year opens with the study of a classic novel, which is used to develop pupils’ critical thinking skills while offering a stimulus for writing tasks, followed by a range of units designed to embed the core skills required at IGCSE. In the Fourth and Fifth Years we follow the Edexcel IGCSE courses. Students who choose the English Literature A Level (OCR) study Renaissance drama and poetry and American literature for their exams, while pursuing coursework tasks on a selection of post-1900 works.
Further Information
Further information about the English Department curriculum can be found in the curriculum documents available for download on the main curriculum page.
View the English department’s Pocket Guide to Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling.
