KS4 – English

Subject Intent

Our KS4 curriculum is designed to enable all students to flourish in English lessons and beyond. The programme has been designed so that students graduate Year 11 as confident and literate readers and critical and accurate writers. We aim to further develop and apply the knowledge acquired in KS3 Mastery Writing which is designed to ensure all our students become confident with their grammatical knowledge to the point that it becomes second nature to them, standing them in excellent stead for the writing tasks at KS4. Writing is taught in tandem with the analytical aspect of English.

KS4 Subject Narrative

Our KS4 Curriculum continues to build on the skills from the KS3 Literary Heritage strand by the continued development of analytical skills. KS3 Literary Heritage and Mastery Writing lessons help prepare students for essay-style responses in English Language and Literature at KS4. We study both fiction and non-fiction texts including canonical literature in the form of poetry, prose and plays from a range of authors including Agard, Armitage, Blake, Browning, Dickens, Duffy, Shelley, Heaney, Hughes, Nicholls, Priestley, Shakespeare, Shelley, Wordsworth and more. Writing is taught throughout KS4.

Year 10 – Please click here to view the curriculum map for year 10 English
Year 11 – Please click here to view the curriculum map for year 11 English