Our department is characterised by our strong sense of collaboration and enthusiasm for our subject and our pupils. We enjoy an excellent working relationship with staff from other departments both at our school and others. The Department’s main aim is to achieve the highest possible standards for all our pupils and we do this very successfully as can be seen from our examination results. We hope that pupils will enjoy their work in English and we strive to ensure that our curriculum offers a rich and diverse range of learning experiences.
Our Curriculum is skills based and Years 9 -11 follow the GCSE WJEC Edqas specifications. There is a strong emphasis on independent reading and there is a very positive attitude in the school towards reading and the subject in general.
The English Team
Julie Strang :
Senior Teacher (Academic) and Head of Department
KS4 – Language and Literature
KS5 – Literature AS/A2
Anna Thrush :
Literacy Co-ordinator
KS5 Language AS/A2
Andrea Bradley :
KS3 Assessment
Marie Vales :
EAL Co-ordinator
Enrichment Activities
We offer a wide range of extra curricular opportunities including:
Theatre visits (See List attached), Debating Society, School Magazine, Salford Children’s Book Award (KS3), English Clinic, Writing Competitions, Poetry Slam (KS3) Sixth Form Literary Society, Shadowing the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry, ‘Poetry by Heart’,
