Curriculum Overview

English at KS3: Our updated curriculum is designed to ensure that our students are engaging with a wide range of authors, ideas and concepts. In each year, students study prose, poetry and drama, enhancing their confidence and familiarity with each form. Texts and content have been selected to best equip our students with a strong set of reading and writing skills, some contextual knowledge for their further studies, to develop an inclusive mindset and emotional intelligence - and, of course, to foster a love of  reading.

English at KS4: In Year 9, students build on their KS3 knowledge and develop key skills of analysis and evaluation. A soft start on GCSE work is made in Year 9, with students studying units that correlate directly with English Language and Literature GCSEs, and answering GCSE paper questions for their end of year assessments. On entering Year 10, our students are well-positioned to begin their GCSE courses in English Language and Literature, continuing to study a range of text types and genres from the prescribed syllabus and continuing to build core skills in both analytical and creative writing. 

English at KS5: A recent change to our A Level course now means that our students study a wider range of content and contexts, enhancing our students' cultural capital and aptitude to study English beyond Borlase. From Shakespeare to Agbabi, Williams to Atwood, our A Level course challenges and excites students with its diverse range of genres, authors and themes. Our A Level students leave us having acquired a wide-range of valuable transferable skills that prepare them well for both their further education and future professional lives.