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English

The aims of the English Department are to develop the following: oral skills so that the pupils are confident participants and responsive listeners; fluency in a range of reading, both fiction and non-fiction; an enjoyment of literature - novels, plays, short stories and poetry; ability to use the School Library and Information Technology facilities selectively to retrieve information through research; the ability to produce a range of types of writing, appropriate to purpose and audience. The teaching of language skills - handwriting, grammar, spelling and punctuation - is an integral part of the curriculum but taught as a means to communication not in isolation. Crucial to our aims is a coherent purpose and method which ensure continuity between years and Key Stages and keep the teachers confident of their role in the process of progression, and hence in their ability to communicate a series of basic skills and strategies to the children in a way that makes the pupils enthusiastic learners.

Staff
Head of English:	Mr Gil Barrow BA
Teachers (Years 7 and 8):	Mrs Helen Milne BA
	Mr Lanion Hall BA HEd Dip
	Mr Tony Milligan BA PGCE
	Mr Sean Bradley LLB(Hons) Law, Solicitor, PGCE
KS2 Teachers:	Mrs Anne Turnbull MA PGCE
	Mr John Hatton BSc
	Mr Matthew Higgins BA (Hons) PGCE
	Miss Rebecca Mann BA (Hons) PGCE
	Mrs Helen Edwards BSc (Hons) PGCE
	Mrs Jeannie Whatmough Jp Dip CE
	Miss Laura-Jane Loynton BSc (Hons) PGCE
	Mr Matthew Wood (BSc (Hons) PGCE)

The Reading Records are used throughout the school and are an integral part of our focus on books.

There is a range of Levels of Achievement targeted at each Key Stage; we aim to help as many pupils as possible to achieve at least an overall level 4 in their KS 2 exams (SATs) at the end of year 6. Years 7 and 8 are the first two years of Key Stage 3, which finishes after the first year (year 9) in their next school. The classwork and exams are a conscious preparation for the kinds of writing and response required in GCSE, and the final year 8 exams are jointly set and marked by us and by the Upper School.

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