The English Curriculum at St. Cecilia's provides pupils with an opportunity to explore the depth and breadth of our literary heritage, helping them to develop their understanding of the human condition while connecting with the world around them. Through our well sequenced curriculum, we develop our students' reading, writing and oracy skills which are necessary to navigate the world around them and to ensure they are equipped to partake in and contribute positively to society. As well as studying high quality novels, plays and poetry from a diverse range of eras and cultures, we also enjoy a broad range of non-fiction texts. These texts are carefully selected to incorporate our personal development curriculum. This helps students to gain a deeper self awareness, empathy towards injustices in society and the skills necessary to thrive at St. Cecilia's and as active and responsible citizens in life beyond the school gates.

Below you will find several documents that allow you to learn more about our curriculum:

Our 5-year plan outlines the coherently planned and sequenced learning journey our pupils will undertake, auditing and then building on what has been learned at KS2, including how substantive and disciplinary knowledge is organised within topics in order to best access both a unit end point and future learning that relies upon this. 

Alongside an emphasis on Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary within the curriculum, our reading document provides examples of how reading is prioritised and how we use the latest research to guide reading and incorporate tasks that manipulate and emphasise meaning within it.

Our assessment document shares how our assessments have been designed to assess composite knowledge (the big picture) and thus provide the greatest opportunity to use teacher feedback to address pupils' gaps in key component understanding, address misconceptions and reteach where necessary. All leading to improvement in learning. 

In addition, Catholic Social Teaching flows throughout our curriculum, and is given special focus each half term in the form of a departmental agreed activity. See an example of this below.

Finally, look within our school’s Personal Development Overview document for examples of how our subject contributes towards our pupils’ holistic formation.

English Documents

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Reading & English Document Pending Review

Personal Development Programme

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Staff/Context

  • Miss A Flynn Curriculum Leader
  • Mr R Baldwin
  • Mrs A Bretherton
  • Miss E Crook
  • Mrs J Mortimer