Specification/Exam Board
The AQA Exam Board is used for all English examinations.
Curriculum Allocation
English is taught for five 100 minute lessons per fortnight.
Curriculum Period 1:
Curriculum content
The subject areas taught throughout the period of the autumn term include the following:
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- English Language Paper 2 (Reading and writing a selection of non-fiction texts)
- Love and Relationships (5 poems from the Love and Relationships collection in the AQA Anthology)
Assessment
- A GCSE exam question on A Christmas Carol (mark out of 30 and reported as a percentage). The question will be on one of the key themes in the novel.
Curriculum Period 2:
Curriculum content
The subject areas taught during the spring term include:
- Love and Relationships (5 poems from the Love and Relationships collection in the AQA Anthology)
- English Language Paper 1 (Reading and writing a range of fiction texts)
- Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Assessment
- A GCSE exam question on Macbeth (mark out of 30 and reported as a percentage). The question will be on one of the key themes in the novel.
Curriculum Period 3:
Curriculum content
The subject areas taught during the summer term include:
- A Christmas Carol revision
- English Language Paper 1 (Reading and writing a range of fiction texts)
- Complete any Spoken Language Endorsements not done in Year 9
Assessment
- GCSE Language Paper 1- Reading and Writing (80 marks)
Revision resources
These areas cover the whole of the GCSE syllabus for both Literature and Language. Each of these areas will be studied on rotation. The assessment for this section of the syllabus will be the final GCSE national examinations.
We provide knowledge organisers for all the units of the GCSE for both English Literature and English Language.
CGP revision guides can be purchased for all aspects of the English GCSE syllabus. They include:
CGP Revision Guide An Inspector Calls
CGP Revision Guide Macbeth
CGP Revision Guide A Christmas Carol
CGP Revision Guide Love and Relationship Poetry
We do make a school order for the CGP revision guides and parents can order and pay for the texts via ParentPay.
Subject advice and guidance
If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:
p.lovatt@endon.shaw-education.org.uk
s.townend@endon.shaw-education.org.uk
r.moston@endon.shaw-education.org.uk
a.kelly@endon.shaw-education.org.uk
r.cook@endon.shaw-education.org.uk
ly.johnson@endon.shaw-education.org.uk