English Learning Journey

Within the curriculum area of English at Wadebridge School, it is our goal to achieve a balance between developing the literacy skills needed to achieve examination results that will enable students to unlock the next stage of their learning, whilst fostering an enthusiasm for high quality literature that opens up the world of the past, present and future: this is underpinned by our desire to raise students’ cultural capital through the content, a range of trips and theatre visits.

Year 9 is a ‘transitional’ year in which we develop the skills needed for success in Language and Literature at KS4.Our schemes of work are written by our own experienced teachers, with a clear understanding of their 5 year learning journey. We integrate retrieval practice into our curriculum to ensure students have the best opportunity to recall and revisit each aspect of their learning when the time comes to undertake assessments.

Students are assessed through regular formative and summative assessment allowing students the opportunity to respond to areas that could be improved through in-class DIRT (dedicated improvement and reflection time) tasks.