English Language and English with Media Education

Head of Dept: Miss C Gordon


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Staff in department

Miss C Gordon (HoD), Mrs S Farmer, Mr R Lee, Mr C Little, Mrs J McLaughlin, Mrs M O’Brien

GCSE

  • GCSE exam board: CCEA
GCSE% of GCSE gradeHow is it assessed?Unit title
Unit 130%External written examination 1 hour 40 minsWriting for Purpose and Audience and Reading to Access Non-Fiction and Media Texts
Unit 220%Controlled AssessmentSpeaking and Listening
Unit 320%Controlled AssessmentStudying Spoken and Written Language
Unit 430%External written examination 1 hour 40 minsPersonal or Creative Writing and Reading Literary and Non- Fiction Texts

KS3: Brief topic overview

Year 8
Autobiography, Class Novel, Heroes and Villains (poetry)

Year 9
Class Novel, The World Around Us, War poetry

Year 10
Dystopian Fiction, Class novel, The Poetry of Seamus Heaney, Victorian Literature