The past is a foreign country: teaching context in post-16 English Features

1 March 2024

The past is a foreign country: teaching context in post-16 English

Using Dracula and the Gothic as a starting point, Rachel Roberts explores the problem of…

Rachel Roberts

Assessing the future: possibilities for post-16 English Features

1 March 2024

Assessing the future: possibilities for post-16 English

NATE asked Awarding Bodies about their vision for the future of post-16 qualifications in English…

Rhodri Jones

A Level English: where are we now? Features

1 March 2024

A Level English: where are we now?

Current A Level English specifications were first taught nearly 9 years ago in 2015, and…

Yvonne Williams

On setting out to teach ‘King Lear’ once again Features

1 March 2024

On setting out to teach ‘King Lear’ once again

Poster images and key single-line quotations can be a highly effective way to introduce a…

Carol Atherton

The decline and fall (?) of A Level English: student perspectives on choosing and experiencing English Features

1 March 2024

The decline and fall (?) of A Level English: student perspectives on choosing and experiencing English

Rachel Roberts reports on what she found when she asked students why they chose English…

Rachel Roberts

Confronting the knowledge monster in English Features

1 July 2023

Confronting the knowledge monster in English

Other subjects can bathe in knowledge, but in English we sprinkle it around like holy…

Chris Curtis

Exploring approaches to explicit etymology as part of the new Curriculum for Wales Features

1 July 2023

Exploring approaches to explicit etymology as part of the new Curriculum for Wales

The new Curriculum of Wales emphasises the relationships between English, Welsh and other languages, Ellen…

Ellen Bristow

Autism, fiction and social understanding Features

1 July 2023

Autism, fiction and social understanding

To what extent can reading fiction lead to a better understanding of social behaviour? Jemima…

Jemima Hill

Poetry, Art, Ambiguity and Interpretation Features

1 July 2023

Poetry, Art, Ambiguity and Interpretation

Gary Snapper’s unit on poetry and art – for KS5 but adaptable for other age…

Gary Snapper

Word rich or word poor? Features

1 July 2023

Word rich or word poor?

Deficit narratives and the normalisation of the ‘word gap’ in England’s schools In May 2022,…

Ian Cushing