English teaching Archives

A stack of exam papers or coursework divided by coloured tabs.

Blog

22 August 2025

Making marks: the quality of GCSE and A Level English exam marking

In 2022, then Education Secretary Kit Malthouse said that students ‘expect fairness in exams and…

Yvonne Williams

Dictionary page in close up, zoomed in on 'linguistics' in bold.

Blog

22 August 2025

New directions for A Level English Language

Dan Clayton considers ways of charting a course through the changing waters of English Language…

Dan Clayton

Man standing at branching crossroads with three paths

Blog

22 August 2025

English and the uses of narrative – pupils’ progress: navigating pathways to the future

From the personal statement for university entrance to the world of job applications and career…

Yvonne Williams

Blog

29 May 2025

AI: friend or foe? English and ChatGPT

The pros and cons of ChatGPT for education have been much debated over the last…

Clarissa Ford

Clocks and an hour glass with sand trickling down.

Blog

8 April 2025

The time to act is now

Martin Illingworth highlights the potential of the postpandemic educational landscape to stimulate a much-needed conversation…

Martin Illingworth

An open book with a jumble of letters flying off the pages.

Blog

7 April 2025

Taking the words off the page

The special relationship between the subjects of Drama and English in the secondary curriculum is…

Malcolm Lomax

Features

1 March 2025

The genealogy of ‘growth’ and ‘literacy’

In an overview of their book, Literacy and Growth: a Genealogy of English Teaching, John Hodgson…

John Hodgson

Features

1 November 2024

A spectrum of possibilities: teaching autistic GCSE English re-take students

In the second of a series on Autism and English, Clare Lawrence and Sibylle Erle…

Clare Lawrence

Features

1 July 2024

Drama-in-English: the significance of role

How might in-role work help to support learners engage creatively and critically with a wide…

Theo Bryer

Features

1 July 2024

Drama, English and digital storytelling: using drama to create digital stories across languages and cultures

As part of the international, multilingual Critical Connections Project, students from four UK schools created…

Vicky Macleroy

English teaching

Making marks: the quality of GCSE and A Level English exam marking

New directions for A Level English Language

English and the uses of narrative – pupils’ progress: navigating pathways to the future

AI: friend or foe? English and ChatGPT

The time to act is now

Taking the words off the page

The genealogy of ‘growth’ and ‘literacy’

A spectrum of possibilities: teaching autistic GCSE English re-take students

Drama-in-English: the significance of role

Drama, English and digital storytelling: using drama to create digital stories across languages and cultures

Empowering English teachers to inspire young people

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