GCSE English

GCSE & KS3 English Classes

Accelerated Learning Programme

During these classes, we consolidate previous learning and prepare students for exams. The lessons are designed to ensure that students become familiar with and can apply the Assessment Objectives to exam questions, both during class assessments and in their end of year exams.

Each lesson is designed to develop the knowledge and skills required to achieve the top levels in English Language.

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Year 9: Autumn Term 1

21 September – 30 October 2026 (6 weeks)

KS3 English Language (AO1, AO2, AO4, AO5, AO6)

•Identifying and commenting on the effect of language techniques
•Analysing language in fiction texts
•Identifying and explaining how language choice influences meaning and effects
•Extracting details and making inferences from fiction texts
•Analysing the description of a setting
•Analysing the description of characters
•Imaginative writing: story writing, descriptive writing, character/setting/plot, and applying linguistic techniques to engage the reader
Wednesday 6:00pm Enrol →

Year 10: Autumn Term 1

21 September – 30 October 2026 (6 weeks)

Language Paper 1 (AO1, AO2, AO4)

•Identify, explain and analyse the purpose, effects and meanings of linguistic devices in texts (AO2)
•Analysis of language and linguistic techniques and devices (AO2)
•Identify and understand the purpose of structural devices in texts (AO2)
•Analysis of structure (AO2)
•The critical evaluation of texts (AO4)
•Exam answering techniques for AO1, AO2 and AO4
Monday 5:30pm – 6:30pm (Zoom) Enrol →Monday 6:30pm – 7:30pm Enrol →

Year 11: Autumn Term 1

21 September – 30 October 2026 (6 weeks)

Mock Exam Preparation and Practice — Language Paper 1 & 2

•Language Paper 1: Language analysis
•Language Paper 1: Structural analysis
•Language Paper 1: Critical evaluation of texts
•Language Paper 1: Imaginative writing (recount, description and story)
•Language Paper 2: Inference and summary writing
•Language Paper 2: Language analysis
•Language Paper 2: Structural analysis
•Language Paper 2: Comparing writers' perspectives and viewpoints
•Language Paper 2: Transactional writing (writing to inform, advise, argue and persuade)
Tuesday 7:30pm (Zoom) Enrol →Wednesday 7:15pm Enrol →Thursday 6:00pm Enrol →

Year 11: Mock Exams

11 – 18 October 2026 (2 papers)

Year 11 Mock Exams: Autumn 2026

•Held before the school’s official mock exams, giving students the opportunity to study and prepare adequately in advance
•Timed early in the Autumn term to give sufficient time to develop and consolidate skills before the school mocks
•Papers are marked and levelled with individual targets, so students know exactly what to address before their school mocks
Paper 1: Sunday 11 October, 2:30pm – 4:30pm Enrol →Paper 2: Sunday 18 October, 2:30pm – 5:00pm Enrol →

Year 11: Autumn Term 2: English Literature

2 November – 7 December 2026 (6 weeks)

Macbeth (AO1, AO2, AO3)

•Understand and apply the social, political, historical and literary context to all questions
•Identify and analyse the linguistic and structural devices in the exam extract and in quotations
•Understand and explain how Shakespeare presents the characters in the specific extracts and in the rest of the play
•Explain the major themes in the play and demonstrate the link to the characters
•Identify and explain the symbolism and motifs in the play
•Learn the exam answering technique for the exam questions
•Learn how to write an exam essay for full marks
Tuesday 7:30pm Enrol →

Year 11: Autumn Term 2: English Literature

2 November – 7 December 2026 (6 weeks)

Romeo and Juliet (AO1, AO2, AO3)

•Understand and apply the social, political, historical and literary context to all questions
•Identify and analyse the linguistic and structural devices in the exam extract and in quotations
•Understand and explain how Shakespeare presents the characters in the specific extracts and in the rest of the play
•Explain the major themes in the play and demonstrate the link to the characters
•Identify and explain the symbolism and motifs in the play
•Learn the exam answering technique for the exam questions
•Learn how to write an exam essay for full marks
Thursday 6:00pm Enrol →

Year 11: Autumn Term 2: English Literature

2 November – 7 December 2026 (6 weeks)

An Inspector Calls (AO1, AO2, AO3)

•Understand and apply the social, political, historical and literary context to all questions
•Identify and analyse the linguistic and structural devices in the quotations and in the whole play
•Understand and explain how Priestley presents the characters in the specific extracts and in the rest of the play
•Explain the major themes in the play and demonstrate the link to the characters
•Identify and explain the dramatic tension, symbolism and motifs in the play
•Learn the exam answering technique for the exam questions
•Learn how to write an exam essay for full marks
Wednesday 7:15pm Enrol →

What’s included

Six one-hour live Zoom sessions
Expert teaching focused on exam AOs
Written feedback on practice responses
Session recordings to review later
Access to resources and past paper questions
Progress tracking throughout the programme

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