English at Ethos College
At Ethos College, students can follow two programmes of study: Entry Level or GCSE.
These routes are designed to provide the right level of challenge and support for every learner, ensuring they can achieve success and progress confidently.
Entry Level English
Contacts:
Group 3 – cpashley@eat.uk.com
Groups 2 & 4 – HollyWray@eat.uk.com
Group 1 – imattison@eat.uk.com
The Entry Level English curriculum is adapted to meet the complex learning needs and styles of all our pupils and ensure we work towards targets in My Support Plans, EHCP’s and the Boxall profile. The curriculum has been well sequenced and designed to be dynamic by providing learning experiences that meet the needs and interests of our pupils. Opportunities for SEMH development and character education are also planned for. By the end of the course, pupils will be able to adapt their written communication to suit a variety of purposes and audiences. Pupils will also be able to communicate verbally in both a formal and informal context, being able to differentiate between standard and non-standard English. Pupils will also develop their reading comprehension skills to be able to read and understand a range of texts at their working level.
GCSE English Language
Contact: Holly Wray– HollyWray@eat.uk.com
The GCSE English Language qualification has been designed to inspire and motivate students, providing appropriate stretch and challenge whilst ensuring that the assessment and texts are accessible to the full range of students.
The qualification will enable students of all abilities to develop the skills they need to read, understand and analyse a wide range of different texts covering the 19th, 20th and 21st century time periods as well as to write clearly, coherently and accurately using a range of vocabulary and sentence structures.
The exam consists of two equally-balanced papers, relating reading sources to the topic and theme of writing tasks. The reading sources act as a stimulus for writing tasks, providing students with a clear route through each paper.
The separate endorsement, Spoken Language emphasises the importance of the wider benefits that speaking and listening skills have for students. The students will partake in engaging formative tasks which will lead to a single summative assessment.
