English

Our English Curriculum is a knowledge-rich curriculum that is a progression model for our students throughout their exposure to high quality texts of a significant literary weight.

Every students has a right to be inspired and enthused by the huge variety of Literature across the world. As Garrison Keillor said “A book is a gift you can open again and again” and at Coundon Court we know the value of that gift to any student is one that will last a lifetime.

Reading is at the heart of everything that we do across the school curriculum, not just across the English curriculum; when a student is a competent reader they are able to open as many doors as they want to in life and that is the most important thing that we can do for any student that comes to Coundon Court.

Throughout our English curriculum at Coundon Court, every student will be taught how to become a critical reader, understanding a variety of texts and able to make inferences. They will be explicitly taught the language skills that they need to develop their creativity and self-expression throughout both their fiction and non-fiction writing.