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English Framework

Learning objectives and assessment approaches to challenge pupils and support their progress through Key Stages 3 and 4.
APP in English

Examples of marked work (standards files) that uses assessment focuses to help you make level judgements when Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP).
Intervention and personalisation in English

Lesson ideas to help you organise and monitor progression. This includes approaches you can use to reduce gaps in pupils’ performance through personalised support.
Speaking and listening

A range of suggested approaches to help you build and secure pupils’ skills. This includes materials to help adapt teaching and use different contexts.
Improving teaching of Shakespeare

Resources for your classroom, along with examples of best practice, performance videos and play extracts to enrich pupils' experiences of Shakespeare.
Targeting Levels

These teaching units are designed to help pupils secure progression at their level. You can find links to the learning objectives to support and develop pupils’ understanding of English.
Teaching reading

Ideas and suggestions on how you can help pupils improve their reading skills in English, across the curriculum and in real-life contexts.
Teaching writing

Stimulating activities for difference text types and conventions to help pupils address their strengths and overcome challenges.
Study Plus

A two-year programme aimed at helping Key Stage 4 pupils achieve their potential in GCSE mathematics and English.
Core plus in English

Focused materials that help subject leaders of English to raise pupil attainment levels as part of the cross-curricular programme.

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Framework for secondary English

As teachers, headteachers and senior leaders, find out how the Framework for secondary English can help you improve planning to support your pupils' progression through Years 7 to 11. Use these materials to develop your own short-, medium- and long-term plans or those within your English department.
- The Secondary Frameworks
  
  Teachers, headteachers and senior leaders can see how the Frameworks support planning for progression and how it helps pupils to progress through Years 7 to 11.
  - Using the Secondary Frameworks
  - Using the learning objectives
Assessment criteria

Use these criteria sheets to support your periodic assessments of levels 1 to 8 in English. These sheets show the complete range of levels and criteria for Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) in reading, writing, speaking and listening.
Assessment guidelines: Speaking and listening

Use these simple recording formats to make level-related assessments for each assessment focus (AF) for individual pupils in speaking and listening. These blank assessment grids focus on levels 1 to 8 for Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP).
Core Plus: Leading improvement in English

Core Plus is a programme that offers support to senior and subject leaders working collaboratively to improve practice in English. These materials are designed to help schools provide high-quality teaching and learning through their English department and make sure they use the Framework for secondary English effectively.
- Core Plus: Overview
  
  An overview of how Core Plus can be used to implement and maintain improvement in the core subjects of English, mathematics and science. This includes a summary of what the Core Plus materials include and how to use them.
- Element 1: Leading improvement in planning
  
  Senior and subject leaders can find out how to use this element and its key focus to plan for progression in English. This is part of Core Plus: Leading improvement in English.
- Element 2: Leading improvement in teaching and learning
  
  Senior and subject leaders can find out how to use this element and its key focus to plan for progression in English. This is part of Core Plus: Leading improvement in English.
- Element 3: Leading improvement in assessment and pupil tracking
  
  Senior and subject leaders can find out how to use this element and its key focus to plan for progression in English. This is part of Core Plus: Leading improvement in English.
- Element 4: Leading improvement in intervention
  
  Senior and subject leaders can find out how to use this element and its key focus to plan for progression in English. This is part of Core Plus: Leading improvement in English.
Improving writing

As subject leaders, senior managers, English teachers and teaching assistants, use these resources to develop an understanding of how to develop pupils as writers and improve their enjoyment of and attainment in writing in Key Stages 3 and 4. This is part of 'Improving writing', which supports pupils throughout Key Stage 3 secondary English.
- Improving writing in KS3
  
  Heads of department, subject leaders and English teachers can use these materials to find out the challenges and skills of teaching writing, and follow a route to improvement to help pupils improve their writing skills. This is part of 'Improving writing', which supports pupils through Key Stage 3 of secondary English.
- Adapting writing conventions
  
  Read about how the Framework for secondary English relates to teaching writing conventions. Use the strands and substrands to help pupils understand conventions and develop their own writing. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving boys’ writing
  
  Boys can encounter a number of issues and difficulties when learning to write in the classroom. Find out here about these challenges and use the questions to develop your ideas about how to engage boys and develop their writing skills. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
  - Teaching approaches
  - Action checklist
- Building a bridge from reading to writing
  
  Find out how pupils’ reading habits can impact on their writing development, and why reading practice is not always the best approach to improving writing. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Writing for real, purposeful and relevant contexts
  
  Read about the benefits of this teaching focus, along with the key issues and challenges often faced when implementing it. There are links to resources, example activities and advice to support independent learning. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through ICT
  
  ICT is a key part of learning, and supporting and extending the development of pupils’ writing skills and knowledge. Find out about the dual functions of ICT, as a mode of communication and mode of teaching and learning. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through marking and response
  
  Find out more about marking and how it can help pupils toimprove their writing skills. This includes using marking to identify learning gaps and identify pupil progression. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Planning to improve writing
  
  Find out how to plan for improving pupils’ writing by planning for progression and development, which can be achieved by revisiting writing tasks over a period of time. Focus planning by choosing writing tasks based on appropriate reading texts. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Punctuation
  
  Read about the results of a QCA study highlighting poor punctuation performance in schools. Find out about the criteria pupils must meet at levels 1 and 2 and the skills needed to progress further. This is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Writing and special educational needs
  
  Make a positive impact on special educational needs (SEN) pupils with these teaching approaches, aimed at helping pupils who are not working at the level of their peers or in line with expectations. This information is part of 'Improving writing' in secondary English.
- Improving writing through talk
  
  Find out about the role of talk in developing writing. Refer to the Framework for secondary English to see the relevant strands and substrands, which include talk-related learning objectives across Years 7, 8 and 9. This is part of 'Improving writing' within secondary English.
Improving the teaching of Shakespeare

Subject leaders, consultants and English teachers can use these materials to improve pupils' responses to Shakespeare's plays. Help pupils engage with their learning and improve the teaching of Shakespeare during Key Stages 2, 3 and 4. This is part of Improving the teaching of Shakespeare.
- Enjoying Shakespeare
  
  By building on pupils' experiences of studying Shakespeare, help them engage with the themes and ideas of Shakespeare's plays and consider how they are relevant to modern times and their own lives. This is part of [[[Editorial query: collection title TBC]]]'Improving the teaching of Shakespeare' in secondary English.
- Views from the balcony: Playing Romeo and Juliet
  
  Find out how to build on pupils' experiences of Shakespeare from Years 7 and 8 to develop their skills in responding to and analysing texts and ideas. Use these ideas in the existing or new scheme of work for Year 9, or as the basis of a GCSE assessment or other assessment tasks. This is part of Enjoying Shakespeare within secondary English.
- Teaching Shakespeare: models of effective consultancy
  
  Subject leaders, consultants and teachers of secondary English can adapt these models to improve the teaching of Shakespeare across Key Stages 2, 3 and 4, ease transition between key stages and identify areas for development. The units provide support sessions for subject leaders, consultants and English teachers as part of the Improving the teaching of Shakespeare collection.
- Shakespeare for all ages and stages
  
  Find out how to teach Shakespeare across all phases, from Foundation Stage to Key Stage 4. Match teaching approaches to learners' needs and get advice on learner progression. This is part of Improving the teaching of Shakespeare [[[editorial query: confirm collection title]]] in secondary English but relevant for teachers of all phases.
English reading standards files

This collection of standards files contains pupils' work in reading and teachers' assessments to exemplify level judgements in Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP).
- Pupil 1 – Year 7 – Secure level 3
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 3 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
  - Evidence based on responses to 'Fire, Bed and Bone'
  - Assessment summary
- Pupil 2 – Year 7 – Secure level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 4 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 3 – Year 8 – Secure level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 4 in Year 8. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 4 – Year 9 – Low level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a low level 4 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 5 – Year 7 – Secure level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 5 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 6 – Year 8 – Secure level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 5 in Year 8. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 7 – Year 9 – Low level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a low level 5 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 8 – Year 9 – Secure level 6
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 6 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 17 – Year 9 – Secure level 6
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 6 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 18 – Year 9 – Low level 7
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a low level 7 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 19 – Year 9 – Low level 8
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in reading and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a low level 8 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
English writing

Read profiles of children and examples of their work in English writing at levels 3 to 8 (standards files). Use the files to guide judgements about pupils’ levels as part of Assessing Pupils’ Progress (APP).
- Reading Pupil A High level 7
  
  About this Standards FileThis Standards File contains evidence for the following activities:Article – ‘Factor X’Persuasive writing – ‘Volunteers for the summer fair’Book review – ‘Teen taboo… romance stepping over the line’Descriptive writing – ‘The Prison at Twilight’Film review – Romeo and Juliet.The file exemplifies high level 7.
- Reading Pupil B Secure level 6
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Essay – ‘Are footballers overpaid?’ Information sheet – ‘Living with earthquakes’ Advertisement feature – ‘Pluto Ski’ Newspaper article – ‘Joe Simpson shatters leg 20,000 feet up’ Writing an additional chapter for a novel – Skellig . The file exemplifies secure level 6.
- Reading Pupil C Secure level 5
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Letter and opinion piece about Blackpool Review – The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Description of a visit to a theatre in Shakespeare's day Personal writing – ‘Sports day challenge’ Report and analysis – ‘Olaudah Equiano’. The file exemplifies secure level 5.
- Reading Pupil D Secure level 3
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Newspaper report – ‘Whale in danger’ Charity leaflet – ‘Children in hospital’ Letter of complaint and response Personal account about Halloween Interview presentation to Sir Alan Sugar. The file exemplifies secure level 3.
- Reading Pupil E High level 6
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Poem inspired by Skellig Travel writing about New York Letter to Lord Booth about conditions in workhouses Short story Film review – Romeo and Juliet . The file exemplifies high level 6.
- Reading Pupil F Secure level 8
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Internet message – ‘SOS!’ Tabloid editorial – ‘Congratulations! You're a negligent mother!’ Review – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Short story – ‘Death or deception’. The file exemplifies secure level 8.
- Reading Pupil G Secure level 4
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Narrative writing – ‘A walk in the woods at night’ Speech – ‘Animal testing’ Diary entry – ‘Kissin’ Kate Barlow' Report about an extraordinary animal Essay – ‘Should mobile phones be allowed in schools?’ The file exemplifies secure level 4.
- Reading Pupil H Low level 5
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Presentation – ‘Three new technologies’ Letter about fundraising for an elephant charity Magazine article giving advice for teenagers Film review – Blast from the Past Opening of a science fiction story. The file exemplifies low level 5.
- Reading Pupil I Secure level 7
  
  About this Standards File This Standards File contains evidence for the following activities: Letter – ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ Review – Cirque du Freak A modern myth A marketing review Additional scenes and commentary – Our Day Out . The file exemplifies secure level 7. Pupil profile Pupil I enjoys writing and is ambitious in her use of language and willingness to experiment with different forms. She is self-reflective and actively seeks feedback to help her develop her writing skills.
English writing standards files

This collection of standards files contains pupils' work in writing and teachers' assessments to exemplify level judgements in Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP).
- Pupil 9 – Year 7 – High level 3
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at high level 3 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 10 – Year 7 – Secure level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 4 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 11 - Year 8 - Low level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at low level 4 in Year 8. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 12 – Year 9 – Low level 4
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at low level 4 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 13 – Year 7 – Secure level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 5 in Year 7. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 14 – Year 8 – Low level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at low level 5 in Year 8. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 15 – Year 9 – Secure level 5
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 5 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 16 – Year 8 – Low level 6
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at low level 6 in Year 8. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 20 – Year 9 – Secure level 7
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 7 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
- Pupil 21 – Year 9 – Secure level 8
  
  This collection of a pupil's work in writing and the teacher's assessment exemplifies the level judgement of a pupil working at a secure level 8 in Year 9. This standards file is part of Assessing Pupils' Progress (APP) for secondary English.
Teaching for progression: Reading

Teachers of secondary English can explore these approaches and ideas, which suggest how they can use the Framework for English reading strands and substrands to address issues related to the improvement of pupils’ reading.
- Substrand 5.1: Developing and adapting active reading skills and strategies
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help build, develop and secure pupils' active reading skills and strategies. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 5.1: 'Developing and adapting active reading skills and strategies' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.
- Substrand 5.2: Understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help build, develop and secure pupils' skills in understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 5.2: 'Understanding and responding to ideas, viewpoints, themes and purposes in texts' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.
- Substrand 5.3: Reading and engaging with a wide and varied range of texts
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' skills in reading and engaging with a wide and varied range of texts. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 5.3: 'Reading and engaging with a wide and varied range of texts' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.
- Substrand 6.1: Relating texts to the social, historical and cultural contexts in which they were written
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' skills in relating texts to the social, historical and cultural contexts in which they were written. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 6.1: 'Relating texts to the social, historical and cultural contexts in which they were written' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.
  - Social, historical and cultural contexts
  - Teaching Shakespeare
- Substrand 6.2: Analysing how writers’ use of linguistic and literary features shapes and influences meaning
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' skills in analysing how writers’ use of linguistic and literary features shapes and influences meaning. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 6.2: 'Analysing how writers' use of linguistic and literary features shapes and influences meaning' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.
- Substrand 6.3: Analysing writers’ use of organisation, structure, layout and presentation
  
  Find a range of practical advice and classroom activities to help you build, develop and secure your pupils' skills in analysing writers’ use of organisation, structure, layout and presentation. This focuses on the Framework for secondary English substrand 6.3: 'Analysing writers’ use of organisation, structure, layout and presentation' and is part of 'Teaching for progression: Reading'.

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