English

Intent

At Wentworth Primary School, we believe that a high-quality English curriculum equips pupils with the essential skills to succeed in secondary school and beyond.  From EYFS through to Year 6, children are provided with rich and varied opportunities to develop their reading, writing and spoken language skills.

The aims of our English curriculum are to ensure that:

• children read (or are read to) widely and often, both for pleasure and to gain information.
• children read with fluency, prosody and good understanding.
• children experience texts by a diverse range of authors and on a variety of topics, helping them to develop culturally, emotionally, intellectually, socially and spiritually.
• children write clearly, accurately and coherently, adapting their tone and style across different genres of writing.
• children acquire a broad vocabulary and a secure understanding of grammar.
• children develop their oracy skills by making formal presentations, discussing ideas in pairs and groups and engaging in whole class discussions.

Our intent is to foster a lifelong love of language and literature enabling pupils to express themselves confidently and creatively while developing the literacy skills needed to access all areas of the curriculum,

 

Implementation

English is a multi-faceted subject with a range of specific skills.  This policy has been divided into sub-sections to clarify our approach to teaching and learning in this subject:

• Spoken Language
• Reading
• Writing

Please refer to each section of the policy for more information on implementation.

 

Impact

As part of the National Curriculum, progress and attainment in English is assessed at Key Stage 2 using the government SAT assessments, which are externally marked.  Writing is teacher assessed and moderating across classes and schools takes place annually.

Teachers in all year groups collect regular assessment data on pupil progress and attainment in English.  This data is managed internally using Sonar, to monitor progress and inform planning. 

Monitoring of all pupils, including pupils with SEND and those identified as disadvantaged, takes place termly by the Senior Leadership Team and next steps are identified for teachers and pupils.