A good grade in GCSE English an essential passport to all levels of higher education and most jobs.

Elliott English provides an interesting and stimulating course that allow students to develop their communication skills and enhance their understanding of the way written and spoken language works.

There are opportunities for creative and personal writing as well as for in depth exploration of media and other types of text.

The English literature course explores a wide variety of texts and genres. All students study at least one play by Shakespeare, a pre-20th century prose text, a modern drama and a wide variety of poetry from different times, places and cultures.

The AQA course allows for dual certification. This means that work submitted for assessment in English Literature can also be assessed as part of an English grade.

The English Coursework assignments are:

Media studies

Original Writing

Shakespeare*

Prose study*

*Counts towards English literature grade

The English Literature Coursework assignments are:

Shakespeare*

Prose study*

20th Century Drama

*Counts towards English grade