THE NEW KS3 ENGLISH NATIONAL CURRICULUMWandsworth English Group

January 2014

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Agenda• Wandsworth English Group• Preparing for implementation of the new KS3 PoS in

September 2014• Assessment• Resource implications

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Exploring assessment at KS3• No further guidance or information from DfE published• Model assessment systems and sample assessment

materials expected at the end of 2013 have not yet been published.

• DfE has announced a fund for Primary Assessment Innovation – January 2014

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/assessment-innovation-fund-application-form

• Responses to the consultation on Wikispace

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Update on Progress 8 measure and reforms to secondary school accountability framework - January 2014

We want to ensure that schools with good teaching in English Literature receive sufficient credit in the new accountability framework.

We have therefore decided to adapt the position of English Literature in the Progress 8 measure.

The original position was:

English Language would be double-weighted if a pupil also took English Literature.

English Literature can be counted in the ‘open group’ of subjects.

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The new position is:

The best of English Language and English Literature will be double-weighted, provided a pupil has taken both qualifications.

The second best score of English Literature and English Language can be counted in the ‘open group’ of subjects, if it is one of the pupil’s highest scores in this group.

In 2016 exams, there is still a Combined English qualification (once GCSEs have been reformed, there will be an English Language and an English Literature GCSE qualification, but no Combined English). The Combined English qualification can be double-weighted in 2016 because pupils will have studied both English Language and English Literature to achieve this qualification.

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We will also give English Literature parity with English Language in other headline performance tables measures in 2016 tables. Therefore:

In the measure showing the percentage of pupils achieving a C grade or better in English and maths, a pupil would have to achieve a C in either English Literature of English Language to satisfy the English requirement (in 2016, a C in Combined English would be sufficient).

In the EBacc measure, a pupil must study both English Language and English Literature, and achieve a C grade or better in at least one of these qualifications, to satisfy the English requirement (in 2016, a C in Combined English would be sufficient).

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Discuss• What are your early views about assessment at KS3?• Have you trialled any assessment against the new PoS?• What elements of the new GCSE English Language and

Literature content and assessment objectives will need to be considered when planning KS3?

Key Stage 4

English Literature and English Language for teaching from 2015:• Gov: DfE: GCSE English Language: subject content and assessment

objectives • Gov: DfE: GCSE English Literature: subject content and assessment

objectives

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English Language & LiteratureKey Stage 4 Changes to GCSE Examinations

 

*There will no longer be a GCSE English from 2016. 

New GCSE English Language requires:

•wider range of “high quality, challenging” literature• Reading and writing equal weighting•Greater focus on Standard English in Spoken and Written form•Speaking and Listening not part of the final mark/grade•Examination papers with tiers to be removed.  

GCSE English Literature A wider range of “classic literature” to be the focus. 

The following will be assessed: •A 19th Century novel•A Shakespeare play•A selection of poetry since 1789 – including Romantic Poetry•British fiction as dram from 1914•Increased assessment of Unseen Texts•Tiered papers removed•The quality of written response to be assessed. 

 

Reading – Resource ImplicationsPupils should be taught to develop an appreciation and love of reading, and read increasingly challenging material independently through reading a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, including in particular whole books, short stories, poems and plays with a wide coverage of genres, historical periods, forms and authors. The range will include high-quality works from:•• English literature, both pre-1914 and contemporary, including prose, poetryand drama• Shakespeare (two plays)• seminal world literature

http://curriculumvital.educationumbrella.com/index.php/key-stage-3-english/

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Grammar and curriculum design/sequence

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Problems/Challenges   Possibilities/Benefits

No funding   Saving of Time

Little Time   Reduction of Stress

The “blind leading the blind”   Sharing of ideas/strategies

Competitiveness   Local conformity

One size does not fit all   Cross Moderation Opportunities

Lack of attendance/commitment for a variety of reasons

   

“Bridge over Troubled Waters”Simon and Garfunkel

Without Local Authority help should we formulate our own self-help network?

Possible Time Framework… 

Short Term 

Make your team aware of the fact they are going to have to coincideDecide on GCSE course for your schoolRepresentatives to meet at Wandsworth English GroupWatch developments at Key Stage 1 & 2. 

Medium Term 

To invigorate teaching and use of formal written and spoken languageLook at tests at KS2Modify Schemes of Work to ensure coverage of new skills/requirementsDiscuss with team what they would want of our assessment schemePossibly send some staff to visit primary/other secondary schools to investigate assessment.

Long Term 

Develop and meeting schedule in consultation with SMT for internal moderationStudents need to have more opportunities to interact with unseen texts using skills learnedThe use of formal language needs to be imbedded into the curriculumSend representation to WEG to share problems and practices. To develop extended writing opportunities

 

  Focus Methodology Issues to Consider

Short Term     

Medium Term

     

Long Term     

My Time Frameworkfor Managing Change

What next?• Next meeting 24th April?• Agenda ?

• Primary level 5 and 6 programme – Wandle Teaching Alliance

• 3rd February – Developing Level 6 Readers• 24th February - Developing Level 6 Writers

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Keeping updated

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www.secondarynationalcurriculum2014.wikispaces.com

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