English Faculty Leader: Mrs K Thomas
The English Faculty at Harlington offers several pathways leading to a range of GCSE and Functional Skills qualifications for our students. These include: GCSE English, a joint Language and Literature qualification and separate GCSEs in English Language and English Literature. As an option, we offer a one year “taster” course in Media Studies in year 9 to enable students to explore this area of study before choosing GCSE Media Studies in year 10.
We organise our curriculum so that it provides opportunities for students to work at a pace suitable to their abilities and interests; students are set carefully to enable them to make progress.We encourage all students to take charge of their learning and support the development of the skills required through our programmes of study and homework tasks.
English provides students with the written and oral communication skills and thinking skills required in employment and further study. We aim to foster a love of our subjects, both in and out of lesson time, and provide extra – curricular activities where students can develop their interests and improve their skills.