You are telling us that the introduction of the English Baccalaureate into school performance tables has resulted in new decisions being made about the curriculum you now offer your students. The recent publication of the Wolf Review into Vocational Education has also highlighted further the importance of gaining a good grade at GCSE English or IGCSE English.
At Edexcel, we have developed our qualifications, resources and support to engage all your students as well as to help support your teaching. In particular, we know you will want to support your C/D borderline students.
We are also developing further our ResultsPlus service which will allow you to track the progress of each individual student taking an Edexcel EBacc qualification.
Offering you more ways to engage students
Qualifications that focus on fulfilling all your students’ potential
- Engage your students, allowing them to study texts that are relevant to them and which will help them to develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills
- Allow students to reach their full potential with accessible exam papers and controlled assessment tasks
- Enable you to teach new texts and approaches, alongside the more traditional and familiar
- Clear, accessible specifications allowing students of all abilities to demonstrate what they can do.
In addition to our specifications, a wide range of free and comprehensive support is available to help you to plan and teach our English qualifications. These include:
- Sample Assessment Materials
- Controlled Assessment Material
- Mark Schemes
- Student Guides
- Teacher Support Materials
- Past Examination Papers
- Examiner Reports
This support is available on the qualification subject pages below.
Resources designed with your students' needs in mind
We know that your focus will include your C/D borderline students and we have given special attention to this in our published resources, which are designed to both stretch the able and support those who need it.
Our comprehensive suite of resources, written by an expert author team of senior examiners and practising teachers, includes:
- Tiered Student Books with materials that focus on helping all students improve their learning and achieve their potential
- Teacher Guides matched to each Student Book, giving you tailored support and saving you valuable planning time
- ActiveTeach digital resources, enriched with BBC Active video clips to engage all students
- FREE Student Poetry Anthology and teaching materials for the Poetry Anthology, including ActiveTeach and Teacher’s Guide
- ActiveLearn - a powerful online student-centred learning tool, which boosts your students’ engagement and delivers targeted exam practice for your D/C borderline students
- Tiered Revision Workbooks with accompanying teacher pack, providing everything you need to deliver flexible, ready-made revision lessons
Expert advice when you need it
Our English Subject Advisor and his team are on-hand to answer your subject-related queries.
You can email EnglishSubjectAdvisor@edexcelexperts.co.uk or call 0844 372 2188.
Our training courses will help you prepare for teaching
We are here to support your training requirements and are currently devising a programme of courses to help teachers get up to speed with our GCSE English specifications.
Visit the Training from Edexcel website to find out more.
Track each individual student’s progress in their EBacc subjects
ResultsPlus is our free online service that enables you to analyse your students’ examination results.
To support your EBacc curriculum further, we are now developing a new EBacc Tracker that will enable you to track your students’ performance across Edexcel’s qualifications recognised for the EBacc. Further information will be available on this soon.
Take advantage of our free EBacc curriculum advice
Our Curriculum Support Consultants can provide you with information, help and practical support about our GCSE English suite, resources and training for teachers within your department.
Call 0800 083 5011 to talk to the Curriculum Consultancy team today.
English qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate: