Getting started with Edexcel: Your GCSE English checklist
Use the checklist below to ensure you're fully prepared to teach our GCSE English specifications.
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Complete an 'Intention to Offer' form so that you can receive your free resource, including our free Poetry Anthology Teacher Guide as detailed below.
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Visit the GCSE English, GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature pages for specifications, schemes of work and sample course planners, assessment materials, past papers, mark schemes, exemplars, FAQs, a UMS tracking achievement spreadsheet to help track progress, moderators' reports, examiners' reports and more.
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Visit the GCSE Digital Communication pilot page for information on this innovative pilot qualification that enables students to develop their English skills through the study and production of digital texts. If you're interested in joining the pilot, please send an email with your centre number, type of centre and the estimated size of cohort that you would enter for this qualification to digitalcommunication@pearson.com. |
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Get your free Poetry Anthology:
We're providing two free copies of our Anthology for each student, one where notes can be made during lessons and an unmarked copy to be taken into exams. Order your free student copies here.
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Order your free Poetry ActiveTeach CD-rom and Poetry Anthology Teacher Guide:
Not only are we providing free copies of the Poetry Anthology, but we'll also give you free print and digital student and teacher resources to support your teaching. Find out more about these free resources here.
To order, just call Edexcel Publications on 01623 467 467 or email publication.orders@edexcel.com, quoting the relevant publication code:
- Poetry Anthology ActiveTeach CD-rom: publication code UG022194
- Poetry Anthology Teacher Guide: publication code UG022193
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Get your free Speaking and Listening DVD:
The Speaking and Listening DVD supports the teaching and assessment for GCSE English/English Language. For a free copy of this DVD, please contact Edexcel Publications quoting publications code UG025603.
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Order your free Spoken Language study CD-rom:
Your free Spoken Language CD-rom supports the teaching and assessment for GCSE English Language Unit 3. For a free copy of this CD-rom, contact Edexcel Publications quoting publications code UG026975.
Please note you can also download all the Spoken Language Resources for GCSE English Language from the English Language qualification page.
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Get your free Teachit resources:
We've teamed up with Teachit to build special banks of material matched to our new GCSE English, GCSE English Language and GCSE English Literature specifications. These resources have been written specifically to support:
- non-fiction texts - whether digital or paper
- new Different Cultures texts
- spoken language study in our specifications.
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Explore our published resources: We offer a comprehensive suite of resources to support you and your students, written by an expert author team of senior examiners and practising teachers.
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Book on to one of our face-to-face or online training events:
Visit www.edexcel.com/training for more details and to book your place.
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Get direct support from our English Subject Advisor, Clare Haviland.
Our Subject Advisor service is designed to support all our English GCSE and A level qualifications. The service also offers all teachers of English the opportunity to discuss and share English-related issues, such as what the GCSE specifications have to offer. Katy will also be providing support via the , and via the English subject page.
To contact Clare, call the English Subject Advisor team on 0844 372 2188 or email Clare directly at teachingenglish@pearson.com.
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Subscribe to Subject Advisor updates: To receive regular updates from Clare Haviland, just email teachingenglish@pearson.com.
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Contact the English team: If you need additional support, please do contact the English team at english10@pearson.com or by calling 0844 372 2188.
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Make the most of the GCSE English website, www.english10.co.uk, where you'll find all the essential documents plus news and updates.
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Visit the , an online forum providing peer-to-peer advice. This interactive community is a great way to share concerns and ideas, ask and answer questions and engage in debates and discussions.
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Analyse results in detail with ResultsPlus, our free online service that can help you to identify areas of strength and weakness. From 2011 we've introduced a free ResultsPlus Mock Paper analysis which enables you to run a detailed analysis using past papers as mock examinations.
To get more out of ResultsPlus, book on to one of our ResultsPlus training sessions.
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