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Access KS3 English Curriculum: A journey of exploration
Say hello to Access KS3's English curriculum: Your gateway to a rich and transformative learning experience in the field of English language and literature.
Access KS3 English is tailored to empower educators and inspire students from Year 7 to Year 9, ensuring they build a strong foundation in English language skills and literary analysis.
Stretch and challenge in English and step seamlessly into KS4
Want to stretch and challenge students, and encourage them to excel in language skills and literary analysis? The interactive nature of our content keeps students motivated and excited about the world of English language and literature.
Access KS3's English curriculum is your trusted sidekick in nurturing confident, critical-thinking students who are well-prepared for success in English.
Why choose our KS3 English curriculum?
Comprehensive and aligned with national curriculum
Our English curriculum is designed to align with the national curriculum. It covers all key aspects of English language and literature, from grammar and vocabulary to the exploration of literary texts. With Access KS3, you have a clear roadmap to navigate the English curriculum effortlessly.
Engaging and interactive learning
With Access KS3 English, mundane textbooks are a thing of the past. In its place is an engaging and interactive learning experience for all abilities. It’s a digital platform that captivates students in creative and thought-provoking world of English language and literature. With audio-visual resources, quick knowledge checks, and interactive lessons, students actively participate in their own learning journey.
Independent learning
Independence is at the heart of our English KS3 curriculum content. Students can progress at their own pace, complete assignments as homework, or actively participate in in-class learning. We even offer mastery activities for students eager to apply their English skills and knowledge.
Trusted content by expert educators
Our English content has been created by expert educators and examiners. This means you can trust our resources to provide quality education, alleviating your workload with pre-prepared lessons, assignments, and automated grading.
Reduced teacher workload
Streamlined lesson planning and automated grading for English assignments save you time, making your teaching experience more efficient and enjoyable. Even non-specialist teachers can teach the units available within Access KS3.
Improved outcomes
Access KS3 is proven to elevate English language proficiency and literary analysis skills. Students who use Access KS3 not only perform better in their English studies but also develop essential critical thinking abilities, making it an invaluable tool for educators and learners alike.
Find out how you can help your students on their journey to GCSE success
Key features of our English curriculum
Transition assessments
Year 7 plays a critical role in building the foundation for future success. Our Transition Assessments mirror the SATs papers from Key Stage 2, offering Year 7 teachers an accurate snapshot of your new students’ abilities. These insights help identify areas of strength and weakness, enabling tailored instruction to support individual students and groups. And, best of all, these assessments are self-marking, saving you valuable time!
Student progress tracking
Access KS3 provides robust reporting tools that give educators a clear view of student progress within the English curriculum. You'll have access to assessment scores, lesson engagement and insights into areas where additional support may be beneficial.
Audio-visual learning
Engage students with multimedia content that enhances English comprehension.
Personalised learning
The content has been designed to take into account a variety of learning preferences and abilities.
What's in Access Key Stage 3 English curriculum?
Year 7
7.1 Where does our language come from?
- Read and Interpret 1: So who exactly was Thor?
- Read and Interpret 2: What do you mean, it’s Thor’s Day?
- Read and Interpret 3: What’s that coming over the hill?
- Read and Interpret 4: Is it a monster?
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: Where did ‘I’ come from? Where did ‘you’ come from?
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: What did the Romans do for us?
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: 1066 and all that
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Where did my pyjamas come from?
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Model and Plan ‘Who Am I?’
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Sequencing using a framework
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Improve your vocabulary
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Check those sentences
7.2 Castles and kingdoms
- Read and Interpret 1: Children of the Benin Kingdom
- Read and Interpret 2: Children of the Benin Kingdom
- Read and Interpret 3: The Secret in the Tower
- Read and Interpret 4: The Secret in the Tower
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: ‘Castle’
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: ‘Eclipse’
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: ‘The Lady of Shallott’
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: ‘Bold Sir Lancelot’
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Model and Plan ‘Travels in Africa’
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Creating the journal form
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Paint a picture
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Check those spellings
7.3 All the world’s a stage
- Read and Interpret 1: Who was this William Shakespeare?
- Read and Interpret 2: A trip to The Globe
- Read and Interpret 3: A King in Command
- Read and Interpret 4: A Queen in Command
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: Meet Titania and Oberon
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: A King and Queen in conflict
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: A King in a Storm
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Nature fights back.
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: A trip to the theatre
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Dramatic Vocabulary
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Paragraphs and sequence
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Check that punctuation
Year 8
8.1 Secrets and suspicion
- Read and interpret 1: Dangerous rumours
- Read and interpret 2: Akata Witch
- Read and interpret 3: Witch Child
- Read and interpret 4: Comparing suspicious ideas
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: The Weird Sisters
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: Macbeth under the witches spell
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: The Crucible
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: The Crucible
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Planning a description of a sea witch
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Bringing the description to life
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Create a dramatic atmosphere in your description
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Present your finished picture
8.2 Please sir: I want some more
- Read and interpret 1: A Dystopian future
- Read and interpret 2: Where The River Runs Gold
- Read and interpret 3: What the Dickens?
- Read and interpret 4: The fact not the fiction
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: The Chimney Sweeper
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: The Chimney Sweeper
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: The Cry of the Children
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: The Cry of the Children
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Get ready to write
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Plan your letter content
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Get the form right
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Make it brilliant!
8.3 Rise up and protest
- Read and interpret 1: Things a Bright Girl Can Do
- Read and interpret 2: Things a Bright Girl Can Do
- Read and interpret 3: Rebel Voices
- Read and interpret 4: Rebel Voices
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: Suffragette City
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: Suffragette City
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: We don’t have to give up hope
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Writing a protest poem using our knowledge
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: the power of protest
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: The Art of Rhetoric
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: A strong start and a call to action
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Proofread and present
Year 9
9.1 Big Brother is watching you
- Read and interpret 1: 1984
- Read and interpret 2: 1984
- Read and interpret 3: Want
- Read and interpret 4: Want
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: The Butterfly
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: The Survivor
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: First They Came
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Not My Business
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: A Dystopian narrative
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Bring your dystopia to life
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Including voices
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Using the zoom lens
9.2 In search of freedom
- Read and interpret 1: Native Son
- Read and interpret 2: Native Son
- Read and interpret 3: The Street
- Read and interpret 4: The Street
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: Langston Hughes
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: The Fat Black Woman’s Poems
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: The Fat Black Woman’s Poems
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Hurricane Hits England
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Describing a landscape
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Painting the landscape
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Organise and create cohesion
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Self and ‘peer’ assessment
9.3 Hear our many voices
- Read and interpret 1: Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe
- Read and interpret 2: Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of the Universe
- Read and interpret 3: Open Water
- Read and interpret 4: Diary of a Young Naturalist
- Explore and expand your knowledge 1: Clap When You Land
- Explore and expand your knowledge 2: Dear White America
- Explore and expand your knowledge 3: Dear Hearing World
- Explore and expand your knowledge 4: Exploring form and structure
- Create and improve your accuracy 1: Finding your voice
- Create and improve your accuracy 2: Writing your own self
- Create and improve your accuracy 3: Making choices with form, structure and punctuation
- Create and improve your accuracy 4: Hear your voice
