English & Literacy Prefects 2025-26
Rhea Pant
Lily Long
Emily Trowbridge
Sami Eltaher
Charlie Wood
Emilia Gibbons
Welcome to English
English Faculty Staff
- Mrs J Millard Director of English & Media
- Mrs C Waters KS4 Co-ordinator
- Mrs M Canavan English / Director of Students Year 7 / KS3 Progress & Behaviour Lead
- Mrs I Murray KS3 Co-ordinator / Sociology
- Mrs S McKie English / Head of Dance / Director of Inclusion
- Mrs C Mort English
- Miss S Pender English Literacy Co-ordinator
- Miss L Smith English
- Miss A Bucknall English
- Mrs R Gascoigne English ECT
- Mrs L Sanders-Hewitt English
English is studied by all students in KS3 and KS4
Aim of the English Curriculum
To enable and encourage students to become confident speakers and discriminating listeners, discerning readers and critical thinkers, and effective communicators in the written word.
The knowledge the students will have by the end of the course:
Students will have the reading skills to appreciate, explore and deconstruct a range of texts; students will have the writing skills to enable them to communicate coherently and effectively for a range of purposes; students will have the speaking skills which will facilitate them expressing themselves clearly and confidently in a range of situations.
Recommended Reads by Year Group
Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10Year 11
Please also see the LRC Recommended Reads page for further suggestions by reading age.
Some recent highlights from the English Department:
Hampshire Book Awards
In June Year 8 students attended the Hampshire Book Award Voting at Eggars School. Read more here...
Wavell World Book Day
This year, Wavell took World Book Day to the next level with our first-ever Annual Reading Games, immersing students in the gripping world of dystopian literature. Read more here...
Student Work:
Year 7 have been diving into the lives and works of some of the world's most important authors, producing some wonderfully creative projects that really bring literature to life.
Dark settings, mysterious characters, and suspense was brought to life in some amazing Gothic Horror Projects by Year 9.
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