English

Overview

The Wardle Academy English Department is a vibrant place to learn about English Literature and English Language. The experienced team of teachers enthusiastically communicate their passion for the subject and this is characterised by a strong sense of collaboration and enthusiasm in the teaching and learning of the students, with whom they build positive working relationships.

The department’s main aim is to achieve the highest possible standards for all our students, which transfers into examination success and the chance to pursue the career of their choice in the wider world. Students will enjoy their work in English and the department strives to ensure that the curriculum offers a rich and diverse range of learning experiences.

Wardle’s Best Reads

Reading gives us the chance to escape to other worlds we didn’t even know existed. It gives us the opportunity to visit countries we’ve never been to and explore galaxies far away from our own. By expanding our vocabulary, enhancing our grammatical knowledge and broadening our minds, we are more likely to have academic success, lower stress levels and a greater ability to empathise with others. Wardle’s Best Reads is a list of the books that we as staff, students and parents believe are the best that the exciting world of reading has to offer: a list that promotes excellence and underpins the values that we at Wardle Academy live by.

These texts are available in our library, ‘The Reading Corner’ up in the Year 7 area and also on SORA, our online reading platform. Extra-curricular reading clubs held after school will be beginning this half term, where students will have even more opportunities to read, discuss and enjoy these wonderful texts with their peers and teachers.

Happy Reading!