English Catch-up Programme

Baseline assessmentWeak areas & programme links

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PRIORITY 1

Autumn 1 — fiction and Love & Relationships poetry

1A — Literal → implied meaning

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1B — Evidence, word-level analysis, vocabulary & effect

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Writing clinic — 10 minute skills

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PRIORITY 1 — continued

1F — Short analytical answers and fiction / poetry

Autumn 1 · 1–4 lines only. Build a point, select evidence, explain it.

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PRIORITY 2

Autumn 2 — structure, poetry and connected prose

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PRIORITY 2 — continued

2B — Autumn 2 prose, short poems and non-fiction

Connected paragraphs and complete very short poems. No prior reading of A Christmas Carol required.

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PRIORITY 3

Core writing, non-fiction and comparison

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PRIORITY 3 — continued

3B — Develop analysis, comparison and writing

Longer answers, short poems, richer structure and technical accuracy.

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PRIORITY 4 — wider texts

4 — Broader reading: fiction, non-fiction and poetry

Connected extracts, fuller poems, comparison and evaluation; increasingly unfamiliar material.

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PRIORITY 5 — GCSE applications

5 — Independent GCSE-style application

Unseen work and increasing time limits. Writing, evaluation, poetry and prose all appear.

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PRIORITY 6 — final readiness

6 — Final integrated readiness

Final mixed practice before independently assessed unseen reading and writing. Do not use this as a substitute for the check-in.

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