Baseline assessment

The original English pre-program assessments are stored and classified question by question.

English GCSE Readiness — Sitting 1: Reading

2026-09-13

Recorded result: 15/42 (~36%)

Question-level record: 2 correct · 8 partial · 1 incorrect · 4 blank

Relative strengths in retrieval/basic comprehension and some structural awareness; major weaknesses in evidence-backed inference, language analysis, comparison and evaluation.

English GCSE Readiness — Sitting 2: Grammar, vocabulary and editing

2026-10

Recorded result: 12/20 (60%)

Question-level record: 10 correct · 5 partial · 2 incorrect · 3 blank

Basic correction skills stronger than clause knowledge, direct-speech punctuation, connotation, personification, formal register and pronoun accuracy.

English GCSE Readiness — Sitting 3: Poetry and extended writing

2026-10-11

Recorded result: Poetry 2/12; extended writing about 14/24

Question-level record: 1 correct · 3 partial · 3 blank

Creative/narrative instinct stronger than poetry interpretation. Main gaps: implied meaning, technique/effect, mood change and technical control in extended writing.