English
Recommended
reading list for all years
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Exam Results (A-Level and GCSE)
| English Department Staff | |||
![]() Tim Dyke Head of Dept. |
![]() Jeremy Shrimpton |
![]() John Brigden |
![]() Andrew Berrow |
![]() Steve Dawson |
![]() Janet A'Lee |
![]() Pauline Black |
![]() Debbie Hosking |

AIMS
At Blundell's the objective is to develop and reinforce competence in written and spoken English for all, to encourage the reading habit and the love of literature, to promote public speaking and creative writing and to achieve the highest possible grades in public exams. We aim to help pupils to make critical appreciation of writing and speech, to foster their interest in their own writing in a wide variety of forms, and to give them a historical sense of the language and literature of the past.
All English teachers are enthusiastic readers and the syllabus follows their interests and enthusiasms rather than a dogmatic, centrally-dictated scheme. Authors studied range from the Classics to Carol Ann Duffy and "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" for A-level, and "Great Expectations" to "Goodnight Mr Tom" for juniors. A high value is placed on creative work and class projects are frequently displayed in the English corridor.
The five English classrooms are clustered in one corridor at the very
heart of the school, right next to the Library and the I.T. suite. The
extensive book stock is kept on open shelves in the classrooms, to which
all pupils have free access. Every classroom has its own multimedia PC,
tape recorder, TV and video recorder.
Extra-Curricular Literary Pursuits
"The Blundellian": The Annual School
Magazine, produced by a team of staff and pupils. A valuable forum for
student creative, journalistic and photographic work.

The Newsboard: A large display area where pupils may
try their hand at more 'instant' journalism.

The Debating Society: Meets six times a year
in the Library. We enter the Observer Mace Debating Competition annually,
as well as the ESU Public Speaking Competitions.

The School House Debating Society: Meets monthly.

The School House Declamations.

The Inter-house Public Speaking Competition
takes place each year in the Spring term, on ESU lines. There is a Junior
and Senior Shield. The Inter-house Public Speaking
Competition is for all years and takes place in the autumn term.

The Poetry Society: Meets on Sunday evenings monthly throughout the year to read poetry, dress up in silly costumes and discuss literary topics.
The Book Group: meets half-termly to discuss favourite
books.
English Exam Results, 2007
A level results
| A LEVEL ENGLISH | ||||||||||||
| Year | A | B | C | D | E | N | U | %A‑E | %A‑C | %A | No. Cands. | Board |
| 2007 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 94 | 47 | 17 | Edexcel |
| 2006 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 76 | 12 | 17 | Edexcel |
| AS English | ||||||||||||
| Year | A | B | C | D | E | N | U | %A‑E | %A‑C | %A | No. Cands. | Board |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 92 | 77 | 13 | WJEC |
| 2006 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 77 | 32 | 22 | Edexcel |
GCSE results
| G.C.S.E. ENGLISH | |||||||||||
| Year | A* | A | B | C | D | E | F | %Pass | %A's | No. Cands. | Board |
| 2007 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 37 | 92 | OCR |
| 2006 | 8 | 22 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 33 | 91 | OCR |
| G.C.S.E. LITERATURE | |||||||||||
| Year | A* | A | B | C | D | E | F | %Pass | %A's | No. Cands. | Board |
| 2007 | 10 | 22 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 97 | 35 | 92 | OCR |
| 2006 | 15 | 20 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 38 | 92 | OCR |
| Teachers |
| Tim Dyke, M.A. Oxon., Head of Dept. Editor of "The Blundellian", President of the Senior Debating Society, Poetry Society and inter-house Public Speaking Competitions, Newsletter, i/c scholars. Jeremy Shrimpton, B.A. Bristol. Squash, Hockey, Cricket. John Brigden, B.Ed. Exeter. Housemaster of School House (11-13), Rugby, Hockey, Swimming. Andrew Berrow, BA Oxon. Housemaster of Petergate, Head of RS, CCF. Steve Dawson, BA East Anglia, Film Studies AS, Football, Cricket, i/c Oxbridge entrance. Janet A'Lee, BSc, Cert. Ed., Dyslexia and Specific Learning Difficulties specialist. Pauline Black, Cert. Ed. Bedford; Dip. Outdoor Ed. Ambleside; Cert. APS., Bristol. Debbie Hosking, BA St. Luke's; English, History, PSD, PE. |







