Lessons and Student Sets

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Students will study English between seven and nine lessons over a fortnightly period and will be put into Class Groups (Sets) based on subject, year group and in some cases, ability.

Please see the tables below for further information:

English Teaching Hours

Year Group	Number of Lessons
Year 7 and 8	7 Lessons per Fortnight
Year 9	8 Lessons per Fortnight
Year 10	8 Lessons per Fortnight
Year 11	8 Lessons per Fortnight
Year 12 & 13	9 Lessons per Fortnight

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Student Setting

Year 11

Set Name	Writer	Ability
MA	Maya Angelou	Upper (Grades 8-9)
BZ	Benjamin Zephaniah	Middle Upper (Grades 5-8)
JA	Jane Austen
WS	William Shakespeare
CD	Carol Ann Duffy
GO	George Orwell	Middle Lower (Grades 3-6)
HL	Harper Lee
KH	Khaled Hosseini
WW	William Wordsworth

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Year 10

Set Name	Writer	Ability
MA	Maya Angelou	Mixed Ability
BZ	Benjamin Zephaniah
JA	Jane Austen
WS	William Shakespeare
CD	Carol Ann Duffy
GO	George Orwell
HL	Harper Lee
KH	Khaled Hosseini

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Years 7-9

Set Name	Writer	Ability
MA	Maya Angelou	Mixed Ability
BZ	Benjamin Zephaniah
JA	Jane Austen
WS	William Shakespeare

For more information, please see the WeST English Curriculum Overview document or the Ivybridge Community College Year 7-13 Curriculum Map document available below:

Lessons and Student Sets

English Teaching Hours

Year Group

Number of Lessons

Student Setting

Year 11

Set Name

Writer

Ability

Year 10

Set Name

Writer

Ability

Years 7-9

Set Name

Writer

Ability