English
At Langley Moor, we aim to provide an exciting, creative, purposeful and enjoyable English curriculum. We support all of our children to be accomplished readers, writers, spellers and speakers. Our children are able to transfer their knowledge of the English curriculum to other subjects and they are prepared for the next steps in their learning.
Reading
At Langley Moor, we are committed to fostering a reading culture where all pupils are inspired, challenged, and supported to become confident, fluent readers. Our carefully sequenced book spine contains high-quality, age-appropriate texts deliberately selected to link to key themes from the Rights Respecting agenda, which are revisited across year groups to deepen understanding and support long-term knowledge retention. In addition, our spine includes texts that introduce pupils to a range of less traditional narrative structures and literary features in an accessible and age-appropriate way. This exposure encourages pupils to engage with diverse forms of storytelling and equips them with the tools to navigate more complex and varied literature as they move through their education. By revisiting these features over time, pupils gain confidence and develop a deeper understanding of how different texts are constructed and interpreted.
Reading is prioritised across the school, and we teach a wide range of strategies to ensure children become skilled, independent readers. Through regular, structured opportunities to read and discuss texts, pupils develop the vocabulary, language comprehension, and critical thinking skills they need to thrive across the curriculum and beyond.
Writing
At Langley Moor, we establish a strong sense of purpose and motivation to write by using high-quality, engaging texts as stimuli for imaginative purposes, alongside real-life experiences that inspire and excite. These include school visits to museums and galleries, author workshops, and meaningful community-based writing opportunities—such as producing leaflets to promote environmental awareness on the local high street. Such experiences enrich pupils’ language, stimulate creativity, and provide writing with a real-world context.
Our writing curriculum is thoughtfully mapped to ensure clear progression in transcription and composition skills, as well as in ambition, while remaining age-appropriate and accessible to learners, regardless of their starting points. Carefully selected, age-appropriate grammar and punctuation skills are explicitly taught and then applied in purposeful written outcomes.
In the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1, these written outcomes are deliberately focused, enabling children to develop confidence in writing to inform and entertain. In Lower Key Stage 2, these purposes are revisited, and developed, through new contexts, and writing to persuade is introduced. By Upper Key Stage 2, pupils also explore writing to discuss, preparing them for the demands of secondary education.
This intentional progression allows pupils to apply prior learning in increasingly complex contexts, strengthening their control over grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, and structure. Over time, pupils develop the ability to adapt, edit, and improve their writing for different audiences and purposes with growing independence, precision, and creativity. It is our intention that by revisiting key writing units across year groups, across key stages, and across curriculum subjects, children will know more and remember more, achieving a deeper understanding.
Speaking and Listening
The ability to communicate effectively leads to improved life opportunities for all. We wish for our children to be eloquent, confident and able to communicate in a variety of ways. It is important that children have the desire and ability to formulate and express their views and opinions about the world in which they live. We are a Rights Respecting school and this links with Article 12 from The UNCRC ‘The right to be heard.’
Progression of Skills:
reading progression of skills.pdf
speaking and listening progression of skills.pdf
vocabulary punctuation and grammar progression of skills.pdf
writing progression of skills.pdf
Exemplar English Learning Journeys: