The English Association, drawing on its expert communities in Secondary, Further, and Higher Education, welcomes the White Paper. We welcome the attention to skills, and applaud the intention to deliver flexible, tailored, joined-up, and clear pathways to good employment. FE and English We welcome the constructive focus on FE provision and the aspiration for…
Please use to the form below to enter your submissions to the 2027 English 4-11 Picture Book Awards. The form will open on Monday 02 November 2026 and you can submit your entries up until Friday 22 January 2027. You can find the criteria for books submitted here, along with further details on our categories and…
Experience the Illuminated Text and discuss with the creator new ways to think about Shakespeare teaching in the classroom This free resource from The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, conceived and created by Dr. Rob Myles, breaks down Hamlet’s “look here upon this picture” speech across four dimensions – Rhythm, Rhetoric, Sound & Imagery, interpreting…
For almost eleven-year-old Trader, school is a trial and friends are something that other people have. Trader is happiest on the beach with his beloved Grandpa who has taught him so much. Just like his Grandpa, Trader is a beachcomber, searching for the treasures which the beach has to offer and seeking out their secrets…
June 1645: Roundheads and Cavaliers clash. The country is in the grip of the English Civil War. Born of noble blood, Merriweather Pryce finds her beloved home, the manor of Compton Blaize, under siege. Cromwell’s army looks set to strip the pride of the Pryce family name. It appears that her stepmother is intent upon…
Grace would rather not go to boarding school: the food is awful and some of the girls are mean. The nature of her parents’ work leaves her with little choice, however, and so, with the autumn term at an end, she is excited to see her mum and little brother Billy. The hotel in Bath…
Dina resents going to stay with Aunt JJ in Sheffield. She resents being the ‘Eldest’, the one expected to look out for her two younger brothers. She wants to be at home, amongst the trees and below the mountains, skating on the frozen surface of Mill Pond. But life often takes us in directions we…
From Barrington Stoke comes a tale of courage, a tale of hope, of battling enormous odds. . . Grace Darling is the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, and she simply cannot imagine a different way of life. She loves the small green island that is home, the cottage with the flower patch by the door,…
Ben Greenwood hasn’t seen or heard from his parents since they disappeared two years ago. The only clue to their whereabouts is an unusual piece of fabric which shifts colour to match its surroundings. It is like nothing seen on earth and seems almost magical . . . When the police return some evidence, Ben…