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The English Association warmly welcomes the very full report on Reading for Pleasure from the House of Commons Education Committee, published today. The report covers, thoughtfully and authoritatively, many areas of concern for the English Association, and has drawn constructively on written evidence provided by the Association and spoken evidence given by Fellows of the…
A community for those interested in researching the teaching and learning of English Language and English Literature in schools The teaching and learning of English are endlessly fascinating, endlessly complex and endlessly powerful. Ours remains the most quicksilver (Dixon, 1975) of subjects, constantly evolving and subject to multiple, simultaneous pressures. This means that there is…
A letter to the Editor of The Times, signed by colleagues across English Studies (including Chair of the EA Professor Jenny Richards, CEO of the EA Dr Rebecca Fisher, and EA Fellows Professor Greg Walker, Professor Clare Lees, Professor Ann Heilmann, Professor Helen Small, Professor Gail Marshall, and Professor Nigel Leask) was published on 5 July…
We’re working with the University of Wolverhampton to explore how climate change can be discussed in the English classroom. Our colleagues at the University of Wolverhampton would like to recruit an English teacher to help script a short video inspired by Elif Shafak’s The Island of Missing Trees. Shafak’s novel, which will be included as…
The English Association, the Institute of English Studies, University English and Bloomsbury Press took the case for English Studies to Westminster at a Parliamentary Breakfast hosted by the Rt. Hon. the Lord Baker of Dorking CH PC on Thursday 18 June 2026. Guests from business, education, media and the Higher Education sector came together to…
On Saturday 13 June we enjoyed our annual Conference at Senate House in London. Elizabeth Draper FEA (Deputy Chair of the EA), has kindly written a brief report to share her reflections: Dr Rebecca Fisher, CEO, opened the conference, marking the 120th year of The English Association. This year’s Conference had two main themes, Climate…
This consultation seeks views on planned new level 1 English and maths qualifications for 16- to 19-year-olds with prior GCSE attainment at grade 2 or below. Our response to this consultation is underpinned by a fundamental shift in how we view the post-16 English learner. Crucially, rather than viewing Level 1 through a deficit model,…
We teamed up with Inclusive Books for Children (IBC), who specialise in making it easy to source diverse children’s books, to find out what happens when inclusive books land in the classroom. Curated packs of inclusive books went to a sample of UK primary classrooms, and the case study explores the impact on children’s reading…
We are looking for an experienced practitioner of English in primary/early years education to take up the role of Editor and chair the Editorial Board of our magazine, English 4-11. Published three times per year, English 4-11 supports literacy in the primary classroom and is for teachers, including trainee teachers, of primary English. Accessible and lively,…