English Across the Divides: Investigating perceptions of ‘English’ across the Key Stages in England

The Common English Forum’s (CEF) recent Manifesto for English in England (2024) states that subject English is an ‘eco-system’ that stretches from the Early Years and Ks1 to KS5 and beyond. However, it warns that ‘significant damage’ to this system, caused at least in part by the current national curriculum for English (DfE, 2013) and its attendant […]