Secondary English

Enable your child to thrive in Secondary English

In today’s educational landscape, with increasing class sizes, a complex curriculum, a lack of experienced teachers and dwindling resources, your child deserves the best professional support to truly excel. That’s where we come in.

By choosing Golden Brain Academy, you ensure your child receives unparalleled academic support. Our expert teachers are committed to fostering excellence and have a proven track record of success. We offer:

Premium Quality Education: Tailored to meet your child’s unique needs.
Bespoke Resources: Customised to ensure comprehensive understanding.
Live and Interactive Lessons: Creating an engaging and supportive learning environment.

With Golden Brain Academy, your child will gain confidence, fill any learning gaps and achieve their full potential. Join us and watch your child thrive.

Course Content

Boost Your Child’s English Skills with Our 7-Week Courses

Our classes are meticulously designed around the key National Curriculum objectives in English. We focus on the areas children find most challenging, aligning our schedule with most schools to perfectly complement their studies.

Cost: £119 for KS3 and £140 for GCSE per 7-week block

What’s Included:

Baseline Assessment: To understand your child’s starting point.

6 Live and Interactive Lessons: Engaging and dynamic sessions of 45 minutes for KS3 and 55 minutes for GCSE

Bespoke Lesson Resources: Tailored to your child’s needs.

Progress Assessment: To measure improvement and guide future learning, including lots of practice papers for GCSE prep.

Our fully interactive lessons encourage students to share their ideas, with teachers providing immediate feedback and support. Our experienced teachers, accustomed to managing large classes, differentiate lessons to give each child individual attention.

Watch your child make rapid progress, gain confidence and enjoy their learning journey with us.

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Course Leader: Laura C

BA English Language and Literature

MA English Literature

PhD English Literature

Fully qualified teacher since 2014

Particularly well-versed on the specification for AQA, EDUQAS and WJEC for GCSE and A Level

Course Options

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Creative Writing for Year 7

Example lesson slides

Creative Writing Task - Forest in Winter

Before
After

Before

The forest was green and there was a lot of wildlife here. The last time I was here a few months ago but it is now quiet and cold. There are no hikers as there were in summer and the birds have migrated. It is so quiet that the only noise is the sound of my feet as I walk over the large number of icy leaves on the ground. The tall trees have lost their leaves and the branches are bare. They stretch upwards towards the grey sky. Other plants, such as the bushes and the grass, are frosty white and they shine in the bright sun. It’s really, really cold. The parts of my face that are exposed are cold and my hands are cold too, even though I am wearing gloves.

After

When I first passed this magical forest which was quite a while ago it was bustling with hikers, clicking their cameras and the branches were clothed in a variety of lush, rainbow-coloured leaves. However, presently, the hikers would probably huddle around a campfire or snuggle in a sleeping bag to escape the harsh bit of a winter’s deadly grip.

Even the birds have fled to a much warmer, more welcoming country. Silence hovers in the misty air and, apart from my heavy crackling steps on the lightly covered leaves, no sound can be heard. No twitters or tweets. No laughing, no crying. Just endless, eerie silence. Icicles clink together like nature’s own beautiful music.

Longingly, the elegant thin branches reach for the stone-grey clouds, which fill every crack in the sky. Other plants, such as wilting flowers and dusky-green bushes are delicately decorated with frosty-white snowflakes; they shimmer and shine in the early morning sun.

My lips turn blue and I am becoming a shivering dog, who has just taken a dip in the sea. Teeth chattering, I wrap the shawl, which is draped around me, even tighter. Despite me wearing the cosiest, warmest gloves, my hands are being nipped brutally by the relentless freezing weather.

What do our parents say?

“It’s been great seeing Alex come out of his shell and gaining confidence in his abilities through your classes which are so energising and cleverly designed and delivered. All the supporting materials have been top notch! “

Stephanie, mum to Alex

“Christos got Headteacher’s award for his writing today. Gobsmacked! Now, if that isn’t down to your teaching, I don’t know what is”

Pana, mum to Christos

“Just a quick one. Bella did really well in the second stage SET, came high amongst those who got through and can list schools. As you can imagine, we are delighted for her. Thank you so much. It’s all down to you.”

Claire, mum to Bella

“A huge thank you for all the fantastic tutoring Ethan has received from yourself and the rest of your team. We were blown away with how Ethan thrived under your Tutoring which was evident in how incredibly well he did at Caterham school’s 11 plus exams. ”