Compendium Secondary English

English resources for secondary schools

The British Library 

Explore the works of Shakespeare and Victorian writers in relation to the social, political and cultural context in which they were written, and investigate the ways in which these works have been interpreted over the last four centuries.

Shakespeare

Romantics and Victorian writers

The Poetry Society 

We're so excited to share a collection of learning resources from the Poetry society that you can download and use in the classroom or at home. 

General poetry resources

Lesson plans

Poetry videos

Writing challenges for young people

New Writing North 

The link below will take you to a series of self-led creative writing workshops for young people and schools. The workshops below are suitable for students in Key Stages 3-5.

Self-led creative writing workshops for schools

Writing From Home video series

New Writing North has created a video series to support young people who would like to start writing. It's filled with advice, guidance and fun writing exercises that your students can try from the comfort of their own home. 

Video series

Tees Valley Museums  

Get Creative: Let's Write  

Tees Valley Museums has been working with the fantastic author of Alfie Bloom, Gabrielle Kent, who uses objects as inspiration in her writing. Better still Gabrielle has put her ideas on film and written tips on how to do it. There are lots of online objects from the museums to use and Gabrielle tells us how we can use objects found in the home as inspiration too.

Let's Write downloadable resources