“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”  
- Dr Seuss

We believe English has a pre-eminent place in education and in society. A high quality education in English will teach pupils to speak and write fluently so that they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others and through their reading and listening, others can communicate with them. All the skills of language are essential to participating fully as member of society; pupils, therefore, who do not learn to speak, read and write thoroughly and confidently are effectively disenfranchised.