Writing at Our School

At our school, we are committed to ensuring that every pupil becomes a confident, proficient and inspired writer. Our writing curriculum is designed to provide high-quality language experiences, explicit instruction, and purposeful opportunities for pupils to develop their skills across a wide range of genres and contexts.

Through Jane Considine’s The Write Stuff approach, we aim to secure:

• A consistent pedagogical structure that builds pupils’ stamina and fluency for writing.
• A strong focus on vocabulary acquisition, sentence accuracy and authorial voice.
• A clear progression of skills from the early years through to the end of Key Stage 2.
• An inclusive curriculum where all pupils, including those with SEND, can access high-quality modelling, scaffolding and support.
• Secure foundations in the transcriptional and compositional elements of writing, enabling pupils to communicate clearly, creatively and effectively.

Our overarching intent is to cultivate writers who can think deeply, write purposefully and take pride in the craft of writing.

We implement our writing curriculum through the systematic use of The Write Stuff teaching sequence, which provides clarity, consistency and ambition across the school. 

Key features of implementation include:

Sentence Stacking Lessons:
Teachers deliver highly structured lessons where vocabulary, grammar and writing techniques are modelled explicitly through ‘learning chunks’. Pupils then apply these skills immediately, allowing for rapid practice and consolidation.

Live Modelling and Scaffolding:
Teachers model the writing process in real time, making their decision-making visible and accessible. Scaffolded structures—including chunking, sentence prompts and writing lenses—ensure all pupils can achieve.

High-Quality Texts:
Our writing units are rooted in rich, diverse and ambitious literature, chosen to inspire pupils, broaden cultural capital and expose them to a variety of writing styles.

Progressive Skills Development:
A clearly sequenced curriculum ensures that pupils revisit and build upon key writing skills each year. Regular opportunities for extended independent writing strengthen pupils’ ability to apply their learning.

Feedback and Editing:
Pupils are taught to reflect on and improve their work through structured editing stations and guidance aligned to the The Write Stuff approach, supporting self-correction and deeper understanding.

Early Years Foundations:
In Early Years, pupils develop mark‑making, oral storytelling and early transcription skills through play‑based and structured writing experiences. The approach lays the groundwork for confident composition later in school.