ICYMI: EMC Language expert, Dan Clayton, looks at what the 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review said about English Language and how this could usefully be interpreted in the new National Curriculum programme of study for English. Read here:

The Future of English Language at KS3 + KS4

What the Curriculum and Assessment review could mean for English Language

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ICYMI: The winning entries of this year's MediaMag Production Competition are here! They're available to watch on our website at the following link:

MediaMag Production Competition 2026 – Reflections: The Winners!

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ICYMI: In this blog, EMC Director, Andrew McCallum, responds to the focus on media in the Curriculum and Assessment Review and outlines EMC's hopes for the new programme of study for English. Read here:

The case for Media in English

Why media deserves substantial space in the revised National Curriculum programmes of study for English

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Don't forget to take advantage of EMC's great-value Mixed Basket 200 Offer, which reduces the cost of each book to just £6 per copy when you purchase 200 or more copies of key EMC publications in any combination! Find out more: buff.ly/DERld6I

EMC's Mixed Basket 200 Offer

Pay just £6 a copy when you buy 200+ copies of 17 key EMC titles below – in any combination.

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We're recruiting for a MEDIA PGCE workshop leader to run up to 8 sessions for us, mainly in the Autumn term. If that sounds like something you'd like to do, then full details about how to apply are here buff.ly/dcPQ9aU

Media Workshop Leader Post

Media Workshop Leader Post – deadline for applications 17th August

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We had an amazing time watching the @mediamagemc.bsky.social production award finalists at NFT1, BFI Southbank earlier this month. Take a look at the winners to see the wonderful things young people can do with film www.englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...

MediaMag Production Competition 2026 Winners – Reflections

Watch the winning entries from the MediaMagazine Production Competition 2026.

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Tony Harrison's 'V': a poem that changed Andy Burnham's life + coincidentally was the first text EMC director @andrewemc.bsky.social taught to A Level. Not sure where secondary English teaching sits on the new PM's to-do list, but we have a few suggestions! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

At a poet’s memorial, I saw how Andy Burnham could be a different kind of prime minister | Blake Morrison

The putative PM-to-be explained how one of Tony Harrison’s poems gave him a new outlook, says poet and author Blake Morrison

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We were delighted to be quoted several times in this House of Commons report into Reading for Pleasure. We hope that the new NC, when it's published in draft form, will have reached similar sensible conclusions publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5902/cm...

We published this blog earlier this term, written by a teacher shocked at what his MAT is requiring him to do in the name of English. We've since added two comments by teachers in other locations who have been in touch about similar experiences englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/how-a-m...

How English pupils are being silenced in lessons

An English teacher sets out how he is required to teach by his senior leaders - and what it is doing to students

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Huge congratulations to the shortlisted and winning filmmakers of this year's MediaMag Production Competition 🙌 We were delighted to host the showcase event last week at the BFI with all the filmmakers and their guests in attendance and thank everyone involved for such a wonderful day!

Our best-selling study guide to Jekyll and Hyde divides the text into manageable sections and includes lots of useful activities to further your students' understanding of the novel. It's also included in our Mixed Basket 200 Offer! Find out more: buff.ly/DKy4s5c

Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: EMC Full Text Study Edition (Hard copy)

<p>Jekyll and Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde</p>

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📚 New guest blog from Rachel Glibbery of St Bede's Inter-Church School, Cambridge. Rachel shares how the school's Carnegie Shadowing Group, the Narrative Navigators, engaged with the Carnegie Awards 2026. 🔗 cilipslg.com/2026/07/14/t... @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social

THE POWER OF THE CREATIVE-CRITICAL Fascinating blog by EMC Associate Teacher, Hannah Sayer, about what a focus on the creative-critical did for her Y12 Lit students www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/creativ...

Creative-critical Approaches at Year 12

Hannah Sayer, Associate teacher 25-26, reflects on a project to introduce creative-critical approaches into her Year 12 curriculum.

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"Come to RTRP for a hive mind of best practice, a constellation of sparkling YA books and excellent snacks!" Apply now for EMC's 2026-27 Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils programme to replicate this participant's experience from last year! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/projects/rea...

Reading Teachers Reading Pupils 2026-27

Applications open for EMC's RT=RP 2026-27 reading group.

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All of our autumn courses, all in one place! At the following link you can download a helpful digest of every EMC CPD course taking place in the autumn term, complete with key details and booking information about each one and organised compactly for easy reference! buff.ly/Smj2O16

EMC Autumn Courses sheet 2026

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The results of the emagazine Close Reading Competition 2026 are here! Click the link to read the winning entries and comments by judge, Tom Gatti: buff.ly/UDDFrBw

emagazine Close Reading Competition 2026 – The Results!

The results of the 2026 emagazine Close Reading Competition.

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Our best-selling study guide to A Christmas Carol divides the text into manageable sections and includes lots of useful activities to further your students' understanding of the novel. It's also included in our Mixed Basket 200 Offer! Find out more:

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