Oxford Smart Quest | KS3 English Curriculum Service

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Quest takes teachers and students on an exciting journey through a wide range of diverse texts and themes designed to engage, motivate and excite the whole class. Developed with teachers and based on the latest research, Quest is the time-saving solution you’ve been looking for. The flexible range of online support includes quizzes, CPD, auto-marked assessments, next steps for each student and much more.

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Carefully selected, diverse texts and themes throughout

"The things that have impressed me the most are that it's very much a colourful, bright and vibrant resource, and also contains materials that pupils relate to, so pupils are becoming really passionate about the lessons taking place.”Thomas Hoole, English Teacher

Enables vocabulary and oracy development

“The biggest impact we’ve seen so far is students’ use of vocabulary. They aren’t just learning the definitions, but they are using the words in their writing as well.” Gaurav Dubay, Head of English

Time-saving with flexible online resources, lessons and auto-marked assessments

"I've loved Oxford Smart Quest because it's saved me so much time in planning. All of the resources are there and accessible online and ready to go. I've also loved how adaptable it is, I've been able to adapt it to lots of different classes and abilities.” Emily Harvey, English Teacher

Build on what students know and prepare effectively for GCSE

Quest reinforces and builds on what students know from Primary School and provides carefully sequenced building blocks towards GCSE

Oxford Smart Quest Case Study

"Our pupils have loved the texts!"

Rachel Martin, Head of English at Ballycastle High School, spoke to us about the experience of teaching and learning with Oxford Smart Quest.

Oxford Smart Quest Curriculum Summary

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Discover the intent and pillars behind Oxford Smart Quest that interconnected to deliver a responsive learning experience. You can also take a look at how it develops across the 3 years.

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Oxford Smart Quest Kerboodle seamlessly combines a coherent KS3 English curriculum, resources, assessment, next steps and CPD, saving teachers valuable time.