English - Writing

Our Vision for Writing

At Broadmayne, we believe that writing is a vital life skill and a powerful tool for communication, creativity and critical thinking.

We aim to develop confident, fluent and motivated writers who can express themselves clearly and creatively across all subjects.

Our approach to writing is built on the principles of the DfE Writing Framework (2025) and reflects our school’s values of curiosity, perseverance and pride in achievement.

How We Teach Writing

Writing is a complex process that draws on many skills. At Broadmayne, we teach these skills in a carefully sequenced way, supporting every child to become an independent and capable writer.

1. Transcription – Handwriting and Spelling

• Handwriting and spelling are taught daily from Reception onwards.

• Teachers model handwriting and ensure children develop correct posture, pencil grip and letter formation before moving to joined handwriting.

• Spelling is taught explicitly and cumulatively, with daily practice and opportunities to apply new words in context.

• Weekly spelling focuses are shared with parents to support practice at home.

2. Composition – Thinking, Planning and Creating

• Children learn to compose orally before writing, building rich vocabulary and confidence in expressing ideas.

• Every writing unit follows our Broadmayne Writing Sequence:

  
  

  1. Stimulate – immerse in high-quality texts, topics and vocabulary

  2. Generate – explore examples, sentence structures and grammar

  3. Capture, Sift and Sort – plan and organise ideas

  4. Create, Refine and Evaluate – draft, edit and share writing

  
  

• Teachers use modelled and guided writing to demonstrate how writers plan, compose and improve their work.

• Children are shown WAGOLLs (What A Good One Looks Like) so they understand the features of high-quality writing and can use these models to guide their own.

• Each topic is enhanced through the use of CLPE-recommended texts, chosen for their literary quality and relevance. These texts inspire children’s writing and deepen their understanding of language, character, and theme.

• Quality is valued over quantity — pupils learn to craft sentences that are meaningful, accurate and purposeful.

Feedback and Progress

Our live marking approach provides immediate, focused feedback during lessons, helping children to edit and improve their work as they write.

We celebrate progress through our “Writer of the Week” award and by displaying pupils’ writing on our Writers’ Wall.

Children use a Steps to Success toolkit in every writing lesson, helping them to understand their goals and recognise their achievements.

Supporting All Learners

We are committed to ensuring that every pupil can succeed in writing.

Children who need additional support receive targeted interventions to build their confidence and fluency.

Teachers adapt lessons and provide extra time and practice to meet individual needs.

Our Writing Culture

Writing is valued and celebrated throughout our school.

Our classroom working walls play a key role in supporting learning — they display modelled writing, shared examples, and children’s own work to provide ongoing visual support and inspiration for every writer.

Across the school, writing is taught with enthusiasm and purpose. From the earliest mark-making in Reception to polished stories and reports in Key Stage 2, children at Broadmayne see themselves as real writers.

We provide rich opportunities for children to write to inform, entertain, persuade, and reflect, developing both skill and creativity.