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Support to help you plan, program and assess the English Standard course.

English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024)

The new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2026, with planning beginning in 2025. The syllabus will be taught to Year 11 from Term 1, 2026. Schools are to begin teaching year 12 in Term 4, 2026. The first HSC examination for English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is in 2027.

The department is supporting teachers to engage with and plan for the enactment of the new senior English syllabuses developed by NESA as part of the NSW Curriculum Reform. This page includes support resources for teachers and leaders:

  • enacting the English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)
  • planning for engagement and 2026 enactment of the new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024)
    • this syllabus will be taught to Year 11 from Term 1, 2026
    • further resources are currently in development and will be released progressively throughout 2025 and 2026.

These resources have been developed to support teachers in planning and programming.

Planning templates and sample documents

These documents identify key requirements for planning and enacting the English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) and text requirements.

Planning templates

These templates can be used to support teachers in their planning, programming and assessment practices.

Sample documents

These sample documents demonstrate how to use the planning templates. They can be adapted for planning and programming in a specific school context.

Sample programs and resources

These sample programs and resources are designed to support enacting the English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024). These samples include a teaching and learning program, resources, sample assessment and annotated student work samples for the Year 11 ‘Reading to write: Transition to English Standard’ focus area.

The following resources and supporting slide decks are for the program 'Reading to write: Transition to English Standard' – 11.1.

English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017)

The English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017) is to be taught until implementation of the new English Standard 11–12 Syllabus (2024) is implemented from 2026.

This 2025 English Standard Stage 6 Quick Reference Guide (103.3 KB) provides an overview of support available to implement the English Standard Stage 6 Syllabus (2017).

2017 resources

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Common module – Reading to write

You can adapt the following units of work as required.

Reading to write – the shifting nature of identity
Reading to write

Module A – Contemporary responsibilities

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Power of podcasting
Is the authentic true?
Run Lola Run and Universe Within

Close study of literature

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Jasper Jones

Sample lesson sequences, sample assessment and resources for 'Jasper Jones'.

Module B – Critical phase

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Close study of literature – Owen

Key phases of learning – Teacher advice

The Stage 6 phases project has been developed to support teachers in the structuring of teaching and learning activities for Stage 6 units. In the typical eight-week timeframe of a unit, a teacher may employ a range of these phases in order to meet outcomes, cover content and prepare for assessment.

The term ‘phase’ helps to focus planning by identifying the specific purpose of each section within a teaching program. The phases are closely aligned to the English textual concept ‘learning processes’ of understanding, engaging personally, connecting, engaging critically, experimenting, and reflecting. As such each phase focuses teacher and student attention onto the learning intentions of each sequence of lessons.

Each phase lesson sequence is structured as a case study utilising a module and a prescribed text. However, the teaching and learning activities within the case study could be easily adapted to any Stage 6 unit.

Common module – Texts and human experiences

You can adapt the following resources as required.

All the Light We Cannot See
Billy Elliot
The Boy Behind the Curtain
The Crucible
I Am Malala
The poetry of Kenneth Slessor and other related texts
Waste Land

Module A – Language, identity and culture

You can adapt the following resources as required.

The Castle
Henry Lawson
Inside my Mother – Eckermann
Pygmalion

Note: There is no resource 44.

Module B – Close study of literature

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Oodgeroo Noonuccal

Module B –Engagement with module ideas and concepts

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Teacher advice

The Stage 6 phases project has been developed to support teachers in the structuring of teaching and learning activities for Stage 6 units. In the typical eight-week timeframe of a unit, a teacher may employ a range of these phases in order to meet outcomes, cover content and prepare for assessment.

The term ‘phase’ helps to focus planning by identifying the specific purpose of each section within a teaching program. The phases are closely aligned to the English textual concept ‘learning processes’ of understanding, engaging personally, connecting, engaging critically, experimenting, and reflecting. As such each phase focuses teacher and student attention onto the learning intentions of each sequence of lessons.

Each phase lesson sequence is structured as a case study utilising a module and a prescribed text. However, the teaching and learning activities within the case study could be easily adapted to any Stage 6 unit.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Haddon – Teacher resource (DOCX 80KB) – Student resource (DOCX 349KB)

Unpacking the module requirements

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – Haddon – Teacher resource (DOCX 174KB) – Student resource (DOCX 178KB)

Introduction to the prescribed text

A Midsummer Night's Dream – Shakespeare – Teacher resource (DOCX 177KB) – Student resource (DOCX 164KB)

Engaging critically with texts

The poems of Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Noonuccal – Teacher resource (DOCX 180KB) – Student resource (DOCX 171KB)

Module C – Connecting phase

You can adapt the following resources as required.

Teacher advice

The Stage 6 phases project was developed to support teachers in the structuring of teaching and learning activities for Stage 6 units. In the typical eight-week timeframe of a unit, a teacher may employ a range of these phases in order to meet outcomes, cover content and prepare for assessment.

The term ‘phase’ helps to focus planning by identifying the specific purpose of each section within a teaching program. The phases are closely aligned to the English textual concept ‘learning processes’ of understanding, engaging personally, connecting, engaging critically, experimenting, and reflecting. As such each phase focuses teacher and student attention onto the learning intentions of each sequence of lessons.

Each phase lesson sequence is structured as a case study utilising a module and a prescribed text. However, the teaching and learning activities within the case study could be easily adapted to any Stage 6 unit.

Connecting phase – Luka Lesson

Module C – The craft of writing

In this unit, students will develop their understanding of the The craft of writing.

In this lesson sequence, students will construct a narrative in response to a stimulus.

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