Year 7 English Transition Unit and Baseline Assessment Pack

A complete Year 7 English transition unit and baseline assessment pack for the first weeks of KS3 English.

This fully resourced Year 7 English transition unit is designed to help pupils make a confident start to secondary school English while giving teachers clear baseline information for reading, writing, SPaG and oracy.

Ideal for the first few weeks of Year 7, this editable KS3 English teaching resource introduces pupils to key secondary English skills, including reading comprehension, evidence and explanation, creative writing, sentence improvement, SPaG, speaking and listening, reflection and target setting.

The unit includes original fiction extracts based on starting secondary school, structured reading tasks, a writing baseline assessment, SPaG diagnostic activities, oracy tasks, review activities and teacher tracking sheets. Pupils are encouraged to reflect on themselves as readers, writers, speakers and learners while building confidence in the secondary English classroom.

Resource includes:

A 137-slide editable PowerPoint teaching unit
8 structured lessons for the start of Year 7 English
Original fiction extracts based on transition to secondary school
A Year 7 reading baseline assessment covering retrieval, vocabulary, inference, evidence and explanation
A reading skills workshop to develop key KS3 comprehension skills
A writing baseline assessment based on the title ‘The First Day’
Sentence improvement activities focusing on detail, sentence openings, sensory description and proofreading
A SPaG diagnostic covering capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes, word classes, clauses, sentences and proofreading
Oracy, speaking and listening activities linked to discussion, confidence and spoken responses
Reflection and target-setting tasks for reading, writing, SPaG and oracy
Printable pupil worksheets
Teacher answer sheets
Reading, writing, SPaG and oracy baseline tracking sheets
Final teacher tracker summaries to support planning, grouping and intervention

This Year 7 English transition resource is ideal for introducing pupils to KS3 English, supporting the move from Year 6 to Year 7, assessing starting points and helping teachers plan the first steps for the term ahead.

The PowerPoint and worksheets are fully editable, making the unit easy to adapt for different classes, abilities and school contexts.

Perfect for:

• Year 7 transition lessons
• The first week of secondary English
• KS3 baseline assessment
• Reading and writing assessment
• SPaG diagnosis
• Oracy and speaking and listening activities
• Tutor group or English department transition work
  Planning support for new Year 7 classes