Studying English at Stonyhurst has a special significance given the College’s rich literary heritage and association with some of the nation’s most loved literature. Whether it be Baskerville Hall in Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ or the poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, who spent a vast amount of time at Stonyhurst. Our beautiful buildings and our rural surroundings are part of the landscape of our literary history.
Against this backdrop, students of English at Stonyhurst are encouraged to challenge themselves in the breadth and rigour of the work they complete, aided by access to a vast array of historical texts contained in the Stonyhurst Collections, not least the Shakespeare First Folio.
Currently the faculty follows the Edexcel IGCSE courses for English Language and English Literature and also offers the IGCSE English Language course in a year for our Pre IB pupils. In the sixth form, both IB (Higher and Standard Level) and A level Literature are offered. We are excited to be increasing our offer with A level English Language for first teaching in September 2025. This vacancy is a result of this expansion.
The Faculty is particularly involved in the wider life of the school running several creative writing competitions, debating, public speaking, School’s Challenge and the Oxbridge Reading Group.