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Est. 1451. An outstanding coeducational secondary school & sixth form college and England's first academy

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Ideology in the opening sequence of SOTD

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Shaun of the Dead - post-modern intertextual references

How SOTD explores growth

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Vertigo spirals

Cinema and modernism

Mastering the Movie Colour Palette: del Toro

Modernism - Movie List

Realism

House of Flying Daggers - sound

Buster Keaton - The Art of the Gag

Under the Skin - Sound

Under the Skin explained

Under the Skin - The Alien Gaze

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January 2026 Examinations

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Cover Supervisor

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Teacher of English - (Maternity cover - Possible TLR available)

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