Cambridge IGCSE English, Taught Step by Step
Small-group online teaching and carefully developed learning resources from Jacqueline Thorogood: a qualified specialist English teacher with 26 years of experience. Build confidence, understand the marks and practise one achievable step at a time.
✓Written for the 2027–2029 Cambridge syllabus (0500 / 0990)
For Key Stage 3 and IGCSE students, their parents and teachers.
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Live teaching, substantial resource packs and free support for students, parents and teachers.
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Focused small-group sessions with live feedback and expert guidance for Key Stage 3 and Cambridge IGCSE English students.
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Substantial packs in development: presentations, accompanying study materials, worked examples and structured practice. Designed for independent learning and classroom use.
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Explore free English lessons and practical study advice. Selected learning resources will be added as Jacqueline completes them.
Explore free resources →Ready for the 2027 Exams
Cambridge has updated IGCSE First Language English for exams from 2027, including how the papers and questions are set out. Every Thorogood English lesson, resource pack and practice paper is written for the new 2027–2029 syllabus.
Nothing is recycled from older papers, so students practise exactly what they will meet in the exam.
- Lessons built around the 2027 question format
- Practice papers in the 2027 Cambridge layout
- Mark schemes written for the new syllabus
Meet the Pugs
Thorogood English has a small and largely unhelpful staff. They sit in on everything.
Taught by a Teacher of Twenty-Six Years
Jacqueline specialises in Cambridge IGCSE English First Language, English Second Language and World Literature, with Key Stage 3 / Cambridge Lower Secondary support. Her qualifications include a BA (Hons) in English and Drama (2:1), PGCE and QTS.
Her 26 years of teaching span UK academies and grammar schools and international schools in Asia. Patient, interactive lessons make room for mistakes, break difficult skills into manageable stages and explain why an answer earns marks.
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Register your interest in Cambridge IGCSE and Key Stage 3 small-group classes. Groups of around 6–8 students and lessons of approximately 75 minutes are planned; dates and prices will be confirmed.
Register Your InterestFrom the Blog
Tips, strategies and exam advice from a teacher of twenty-six years.
- Why Reading Fiction Improves Exam Performance in English
The students who consistently outperform their peers in English exams tend to be readers. Here’s the evidence for why — and what parents can do to build the habit.
- How to Revise for IGCSE English: A Practical PlanEnglish is a skills subject, so revision has to be practice-based. Here’s a week-by-week IGCSE English revision plan, with tips for Paper 1, Paper 2 and English Literature.
- IGCSE English Literature: How to Analyse a Novel ExtractExtract questions reward close reading above everything else. Here’s how to approach a prose passage, with a worked example showing the difference between spotting a technique and analysing it.
Learn with Jacqueline on YouTube
Full English lessons, free to watch — taught by a teacher with twenty-six years in the classroom.