Copy of Focus Schools banned book list

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Copy of Focus Schools banned book list
2013
CLASSIFICATION 5 LIST
TITLES NOT SUITABLE FOR USE
IN FOCUS SCHOOLS
Classification 5 - Issue 5
Titles NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
21 January 2013
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
C5
NOT FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS
C5
C5*
Recently re-classified as NOT suitable for Use in Focus Schools C5*
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
``Key
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Full List available on request
Art and Design
unknown
C4828
Introducing Picasso
C5
Unknown
KS2
Do not use
978 0431098883
PAR629
Life & Work of Auguste Rodin
C5
Tames R
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0431098883
C1849
Life & Work of Auguste Rodin
C5
Tames R
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0746016626
C4838
Usborne Complete Book of Drawing
C5
Rivera S
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0750252942
C4193
Usborne Complete Book of Drawing
C5
Reece N
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0431115337
C4133
How Artists use Colour
C5
Flux P
Heinemann
KS2/4
C5
Flux P
Heinemann
KS2/4
C5
Flux P
Heinemann
KS2/4
C5
Bennett L
Heinemann
KS2/4
C5
Bolton L
Belitha Press
KS2/4
C5
Grange Books Grange
DNS
Do not use
978 0431162157
C4134
How Artists use Perspective
Do not use
978 0431162164
C4135
How Artists use Shapes
Do not use
978 0431093277
C4170
Life and Work of Salvador Dali
Do not use
978 1841387765
C4165
Surrealism
Do not use
978 1840136586
AR2531
Toulouse Lautrec
KS2/5 CM
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT TO BE USED IN Focus Schools even as Teacher Resource. Some
content is pornographic; his life and large portion of his work is unsuitable.
978 3833114731
AR2524
Art in Focus: Van Gogh
978 1840137712
AR2532
Cezanne
C5
Konemann
KS3/5
C5
Grange
KS3/5 CM
Taschen
KS3/5 CM
xxxxx
KS4
REMOVE 14 Pages 27,41,53,69,73,75,77,83,123,173,187,227, 231 - there must be a
more suitable book on Cezanne than this!
978 3822822180
AR2534
Pop Art
C5
REMOVE Pages 37, 41, 49, 65, 67, 91 and 93 - Not a class book – too many exclusions
required, Quite a good book covers the genre well. 20 Artists
978 0340983355
AR2520
OCR Art and Design for GCSE
C5
Publication of this title was abandoned November 2010
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0340983362
FLT REF
TITLE
AR2527
OCR Art and Design for GCSE Teacher Book
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
xxxxx
KS4
Thames and
Hudson
KS4/5 GEF
Covers coursework, personal investigation and preparation for controlled assignment.
Lightly confusing format.
978 0500286715
AR3964
Hockney's Pictures
C5
David
Hockney
REMOVE Pages 11, 16, 20, 24, 28, 29, 39, 41, 43, 44, 72, 74, 87, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115,
116, 117, 118, 216, 230, 322, 323. Further CAUTIONS: Pages 8, 10, 23, 25, 26, 30, 42,
88, 89, 102, 121, 122, 274, 275,
Offers a retrospective of the popular serious
Citizenship
CZ2931
CCEA Drugs and Society
C5
CCEA
X
`
KS2/4 HGG
CDG
For Schools in Ireland only - NOT to be used Learning for Life and Work Integrated
Activity Series - N Ireland Curriculum - CDG
978 1844242405
C4118
Badger Assembly stories with Citizenship and PSHE Themes
C5
Seed A
Badger
978 0748760190
TCZ001
Activate! 1.Enquiries into Local Citizenship
C5*
Institute for
Citizenship
Nelson Thornes KS2/5 CDG
RE-CLASSIFIED : NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools - use FLT Focus on Citizenship
978 0748760206
TCZ002
Activate! 2.Enquiries into National Citizenship
978 0748760213
TCZ003
Activate! 3.Enquiries into Global Citizenship
C5*
Institute for
Citizenship
Nelson Thornes KS2/5 CDG
RE-CLASSIFIED : NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools - use FLT Focus on Citizenship
C5*
Institute for
Citizenship
Nelson Thornes KS2/5 CDG
RE-CLASSIFIED : NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools - use FLT Focus on Citizenship
978 0748760237
TCZ004
Activate! Resource Support Pack
C5*
Institute for
Citizenship
Nelson Thornes KS2/5 CDG
RE-CLASSIFIED : NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools - use FLT Focus on Citizenship
978 0435808082
TCZ009
Citizenship in Action Book 1: Teacher Resource
C5
P Norton
Heinemann
KS3
978 0435808099
TCZ011
Citizenship in Action Book 2: Teacher Resource
C5
F Galliger
Heinemann
KS3
978 0435807986
TCZ013
Citizenship in Action Book 3: Teacher Resource
C5
P Norton
Heinemann
KS3
EC4417
AQA AS Economics Student Unit Guide: Unit 1
C5*
Economics
978 0340947494
KS5
CG/M
W
UNSUITABLE content - please enquire Pages 78-81 are not good and 92-96 seriously
bad.
English
978 1846470240
RB077
Granny was a Buffer Girl (play)
Doherty B
Catnip
Macmillan.
KS3
UA/LH
Pratchett,
Terry
Oxford UP
KS3
PG
C5
Chaucer, G
Oxford UP
KS3
PG
C5
Ludwig, Ken
Oxford UP
KS3
PG
C5
Calcutt D
Oxford UP
KS3
PG
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED Not suitable for use in Focus schools.
English Poetry and Drama
978 0198314943
EN806
New Oxford Play: Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents C5
978 0198320630
EN807
New Oxford Play: Canterbury Tales
Not suitable
Not suitable
978 0198326960
EN808
New Oxford Play: Three Musketeers
Not suitable
978 0198321019
EN809
New Oxford Play: Troy
Not suitable
English Reader
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1846470943
FLT REF
TITLE
ER148
Worry Tree
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Musgrove, M
Catnipp
KS2
KJS
best avoided
English Readers
978 1407116167
ER2923
An Urgent Message of Wowness
C5
McCombie K
978 1842550236
ER2894
Assassins of Rome
C5
Lawrence C
C5
Gleitzman M
C5
Durrell Gerald
C5
Walsh J P
C5
Diamand
Emily
C5
Lawrence C
NP
Orion
JK
General tone not good
978 0141329888
ER2927
At Least Once
too many unsuitable refs
978 0006341611
ER2925
Beasts in My Belfry
978 0140304572
ER2900
Dolphin Crossing
RW
Puffin
JK
Too much bad language
978 1906427429
ER2924
Flood Child
978 1842555156
ER2902
Fugitive from Corinth
RW
Orion
JK
Generally - No
978 0440869085
ER2920
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
C5
Jack Gantus
978 0007857838
ER2929
Just a little Run Around the World
C5
Rosie Swale
Pope
978 0330446211
ER2910
Read Me Out Loud: A Poem for Every Day of the Year
C5
Toczek N
C5
Page 6 unsuitable
Macmillan
NP
No p471-5, 477, 780, 482, 488
978 1842555064
ER2889
Sirens of Surrentum
C5
C Lawrence
JK
0 140349804
ER2928
So Far From Skye
C5
Judith O'Neill
JK
978 0573010422
CER2123
Birthday Party, The
C5
Pinter, Harold Samuel French
`
UA
978 1416917304
EN4335
Escaping into the Night
C5
Friedman D D
Simon &
Schuster
`
JW
NOT FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS - survival in Jewish 'underground' but too much
unsuitable
978 1902421179
CER2124
In the Springtime of the Year
C5
Hill, Susan
Long Barn
Books
`
UA
978 1408800270
CER2125
Pirates!
C5
Rees, Celia
Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
`
UA
978 1844286270
C4821
Clever Lollipop
C5
King-Smith D
Walker
KS1/2 BA
978 0006737445
C4829
Josie Smith
C5
O'Riley P
Collins
KS1/2 UA
978 0006754077
C4138
Josie Smith in Winter
C5
Nabb M
Collins
KS1/2
978 0749747121
XX112
Strongest Girl in the World, The
C5
Nimmo Jenny
Egmont
KS1/2
978 0199187584
C4112
Alien Wolf Hill: Level 5:
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2
Action-packed piratical adventure by bestselling and award-winning author Celia Rees
Do not use
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0330415552
FLT REF
TITLE
ER069
All American Girl
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Pan Macmillan
KS2
Cabot Meg
A funny, funky teen novel with a great new heroine from bestselling Meg Cabot, author
of the phenomenal PRINCESS DIARIES.
978 1405233231
XX045
Annelid, the Art Hater
978 1842342022
C4115
Attack on America
C5
Fine A
Egmont
KS2
C5
Williams B
Cherrytree
KS2
HS
A brief summary of September 9/11 attack with simple text and good photos.
978 0749633455
C1847
Beatrix Potter
C5
Castor H
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0744524376
C4119
Beware Olga
C5
Cross G
Walker
KS2
978 1405233187
XX046
Bill's New Frock
C5
Fine A
Egmont
KS2
978 0713663181
C4120
Boy King
C5
Belbin D
A & C Black
KS2
UA
C5
Ahlberg A
Puffin
KS2
UA
C5
Paterson K
KS2
BM
RP
'Tudor Flashbacks' series
978 0141382845
C4121
Boyhood of Burglar Bill
Too many deletions
978 0140366181
C4202
Bridge to Terabitha
Boy / girl friendship - parents of one child are clearly agnostic, others have a traditional
belief though are hardly practising Christians. Use of the word 'Lord' as exclamation
throughout. Not suitable for use in Focus Schools.
978 0439998192
SR244
Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor
Poopypants
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
C5
Burgess M
A & C Black
KS2
RGA/U
A
C5
Glover S&ra
Usborne
KS2
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2
C5
Arnold N
Scholastic
KS2
C5
DK
Penguin Books
KS2
C5*
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0713649390
C4124
Copper Treasure, The
978 0746060377
ER4675
Demon's Rock
Too much language.
Usborne Thrillers S.
978 0199187522
C4128
Dirt Bike Rider Wolf Hill: Gizmo's Story: Level 4:
Do not use
978 0439944458
XX008
Disgusting Digestion
978 0751362138
ER070
DK Readers Level 4 Going for Gold
Through a story about going for gold, this book provides the first steps in reading, using
word repetition and photographs through to increasingly complex vocabulary and
sentence structure.
978 0141303208
C4822
Dogblaster
C5
McKay H
Puffin
KS2
RB
978 0749714536
C4195
Dogblaster
C5
Martyr A & P
Puffin
KS2
RB
978 0340956878
XX036
Dolphin Diaries up to 4 Books
C5
Daniels Lucy
Hodder
KS2
Leave out all
978 0749662264
PP1242
Egyptian (How Would you Survive?)
C5
Murphy J
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0753405536
E319
Fish Grew Legs
C5
Ganeri A
Kingfisher
KS2
unknown
PP1232
Fleming
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0746073056
ER4680
Fur
C5
Harper M
Usborne
KS2
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
LH
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 1843620693
XX006
Giraffes Can't Dance
C5
Andrea Giles
Orchard
KS2
978 0140315417
PP1805
Goodnight Mister Tom
C5
Matthews A
Penguin
KS2
Red Fox
KS2
UA
KS2
BM
RE-CLASSIFIED - not suitable for use in Focus schools Language p.282, 283, 331:
explanation p.333/4 - delete language
978 1862307759
C4826
Harvey Angell
C5
Hill S
Inference of communicating with the dead make it unsuitable for us
978 0385614443
ER827
Hetty Feather
C5
Wilson J
Early life of a Victorian foundling fostered by a rural family
978 1405233224
XX048
How to Write Really Badly
978 0199187492
C4136
In the End Wolf Hill: Level 4:
C5
Fine A
Egmont
KS2
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2
C5
Park B
Chicken House
KS2
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2
Do not use
978 1905294060
XX160
Junie B is on holiday
Funny but whole series not for us
978 0199187508
C4139
Let's hear it for Nan Wolf Hill: Loz's Story: Level 4:
Do not use
978 0749742232
XX154
My Brother Bernadette
C5
Wilson J
Egmont
KS2
978 0007131051
XX026
No More Kissing
C5
Clarke E C
Picture
Lions/Coll
KS2
978 0340854624
D86
Out of India
C5
Gavin J
Hodder
Children's
KS2
978 0746073131
ER4681
Piper
C5
Harper M
Usborne
KS2
C5
Laird E
Pan Macmillan
KS2
Penguin Books
KS2
UA
P 91, 108
Age 11
978 0330398671
ER068
Red Sky in the Morning
Anna adores her new baby brother. But when she tells her friends about him, Anna
can't quite bring herself to explain that he's different. Ben is profoundly disabled - and
he brings a joy to Anna's life that changes it for ever.
978 0140348064
ER067
Road to Memphis, The
C5
Taylor
Mildred D
This is the third volume in the Logan saga. In 1941, America is filled with rumblings of
war. But Cassie Logan is more concerned about problems at home in Mississippi.
Caught up in the quarrel between two lovers, she realises that no amount of schooling c
978 0750232548
C4197
Rock Factory
978 0713673562
C4834
Rock Factory
C5
Bailey J
A & C Black
KS2
RB
C5
Bailey J
A & C Black
KS2
RB
Davies P J
Hodder
Children
KS2
RP
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2
supposition in references to thousands of millions of years … not suitable for use in
Focus Schools.
978 0340243466
C4175
Sign of the Smiling Lion
978 0199187591
C4160
Sleepover Shock
C5
They all crossed their hearts and hoped to die if they forgot'.
Do not use
978 0340932124
C4161
Sniff Bounces Back
C5
Whybrow I
Hodder
Children's
KS2
978 0749681937
C4162
Sniff, the Wonder Dog
C5
Whybrow I
Hodder
Children's
KS2
978 0746080825
ER4677
Stage Fright
C5
Stewart P
Usborne
KS2
Young Reading (Series 2)
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0747575818
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
ER041
Street of Knives
C5
Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
KS2
Richardson V
A
Not suitable - As title suggests story of violence and shady dealings
978 1405212021
XX049
Sudden Swirl of Icy Wind, Sudden Glow of Gold + 1 other
C5
Fine A
Egmont
KS2
978 0749631338
C4182
Trapped
C5
Various
Pearson/Rigby
KS2
UA
Mammoth
KS2
RB
RB
3 classics re-told: last one is 'The Pit and the Pendulum' - rather horrifying even for this
age group
978 0749727529
C4837
Tricky Triksy Twins
C5
Feasy R
A lot of biblical quotes used lightly, although this would be typical of Jamaican culture.
Best not used in Focus. Schools.
978 1407105109
C4196
Tricky Trisky Twins
C5
Ernest K E
Mammoth
KS2
978 0746051948
XX066
True Desert Adventures
C5
Harvey G
Usborne
KS2
978 0199196579
C802
True Whitemen
C5
Bedford W
Oxford
KS2
978 1405229289
PP1804
Twist of Gold
C5
Murrell D
Egmont
KS2
978 0746093740
RB1710
Wild West
C5
Brooks Henry
Usborne
KS2
978 0746093740
ER4676
Wild West
C5
Brook Henry
Usborne
KS2
UA
Usborne True Stories S.
978 1405048897
XX080
Beasts of Clawstone Castle
C5
Ibbotson E
Macmillan
KS2/3
978 1843626916
XX161
Bravo Max
C5
Grindley S
Orchard
KS2/3
978 1847150097
C4123
Charlie (Animal Rescue)
C5
Nolan T
Stripes (Magi)
KS2/3 BA
978 0746099308
RB1709
Classics Retold: Canterbury Tales
C5
Davidson/Wh
eatley
Usborne
KS2/3 UA
978 0552554756
XX121
Death and the Arrow
C5
Priestley C
Corgi
KS2/3
978 0192753748
C4127
Demon Headmaster, The
C5
Cross G
Oxford
KS2/3 UA
978 0954990916
XX079
Equiano
C5
Hume Robert
Stone
Publishing
KS2/3
978 0746073810
C4130
Flying South
C5
Elliott L M
Usborne
KS2/3 NP
978 0749746919
XX103
Ghost of Grania O'Malley, The
C5
Morpurgo M
Mammoth
KS2/3
978 0552554381
ER2760
Granny Project, The
C5
Fine A
Corgi
KS2/3 PA/UA
(removed from approved. List)
978 0340875797
XX095
Indigo's Star
C5
McKay H
Hodder
Children's
KS2/3
978 1405226684
XX104
King of the Cloud Forest
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
978 0571219131
XX155
Last Train from Kummersdorf
C5
Wilson L
Faber
KS2/3
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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FES | Regional Support Office
C5 - Not for Use in Focus Schools
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0754064701
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
XX030
Lion Boy
C5
Corder Zizou
Children's
Audio
KS2/3
only audio cassettes now
978 0007115617
XX087
Lion, The Witch & the Wardrobe, The
C5
Lewis C S
Collins
KS2/3
978 0746070659
C4140
Lurkers, The
C5
Butler C
Usborne
KS2/3 NP
978 0141321943
XX035
Matilda
C5
Dahl Roald
Puffin
KS2/3
978 1843238607
C4141
Megan the Detective
C5
Thomas F
Pont
KS2/3 BA
978 0330433310
XX015
Millions
C5
Boyce Frank C Macmillan
KS2/3
978 0552549103
XX146
Moon Riders, The
C5
Tomlinson T
Corgi
KS2/3
978 0571231898
C4143
Mouse Noses on Toast
C5
King-Smith D
Faber
KS2/3 LH
978 1405226714
XX105
Mr Nobody's Eyes
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
978 0439999410
D2051
My Story: Twentieth Century Girl
C5
Drinkwater C
Scholastic
KS2/3
Scholastic
KS2/3
REMOVE Pages 61-64, unsuitable for KS2.
978 1407104805
ER4090
My Story: Victorian Workhouse
C5
Oldfield P
978 1904977582
EN542
Nancy Wake (Secret Agent)
C5*
Hannah L
KS2/3 UA
Not for use in Focus Schools
978 1405201896
XX106
Nine Lives of Montezuma, The
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
978 0746068373
RB1711
North Child
C5
Patton E
Usborne
KS2/3 UA
978 0712695213
C4152
Project X: Prison Ship
C5
Dowswell P
Bloomsbury
KS2/3 LH
978 0330446211
RB1696
Read Me Out Loud: A Poem for Every Day of the Year
C5
Eds Toczek
Cookson
Macmillan
KS2/3 BJL &
UA
978 1846160868
XX162
Relax Max
C5
Grindley S
Orchard
KS2/3
978 0156681407
C4153
Riding the Waves
C5
Tomlinson T
Walker
KS2/3 LH
978 0330399999
C4155
Robbers on the Road
C5
Burgess M
A & C Black
KS2/3 UA
Poem for each day 11 not suitable - May 14, Aug 23, Dec. 5, 9, 10, 12, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25
' Tudor Flashbacks' series
978 0440864653
XX141
Room 13
C5
Swindells R
Corgi
KS2/3
978 0340850800
XX096
Saffy's Angel
C5
McKay H
Hodder
Children's
KS2/3
978 1405204927
XX108
Sleeping Sword, The
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
Categories and
*Cautions
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Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
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C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
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ISBN-13
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TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0340932148
CER2122
Sniff the Wonderdog
C5
Hachette
Children's
Books
KS2/3 UA
Whybrow,
Ian; Ross,
Tony
Sniff is the dog whose hobbies are biting bees and chasing motorbikes. Ben's parents
are hoping for a relaxing family holiday. With Sniff around? No chance. But, brainless
though he is, Sniff still manages to save the day.
978 0192751157
C4166
Tales from India
C5
Gray J E B
Oxford
KS2/3 LH
978 0141314556
XX059
Two Weeks with the Queen
C5
Gleitzman
Morris
Penguin
KS2/3
978 0099184713
D454
Whale Adventure
C5
Reid S
Red Fox
KS2/3 TP
978 0749746957
XX109
White Horse of Zennor, The
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
978 0552554749
XX122
White Rider, The
C5
Priestley C
Corgi
KS2/3
978 0689821721
XX043
Yolanda's Genius
C5
Fenner Carol
Athenaeum
KS2/3
978 0435187996
C4109
100 + Ideas for Drama
C5
Scher A &
Verrall C
Heinemann
KS2/4 UA
978 0553291841
C4111
After Many Days
C5
Montgomory
LM
USA Bantam
KS2/4 JC
978 0064406918
C4117
Bachelor Girl
C5
MacBride R L
Harper Collins
KS2/4 UA
C5*
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2/4 DNS/L
H
Not now listed
Too romantic for young children.
978 0439954501
SR237
Captain Underpants
unknown
SN222
Captain Underpants Series
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
KS2/4 DNS/L
H
Pilkey D
This series is not suitable for use in Focus Schools.
978 1555831189
C4126
Daddy's Roommate
978 0006745112
XX102
Dancing Bear, The
978 0141322742
ER882
Going Solo
C5
Willhoite M
Alyson
Publications
KS2/4
C5
Morpurgo M
Collins
KS2/4 LH
C5
Dahl R
Puffin
KS2/4 UA
Do not use
'Too much innuendo' NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
HB Series
ER992
Hardy Boys Series
KS2/4 FLT
C5
Dixon F W
C5
MacBride R L
Harper Collins
KS2/4 UA
C5
dePaola T
Harcourt
Publishers
KS2/4
C5
MacBride R L
Harper Collins
KS2/4 UA
C5
Garl& S
Puffin
KS2/4
C5
Goodall F
Readers Digest
KS2/4 RP
This series should be avoided in Focus schools
978 0064405812
C4145
New Dawn on Rocky Ridge
Too romantic for young children.
978 0416245400
C4147
Oliver Button is a sissy
Do not use
978 0064405829
C4148
On the Banks of the Bayou
Too romantic for young children.
978 0140555219
C4150
Pass it, Polly
Do not use
978 1855034358
C4172
People's War
Unsuitable texts and pictures
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
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PCM - Photocopy
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ISBN-13
978 0199186686
FLT REF
TITLE
C4173
Pool Party Wolf Hill: Level 2:
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2/4
C5
Middleton H
Oxford UP
KS2/4 DH
C5
Fierstein H
Simon and
Schuster
KS2/4
Do not use
978 0198471790
C4188
Project X: Lets form a Band
Part of the 'Working as a Team' Project X Cluster Pack.
978 0689835667
C4176
Sissy Duckling
978 1855034358
C4164
Successful School Transition
C5
Dawernt A
LDA
KS2/4 HGG
978 0192751157
C4190
Tales from India
C5
Gray J
Oxford UP
KS2/4 LH
978 0007831906
C4167
Talking is for us. Emotional literacy for Key Stage 2 children
C5
Rudd B K
Paul Chapman
Publishing
KS2/4 HGG
978 0744559361
C4180
Totally Unsuitable for Children
C5
Chester S
Walker
KS2/4 RP
C5
Hunt R
Oxford UP
KS2/4
C5
Corey P
Oxford UP
KS2/4 DH
Priestley C
Corgi
KS2/4 JA
Macmillan
KS2/5 GP/UA
Penguin
KS2/5 TP
Creech S
Bloomsbury
KS2/5 LS
Dahl R
Puffin
KS2/5 UA
C5
Bagnold E
Egmont
KS2/5 JAw
C5
Gleitzman
Morris
Longman
KS2/5
Do not use
Language too strong
978 0199186600
C4181
Toxic Waste Wolf Hill: Level 1:
Do not use
978 0744559361
C4189
What's on the Box?
Part of the 'Communication' Project X Cluster Pack.
978 0552554749
RB379
White Rider, The
C5
large print some violent scenes: p102-6. 124-9, 164-72, 178/9, 43, 50
978 0330415026
RB321
Garbage King, The
C5
Laird E
RE-CLASSIFIED Not Suitable for Use in Focus Schools. Full report available on request.
978 0141301440
RB158
Goodnight Mister Tom
C5
Margorian M
RE-CLASSIFIED - not suitable for use in Focus schools Language p.282, 283, 331:
explanation p.333/4 - delete language
978 0747571476
RB281
Heartbeat
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for Focus students
978 0141314563
D1088
Matilda
C5
Re-classified - Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1405230315
D1012
National Velvet
RE-CLASSIFIED: Some deception: lang. p181
978 1405841306
XX058
Once
re-classified with cautions ER* - see RB1701 - comments to be deleted BEFORE student
use
978 0140372366
EN546
12th Day of July
C5
KS3
UA
Collins
KS3
LH
KS3
Lingard J
Kevin and Sadie series is not suitable for Focus schools
978 0007230587
D328
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
C5
Morpurgo M
language p.76, 77, 136: Part 1 p.155 drink/gambling NOT condoned
978 0006754268
XX120
Black Harvest Book and Play
C5
Pilling
Anne/Gray
Collins
C5
Gilkerson W
Random House KS3
Reprint pending
978 0552557191
XX159
Brotherhood of Pirates
too much language etc.
978 0440866435
XX153
Clean Break
C5
Wilson J
Corgi
978 0192755827
CER2115
Demon Headmaster, The
C5
Cross, Gillian
Oxford
KS3
University Press
Categories and
*Cautions
KS3
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
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These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0749738600
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
RB1708
Doodlebug Alley
C5
Swindells
Robert
X
KS3
UA
now out of print
978 1408520024
EN1813
Dramascripts - Beowulf
C5
Calcutt, David Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
978 1408519943
EN1814
Dramascripts - Billy Liar
C5
Hall, Willis
Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
978 1408520567
EN1819
Dramascripts - Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror
C5
Pullman,
Philip
Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
This is a new edition of Superscripts Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror, ISBN
4062
978 1408520550
EN1820
Dramascripts - Stone Cold
978 1408519967
EN1816
Dramascripts - The Terrible Fate of Humpty Dumpty
C5
Calcutt, David Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
978 1408519981
EN1821
Dramascripts - Unman Wittering and Zigo
C5
Cooper, Giles
Nelson
Thornes Ltd
KS3
UA
978 0330397957
XX086
Fib, The
C5
Layton G
Macmillan
KS3
978 1846470530
ER4457
File on Fraulein Berg, The
C5
Lingard J
Catnip
KS3
C5
Standerline,
Joe
This is a new edition of Superscripts Stone Cold, ISBN 4060
UA/LH
Too much unsuitable and, in any case, not one of this author's best
978 0099445531
XX083
Flamboya Tree, The
978 0003303124
RB0980
Flour Babies - play
C5
Kelly Clara
Arrow
KS3
C5, ER***
Fine A
Penguin
KS3
Penguin
KS3
UA
Much editing needed - photocpiable edited version available on request
978 0140340716
XX047
Goggle Eyes
C5
Fine A
978 0747597216
CER2121
H.I.V.E.: Higher Institute of Villainous Education
C5
Walden, Mark Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
KS3
UA
HIVE (Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a top-secret school of applied villainy
where children with a precocious gift for wrongdoing are sent to develop their talents
into criminal mastermind. One small catch is that the children cannot leave u
978 0330415293
XX071
Hoot
978 0140374001
EN545
Hostages to Fortune
C5
Hiaason Carl
C5
Lingard J
Macmillan
KS3
KS3
UA
Macmillan
KS3
UA
Penguin
KS3
Kevin and Sadie series is not suitable for Focus schools
978 0330454094
RB1697
How Loud Can You Burp?
C5
Murphy G
Fun scientific facts caution - some supposition as to time p. 233, 235
978 014003492
XX072
I'm the King of the Castle
C5
Hill Susan
C5
Lingard J
Extracts possible
978 0140372137
EN544
Into Exile
KS3
UA
Kevin and Sadie series is not suitable for Focus schools
978 0571226122
XX077
Iron Man, The
C5
Hughes Ted
Faber
KS3
978 0571226139
XX078
Iron Woman, The
C5
Hughes Ted
Faber
KS3
978 0744590319
C4137
Isaac Campion
C5
Howker J
Walker
KS3
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0330398039
RB1714
Jake's Tower
C5
Laird E
Macmillan
KS3
978 0007117741
XX151
Kingdom by the Sea
C5
Westall
Robert
Collins
KS3
978 0746070642
ER2986
Kiss of Death
C5
Malcolm R
Usborne
KS3
LH
C5,TR
Shakespeare
W.
Campfire
KS3
UA
UA
UA
Audio only available now
A time-slip mystery; lang. p.11; lies p.13
978 9380028125
ER886
Merchant of Venice
Comic Strip Fiction
978 0199187492
C4142
Mirad, Boy from Bosnia
C5
De Bont A
Longman
KS3
978 0582434509
XX037
Mirad, Boy from Bosnia
C5
De Bont Ade
Longman
KS3
978 1405820639
XX118
Nightjohn
C5
Paulson Gary
Egmont
KS3
978 0435124811
XX110
No Turning Back
C5
Naidoo B
Heinemann Ed. KS3
978 0340854624
C737
Out of India
C5
Gilpin R
Hodder
Children's
KS3
978 0330399999
C4149
Paradise End
C5
Laird E
Macmillan
KS3
LH
978 0140555219
C4156
Pass it, Polly (Picture Puffin)
C5
Pullman P
Scholastic
KS3
LH
978 0192719942
ER4449
Plundering Paradise
C5
McCaughrean Oxford UP
G
KS3
UA
978 0141315270
RB1712
Power and Stone
C5
Leader A
KS3
UA
978 0750242127
C739
Prisoners of War
C5
978 0140373561
XX145
Road to Memphis, The
C5
Taylor M
978 0435233266
XX143
Room 13 Play
C5
Swindells/Stan Heinemann Ed. KS3
d'line
978 1406501049
XX163
Rose in Bloom
C5
Alcott L M
Dodo Press
KS3
UA
978 0330398015
RB1713
Secret of Platform 13
C5
Ibbotson E
Macmillan
KS3
UA
978 0340944950
XX005
Skellig
C5
Almond David Hodder
Children's
KS3
978 0007121526
ER2757
Skinny Melon and Me
C5
Ure Jean
Harper Collins
KS3
PA
C5
Landy, Derek
HarperCollins
Publishers
KS3
UA
Collins
KS3
Too much unsuitable
Penguin
KS3
Penguin
KS3
divorce, pregnancy, separation
978 0007241620
CER2120
Skulduggery Pleasant
Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician,
master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh
yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's! well, she's a twelve-year-
978 0862034764
Categories and
*Cautions
C4159
Skulduggery Pleasant
C5
L&y Derek
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
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ALL Focus schools"
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ISBN-13
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TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0747583455
XX130
Small Steps
C5
Sachar Louis
Bloomsbury
KS3
978 0141319711
D722
Smith
C5
Garfield L:
KcKendry K
Penguin
KS3
UA
Some blasphemy and moral tone not good - rough London underworld - Dickensian full report available
978 0340860984
XX093
Stratford Boys Play
C5
Mark J
Hodder
KS3
978 0571216222
CER2114
Terrible Times
C5
Ardagh P
Faber and
Faber
KS3
UA
The "Terrible Times" is a fire-and-brimstone newspaper published on the east coast of
North America, but owned by Eddie Dickens's family back in England. When the sixmonthly figures fail to reach Awful End, it is decided that Eddie must go to America to
978 0582837775
XX065
Thursday's Child
978 0330441612
C4183
Trick and Other Stories, The
C5
Hartnett
Sonya
Longman
KS3
C5
Layton G
Macmillan
KS3
UA
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS3
UA
C5
Geras Adele
Barn Owl
KS3
LH/UA
C5
Lingard J
Catnip
KS3
UA/LH
Corgi
Children's,
KS3
UA
Penguin
KS3
UA
some stories could be used but language etc. throughout
978 1405229289
RB168
Twist of Gold
Deletions p4, p262
978 1903015001
ER2761
Voyage
too much unsuitable
978 1846470905
ER4456
What to do about Holly
A very moving, well written book but not really suitable for our use
978 0440865216
ER4069
What Would Joey Do?
C5
Jack Gantos
Nasen Award winner but too much that is unsuitable for Focus Schools.
978 0141314723
RB153
Wheels
C5
DO NOT USE
MacPhail C
delete 'My God' p.2: caution p.40+ reaction to glamorous girl
978 0435124700
XX018
Whispers in the Graveyard
C5
Breslin T
Heinemann Ed. KS3
978 1407130149
C4186
Wilderness
C5
Doyle R
Scholastic
978 1842707258
ER2762
Abela
C5
Doherty Berlie Anderson
C5
Lingard J
KS3
JD
KS3/4 LH
language, deceit, child trafficking, Aids
978 0435122034
RB448
Across the Barricades
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4 TP
Kevin and Sadie series is not suitable for Focus schools - This is a romance which some
may prefer to exclude but is quite 'low key' p.18 (different edition.) 'Holy Mother of God'
978 0435120283
XX068
Across the Nightingale Floor
C5
Hearn Liam
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
C5
Crump B
Hodder Moa
Beckett
KS3/4 UA
C5
Morpurgo M
Collins
KS3/4 LH
o/print
978 1869585488
C4110
Adventures of Sam Cash
Out of PRINT
978 0007230587
RB363
Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea
language p.76, 77, 136: Part 1 p.155 drink/gambling NOT condoned
978 0747561248
C4114
At the Sign of the Sugared Plum
C5
Hooper M
Bloomsbury
KS3/4 UA
978 0330398619
XX150
Blitzcat
C5
Westall
Robert
Macmillan
KS3/4
978 0370318295
ER2764
Boggart, The
C5
Cooper Susan
KS3/4 LH
many v. unsuitable parts
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0755316250
C4201
Boldness, Be My Friend
C5
Pape R
Headline
Review
KS3/4 UA
978 0340854679
XX114
Bread and Sugar
C5
O'Neill Joan
Hodder
KS3/4
978 0340873700
XX119
Brief Candle
C5
Pennington K
Hodder
KS3/4
978 0340854716
XX067
Bright Horizons
C5
Hayes R
Hodder
KS3/4
978 0747598954
C4122
Chance Child, A
C5
Walsh J P
C5
Neil Gaiman
C5
Edmundson H Heinemann
KS3/4 UA
Out of PRINT
978 0747562108
ER4071
Coraline
Bloomsbury
KS3/4 UA/JW
Chillingly weird and supernatural.
978 0435233426
ER4444
Coram Boy: play
KS3/4 UA
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools. Immorality not condemned
978 0340743836
ER4445
Darkwater Hall
C5
Fisher C
Hodder
Children's
KS3/4 UA
Evil, dark, sinister
978 0840466072
XX051
Dear Mr Morpingo
C5
Fox Geoff
Wizard
KS3/4
978 0141032009
XX052
Diary of a Young Girl
C5
Frank Anne
Penguin
KS3/4
978 0435131074
XX039
Dovey Coe
C5
Dowell
Frances O'R
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0435233273
XX023
Forty Short Plays
C5
Cartwright A
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0747589969
XX038
Gathering Light, A
C5
Donnelly
Jennifer
Bloomsbury
KS3/4
978 1842552735
XX034
Gatty's Tale
C5
Crossley
Holland K
Orion
KS3/4
978 1841218311
XX147
Get a Life
C5
Ure Jean
Orchard
KS3/4
C5
Swift Jonathan Penguin
KS3/4
C5
Ibbotson E
Macmillan
KS3/4 LH
Extracts possible
now o/print
978 0141439495
XX140
Gulliver's Travels
978 0330398428
ER2765
Haunting of Hiram, The
ghostly
978 0141302003
XX031
Heroes
C5
Cormier
Robert
Penguin
KS3/4
978 0099475873
XX054
Hole in My Life
C5
Gantos J
Definitions
KS3/4
978 1842552902
XX055
I, Coriander
C5
Gardner Sally
Orion
KS3/4
978 0435124601
XX073
Kestrel for a Knave
C5
Hines Barry
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0340944967
ER2758
Kit's Wilderness
C5
Almond David Hodder
KS3/4 PA
C5
Brother
Andrew
KS3/4
darkness, death, mystery
978 0340862728
Categories and
*Cautions
XX022
Light Force
Hodder
Children's
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
978 0755106561
XX027
Lost World, The
C5
Conan Doyle A House of
Stratus
978 0552554473
CER2119
Medici Seal, The
C5
Breslin T
LEVEL Check
KS3/4
Random House KS3/4 UA
Children's
Books
Tells the story of Matteo, which offers a glimpse into the world of Da Vinci. Fleeing from
a murderous brigand, Matteo is saved by the companions of Leonardo da Vinci. From
this moment on, Matteo is at the Maestro's side as he carries out his work, which
978 1843624851
XX133
Milkweed
C5
Spinelli Jerry
Orchard
KS3/4
978 0744590326
XX076
Nature of the Beast, The
C5
Howker Janni
Walker
KS3/4
978 0552555708
XX012
Noughts and Crosses
C5
Blackman M
Corgi
KS3/4
978 0712695213
C4146
Nurse on Call
C5
Catterill E
Ebury Press
KS3/4 UA
Out of PRINT
978 0435122164
XX070
Old Man and the Sea, The
C5
Hemingway
Ernest
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0862783693
XX028
On Silent Wings
C5
Conroy Don
O'Brien Press
978 0704349759
XX074
Out of the Shadows
C5
Hines Sue
Women's Press KS3/4
978 1405863957
ER2756
Outsiders, The
C5
Hinton S E
Longman
KS3/4 PA
C5
Steinbeck J
Penguin
KS3/4
C5
Palin M
X
KS3/4
KS3/4
USA gang culture
978 0141185125
XX136
Pearl, The
978 0563521983
XX115
Pole to Pole
Audio only available now
978 1862302846
XX024
Postcards from No Man's Land
C5
Chambers A
Red Fox
KS3/4
978 0007219186
XX107
Private Peaceful
C5
Morpurgo M
Collins
KS3/4
978 1845075255
ER2763
Rebel Cargo
C5
Riordan James Frances Lincoln KS3/4 LH
C5
Laird E
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
C5
Bowler Tim
Oxford UP
KS3/4
gruesome and crude in parts
978 0435123550
XX085
Red Sky in the Morning
978 0192754448
XX014
River Boy
Extracts possible
978 0064405826
C4154
Road of Bones, The
C5
Fine A
Corgi
KS3/4
978 0753804353
CER2113
Rogue Male
C5
Household,
Geoffrey
Orion
Publishing Co
KS3/4 JM
Corgi
KS3/4
One of the classic thrillers of the 20th century - reissued for 2011.
978 0552548656
XX017
Saskia's Journey
C5
Breslin T
978 0435233303
XX113
Scripts and Sketches
C5
O'Connor John Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 1841196831
C4158
Shark Attacks
C5
MacCormick A Robinson
Publishing
KS3/4 UA
Out of Print
Categories and
*Cautions
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Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
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Masters
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0141319711
FLT REF
TITLE
RB101
Smith
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Penguin
KS3/4 UA
Garfield L
Victorian London bit rough Not consistently good moral tone. An interesting story with
some historical value. However many instances of blasphemy, murdeoous in theme.
Rather cold blooded and aread of irreverency.
978 1903015209
XX111
Some Other War
978 0330444989
C4163
Song for Summer, A
C5
Newberry L
Barn Owl
KS3/4
C5
Ibbotson E
Macmillan
KS3/4 UA
C5
Bowler, Tim
Oxford
KS3/4 UA
University Press
Possible extracts
978 0192755919
CER2118
Starseeker
Luke is in trouble. Skin and the gang have a job for him. They want him to break into
Mrs Little's house and steal the jewellery box. They want him to prove that he's got
what it takes. That he's part of the gang. But Luke finds more than just a jewelle
978 0435124687
XX142
Stone Cold
C5
Swindells
Robert
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0435130488
XX134
Storm
C5
Staples
Suzanne F
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0582848757
XX075
Stormbreaker
C5
Horowitz A
Longman
KS3/4
978 0689837128
XX091
Strange Boy
C5
Magrs P
Simon &
Schuster
KS3/4
978 0571243398
XX138
Sword for Mr Fitton, A
C5
Styles Showell Faber
KS3/4
978 0007263493
XX152
Sword in the Stone, The
C5
White T H
Collins
KS3/4
978 0141006970
XX089
Taking on the World
C5
MacArthur
Ellen
Penguin
KS3/4
978 0140305746
C4178
There's No Escape
C5
Serraillier I
Puffin
KS3/4 RP
C5
Fine A
Longman
KS3/4
C5
MacPhail C
Bloomsbury
KS3/4 UA
Bloomsbury
KS3/4 UA
O/print
Unsuitable language through out.
978 0582848894
XX050
Tulip Touch, The
978 1408802045
ER2941
Underworld
Caution p.34 delete part line 19 and line 20: p.117/8? Irreverent: p.226 delete word
page nos. may vary - diff. edition
978 1408802045
RB1704
Underworld
C5
MacPhail C
2009 edition. Cautions p.34 delete part line 19, l.20: p.117/8 ? Irreverent: p.226 delete
word
978 0749635273
C4185
We, the Haunted
C5
Johnson P
Mammoth
KS3/4 UA
978 0141314723
RB1716
Wheels
C5
MacPhail C
Puffin
KS3/4 UA
978 0582777590
XX042
Where were you, Robert?
C5
Enzensberger
Hans
Pearson
KS3/4
978 0755316250
XX117
Boldness, Be My Friend
C5
Pape R
Headline
Review
KS3/5
978 0099487531
XX139
Note of Madness, A
C5
Susuma
Tabitha
Definitions
KS3/5
978 0199538522
ER2970
Wessex Tales
C5
Hardy T
Oxford UP
KS3/5 PA
Do not use: The Withered Arm, The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0435122874
FLT REF
TITLE
ER2959
Withered Arm and other Wessex Tales
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
C5
Heinemann Ed. KS3/5 PA
Hardy T
LEVEL Check
Do not use: The Withered Arm, The Melancholy Hussar of the German Legion
978 0521377959
EN540
Working with Short Stories
C5
Kidruff;
Hames;
McCannon
CUP
KS3/5 UA
978 0007131969
XX082
Alexander, the Corrector
C5
Keay J
Collins
KS4
978 1843153177
TEN157
Animal Farm Letts Explore Text guide
C5
Letts
KS4
978 0006548768
XX144
Anita and Me
C5
Syal Meera
Flamingo/Collin KS4
s
978 0192831873
XX132
Antiquary, The
C5
Scott Sir
Walter
Oxford UP
KS4
978 0413695109
XX129
Blood Brothers
C5
Russell W
Methuen
KS4
978 0140237504
XX131
Catcher in the Rye
C5
Salinger J D
Penguin
KS4
978 0435233174
XX016
Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Play
C5
Brecht Bertolt Heinemann Ed. KS4
978 1847020444
XX126
Cloister and the Hearth, The
C5
Reade C
Echo Library
KS4
978 0747259381
XX061
Close to the Wind
C5
Goss Peter
Headline
Review
KS4
978 0141441597
XX057
Cold Comfort Farm
C5
Gibbons Stella Penguin
KS4
C5
Miller A
Penguin
KS4
C5
Bawden N
Virago Press
KS4
Not for use in Focus Schools
Extracts possible
978 0141182551
XX097
Crucible, The
testing links
978 1844082162
ER4070
Dear Austen
UA/JW
'A letter to my husband who was killed in the train crash at Potter's Bar on May 10th
2002 to tell him what happened, both then and afterwards . . But an atheist.
978 0435233075
XX098
Death of a Salesman, The
C5
Miller A
Heinemann Ed. KS4
978 0141012698
CER2116
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
C5
Foer,
Jonathan
Safran
Penguin Books
KS4
UA
When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks, nine-year-old Oskar Schell sets
out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet. It leads him into the
lives of strangers, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshim
978 0007102150
XX081
Firm, The
C5
Junior Penny
Harper Collins
KS4
978 0006531715
C4131
Foreign Field, A
C5
Macintyre B
Collins
KS4
UA
978 1903362112
GL1602
Great Expectations pack 3 audio CDs
C5
Dickens C;
Lomas J; et al
SmartPass
KS4
Graha
m
Poole
This resource is approved for use for specific needs only
978 0099909200
XX069
Green Hills of Africa, The
C5
Hemingway
Ernest
Random House KS4
978 0435232825
XX123
Inspector Calls, An
C5
Priestley J B
Heinemann Ed. KS4
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
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Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0582065574
XX090
Lamb, The
C5
Maclaverty B
Longman
KS4
978 0751530858
XX149
Left for Dead
C5
Weathers
Beck
Time/Warner
KS4
978 0571191475
XX060
Lord of the Flies
C5
Golding
William
Faber
KS4
978 0099428756
XX148
Lost World of the Kalahari, The
C5
Van der Post L Vintage
978 0237535117
EN2737
Macbeth: Graphic Audio Edition (play)
C5*
Shakespeare
W.
Evans Brothers KS4
978 0192805621
XX056
Mary Barton
C5
Gaskell Mrs
Oxford UP
KS4
978 0349113791
C4144
Nazi Officer's Wife, The
C5
Beer E H
Abacus
KS4
978 0582827646
XX135
Of Mice and Men
C5
Steinbeck J
Longman
KS4
978 0749397357
XX041
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
C5
Doyle Roddy
Vintage
KS4
978 0719505638
XX062
Pattern of Islands, A
C5
Grimble
Arthur
John Murray
KS4
Vintage
KS4
KS4
Audio CD for SEN use only
UA
Out of Print
978 0099750611
XX088
Picnic at Hanging Rock
C5
Lindsay Joan
978 1903362150
GL1603
Pride & Prejudice pack 3 Audio CDs
C5
Austen J;
SmartPass
Potter M; et al
KS4
GP
978 1408801512
CER2117
Revolution
Donnelly,
Jennifer
Bloomsbury
Publishing PLC
KS4
UA
Collins
KS4
UA
KS4
UA
This resource is approved for use for specific needs only
C5
Two girls united in a quest to save a young prince, but separated by over two hundred
years
978 0007197903
C4157
Shakespeare
978 0099488163
ER2759
Swift, Pure Cry, A
C5
Bryson B
C5
Dowd Siobahn Definitions
completely unsuitable
978 0237535100
EN2738
Tempest: Graphic Audio Edition (play)
Evans Brothers KS4
C5*
Audio CD for SEN use only
978 0140270815
C4179
Tornado Down
C5
Peters J &
Nicol, J
Penguin
978 0435233129
XX099
View from the Bridge, A
C5
Miller A
Heinemann Ed. KS4
978 0435032487
EN4223
WJEC English CD 2 in 1
C5*
KS4
UA
Heinemann
KS4
UA
Oxford UP
KS4
JA/UA/
GP
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools.
978 0198310839
EN2774
WJEC GCSE English Foundation Student Book
C5
Lane R
DELETE material relating to NON approved prose texts before student use. “Section 1 only some poems approved – see Focus list; only use material for 4 Focus approved
prose texts. Note: Section 3 ref. made to WJEC DVD for Speaking and Listening – that re
978 0435014353
EN2780
WJEC GCSE English Literature Poetry collection – Student Book C5
Bentley
Davies C
Heinemann Ed. KS4
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR STUDENT USE in Focus Schools use EN044 - WJEC foc supply
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
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ALL Focus schools"
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UA
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0198310853
FLT REF
TITLE
V3008
WJEC GCSE English: Oxbox CD ROM
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Oxford UP
KS4
WJEC
KS4
Penguin
KS4
Longman
KS4
Lane R
NOT recommended for Student use in Focus Schools September 2010
WJEC publication
EN3012
WJEC Poetry Collection 2010
C5
Various
UA
IMPORTANT This book should NOT be used in Focus schools - use Focus WJEC Poetry
extracts EN044
978 0140435474
XX064
Woodlanders, The
978 1408270059
EN4701
York Notes: GCSE WJEC Poetry Collection
C5
Hardy T
C5
Use EN147 - extracts for use in Focus Schools.
978 0141007335
RB1706
About a Boy
978 0099461081
ER4455
Alteration
C5
Hornby Nick
Penguin
KS4/5 UA
C5
Amis Kingsley
Vintage
KS4/5 UA
Totally unsuitable
978 0141186900
XX003
Anthills of the Savannah
C5
Achebe
Chinua
Penguin
Classics
KS4/5
978 0007149513
XX011
Bertie, May and Mrs Fish
C5
Bingley A
Harper
Perennial
KS4/5
KS4/5
Extracts possible
978 0349116228
XX156
Beyond Nab End
C5
Woodruff W
Abacus
978 0435233006
XX010
Confusions (Play)
C5
Ayckbourn
Alan
Heinemann Ed. KS4/5
978 0141187440
XX032
God Boy, The
C5
Cross Ian
Penguin
KS4/5
978 1574883701
C4132
Gulf Between Us, The
C5
Acree C
Brasseys (US)
KS4/5 UA
Saddam regime - appalling and horrifying
978 0435124274
XX007
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
C5
Angelou Maya Heinemann Ed. KS4/5
978 0435130701
RB1707
Me and My Shadow
C5
Lingard J
978 0571224135
RB1705
Never Let Me Go
C5
Ishiguro Kazuo Faber
KS4/5 UA
978 0573613494
RB1715
Our Town (a play)
C5
Wilder T
Samuel French
KS4/5 UA
978 0413762405
XX063
Raisin in the Sun, A
C5
Hansberry L
Methuen
KS4/5
978 0753817391
XX116
Sahara
C5
Palin M
Phoenix (Orion) KS4/5
Heinemann Ed. KS4/5 UA
Extracts possible
978 0349116891
XX157
Shadows of Glory
C5
Woodruff W
Abacus
KS4/5
978 0573016691
XX009
Small Family Business, A
C5
Ayckbourn A
Samuel French
KS4/5
978 0435120009
XX053
Spies
C5
Frayn Michael Heinemann Ed. KS4/5
978 0141023380
XX004
Things Fall Apart
C5
Achebe
Chinua
Penguin
Classics
KS4/5
978 0141183411
XX158
To the Lighthouse
C5
Woolf V
Penguin
KS4/5
Not now listed
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
978 0192834973
XX044
Tom Jones
C5
Fielding Henry Oxford UP
KS4/5
978 0140620122
XX021
Wuthering Heights
C5
Bronte Emily
KS4/5
C5*
McKeith G
KS3/4 MF
C5*
Van Straten M Mitchell
Beazley
KS4/5 EC
C5
Norris C
KS4/5 JMG
C5
Little J
C5
de L'oisirs L
C5*
Kerrod Robin
Penguin
Classics
LEVEL Check
Food and Nutrition
978 0141029757
XX167
'You Are What You Eat': This Plan Will Change Your Life
Much further than just cooking.
978 1840005523
XX166
Super Soups
Good recipes, relevant comments, but unsuitable chapter
978 0753512906
FD052
You are What You Eat: Shop, Eat. Quick and Easy
Useful for teachers and pupils
French
unknown
C4830
Petit Musée
Ecole des
Loisirs
KS2
DMA
Page 14/15 Semi-nude archer.
978 0064405812
C4151
Petit Musée
KS2/4 DMA
Page 14/15 Semi-nude archer.
General Reference
978 0749681333
XX172
Atlas of Oceans
Franklin Watts
KS3
PDC
Oxford UP
KS3
RP
Strong Evolution Theory
978 0192801050
HX517
Oxford Dictionary of World History
C5
PGE2782
Raging Floods
C5
Spilsbury L
Raintree
KS2
PDC
Geography
978 0431178745
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0746063347
C4832
Stories From India
C5
Moore G
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0746088227
C4194
Stories From India
C5
Milbourne A
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0746089279
C4839
Weather and Climate Change
C5
Hunt R
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 1860078231
PGE381
Child Worker - Mehoob's Story - Escaping child labour to
return to school
C5
Chancellor D
Ticktock Media KS2/3 PDC
Edit p8 'sex industry'; p25 'sex industry'; p28 'prostitution or pornography'; p41 'cover
'who work as prostitutes'; p47 edit 'SEX… exploitation paragraph.p48 edit last item
under 'S'
978 1860078231
XX171
Child Worker - Mehoob's Story - Escaping child labour to
return to school
C5*
Chambers C
Ticktock Media KS2/3 NMcM
Edit p8 'sex industry'; p25 'sex industry'; p28 'prostitution or pornography'; p41 'cover
'who work as prostitutes'; p47 edit 'SEX… exploitation paragraph.p48 edit last item
under 'S'
978 0431179612
PGE2815
Right to Rule: Devolution
C5
Rees P
Heinemann
Library
KS2/3 PDC
Worldscapes Caution: Basic idea is unsuitable. An odd story about a boy wanting to be
independent from his parents, but it does brig out a point and gives an example of a
country's attempt to be independent and the problems.
978 1860078262
XX170
Street Child - Hamilton's Story - Surviving life on the streets
of Brazil
Ticktock Media KS2/3 NMcM
C5*
p16 'drugs women partying'; stick together 24/25/26/27; p28 edt 'raped' to 'hurt; p38
prostitution; p42 'involved in prostitution'; p43 edit'drugs or become pregnant'and 'sex'.
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1860078262
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
PGE380
Street Child - Hamilton's Story - Surviving life on the streets
of Brazil
C5
Ticktock Media KS2/3 PDC
Hynson C
LEVEL Check
p16 'drugs women partying'; stick together 24/25/26/27; p28 edt 'raped' to 'hurt; p38
prostitution; p42 'involved in prostitution'; p43 edit'drugs or become pregnant'and 'sex'.
978 0431179704
PGE2816
To the Rescue: Animal Rights
C5
Davidson A
Heinemann
Library
KS2/3 PDC
Worldscapes starts with a story about abandoned pets being captured, ill-treated and
finally rescued! It does include a pregnant dog, the need for neutering and a picture of
the operation. Inappropriate in Focus schools.
978 0750246965
GE4366
World in Focus: Brazil
978 1405314022
XX169
Savage Earth
978 0749644987
XX173
One Shot: Atlas of People and Places
C5
Scoones
Simon
Hodder
Wayland
KS2/3 PDC
C5*
DK
Dorling
Kindersley
KS3/4 PDC
C5*
Steele P.
Franklin Watts
KS4
PDC
C5*
Eede Joanna
Quadrille
Publishing
KS4
PDC
Not Suitable for use in Focus Schools
'Big Bang' Theory
Strong Evolution Theory
978 1844007295
GG4712
We are One
DEFINITELY NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1872424989
XX013
Wild Wales
C5
Borrow
George
Bridge
KS4/5
A2 Government and Politics: Ideologies Resource Pack
C5
Grant, Moyra
Philip Allan
Updates
KS5
Government and Politics
978 0340990827
GP697
CDG
Ideology not done in Focus Schools
History
978 1842365533
HX529
1000 Facts History Timeline
C5
Miles Kelly
RP
978 1860074073
HX654
30's and 40's Britain
C5
Tick Tock
Media
RP
978 1840466065
HX526
365 Your Date with History
C5
Icon Books
RP
978 1904194651
HX657
A Shakespearean Theatre
C5
The Salariya
Book Company
RP
978 0749644130
HX522
Art Around the World: At the time of Michelangelo
C5
Franklin Watts
RP
978 1857548433
HX647
Collected Poems
C5
Carcanet Press
RP
978 1841953854
HX639
Home and Exile
C5
Canongate
Books
RP
978 0590658898
HX588
Horrible Histories: The Savage Stone Age
C5
Scholastic
Children's
Books
RP
978 1853264733
HX645
Travels of Marco Polo
C5
Wordsworth
RP
978 9781561474
HX668
Trouble with Nigeria
C5
Fourth
Dimension
Publishing Co
RP
978 0753407554
C398
I Wonder Why Castles had Moats
C5
Steele P
Kingfisher
KS1
Possible use for SEN
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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"ONE
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ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0753407622
FLT REF
TITLE
HY5021
I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Mark J
Kingfisher
KS1
Possible use for SEN
978 0749662264
C4113
An Ancient Egyptian
C5
Morley J
Watts
KS2
TP
978 1904194705
HX659
An Ancient Roman Fort
C5
Johnson S
The Salariya
KS2
Book Company
RP
978 0750225533
C4820
An Egyptian Tomb
C5
O'Hara M
Wayland
KS2
RB
C5
Morley J
The Salariya
KS2
Book Company
RP
C5
Moses B
Wayland
KS2
RB
Dwells too heavily on Egyptian beliefs.
978 1904194668
HX658
An Egyptian Tomb
978 0198471790
C4198
An Egyptian Tomb
Dwells too heavily on Egyptian beliefs.
978 0431142371
PP1788
Ancient Egypt
C5
Gaff J
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0431079028
PP1792
Ancient Egypt
C5
Shuter J
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 1845386535
C4833
Ancient Egyptians
C5
Marks A
QED Publishing KS2
TP
978 1845386535
PHY296
Ancient Egyptians
C5
Macdonald F
QED Publishing KS2
RB
978 0751341492
C645
Ancient Eygpt revealed
C5
Chrisp P
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2
978 0431142395
PP1791
Ancient Rome
C5
Ganeri A
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0199108220
C520
Ancient World
C5
Green J
Oxford
KS2
Only certain areas applicable
978 1845383411
HX640
Anne Frank
C5
Kramer A
QED
KS2
978 1904642787
C1891
Avoid Being a Convict Sent to Australia!
C5
Courtauld S
Book House
KS2
978 1904194828
C4200
Avoid Being a Second World War Evacuee
C5
Smith S
Book House
KS2
TP
978 1904194828
PHY247
Avoid Being a Second World War Evacuee
C5
Smith S
Book House
KS2
RB
978 1904642763
C4116
Avoid Being a Victorian Servant
C5
Macdonald F
Book House
KS2
TP
978 1904194170
C1890
Avoid Sailing on the 'Titanic'!
C5
Stewart D
Book House
KS2
unknown
PP1228
Bell
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0340869420
C767
Black Death - the Plague has Struck - Bring Out Your Dead!
C5
Blackmore S
Hodder Murray KS2
978 0749651398
PP1795
Building History: Roman Villa
C5
Clements G
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0749657482
C431
Cathedrals and the Church
C5
Lloyd M
Franklin Watts
KS2
Much detail of Roman Church
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0749687021
FLT REF
TITLE
C4823
Children in History: Egyptians
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Mark J
Franklin Watts
KS2
RB
C5
Macdonald F
Franklin Watts
KS2
ES
Dwells too heavily on Egyptian beliefs.
978 1445106144
HY825
Children in History: Egyptians
No - picture contents page; new baby Pages click to together -;picture page 8; picture
page 18; picture page 30
unknown
PP1229
Curie
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0590139724
C4125
Cut-Throat Celts, The
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
KS2
978 1405332811
HY1181
DK Readers Level 4 Greek Myths
C5
Lock D
Dorling
Kindersley
Publishers
KS2
ES
C5
Griffey H
Dorling
Kindersley
Publishers
KS2
ES
NOT suitable for use in Focus School
978 0751357158
HY1184
DK Readers Level 4 Secrets of the Mummies
NOT suitable for use in Focus School
unknown
PP1227
Edison
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0199111770
HX540
Egypt in Spectacular Cross Section
C5
Biesty S
Oxford UP
KS2
RP
978 0749662264
C4199
Egyptians: Children in History
C5
MacDonald F
Franklin Watts
KS2
RB
C5
Baverstock G
Evans Brothers KS2
C5
Mitton T
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
RP
Dwells too heavily on Egyptian beliefs.
978 0237526191
PP1214
Enid Blyton
978 0749634544
C4825
Escape from Germany
Disturbing for young children. Page 40 - exclamation 'Thank God you are safe, Child!'.
Page 52 exclamation 'Thank God'.
978 0754812241
HX525
Everyday Life in the Ancient World
C5
Haywood J
Lorenz Books
KS2
C5
Unknown
Anness
Publishing
KS2
Illustrated History Encyclopaedia
0 749612243
C516
Everyday Life in the Ancient World
978 0431142395
HX562
Excavating The Past: Ancient Rome
C5
Gaff J
Heinemann
KS2
978 0750245951
PP1790
Find Out About Ancient Egypt
C5
Ross S
Hodder
Children's
KS2
978 0750247559
HX612
Find Out about Ancient Greece
C5
Hynson C
Hodder Murray KS2
RP
978 0750247573
HX613
Find Out About Mesopotamia
C5
Hynson C
Hodder Murray KS2
RP
978 0751358896
C4191
First Myths Story Book
C5
Hoffmann M
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2
DH
978 0751358896
C4819
First Myths Story Book
C5
Hughes S
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2
DH
978 0751328578
HX622
Free at last! The story of Martin Luther King
C5
Bull A
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2
RP
978 0199111763
HX539
Greece in Spectacular Cross Section
C5
Biesty S
Oxford UP
KS2
RP
Some visually unsuitable
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 1841652030
C1887
Greeks
C5
Williams B
Pitkin
Publishing
KS2
RP
978 1445106137
HY824
Greeks: Children in History
C5
Bedford J
Franklin Watts
KS2
ES
No - page 6 cover both pictures ; page 13
978 1842343029
PP1204
Guy Fawkes
C5
Ashworth L
Cherrytree
KS2
978 1405305549
PP1207
Helen Keller
C5
Geras A
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2
978 0431080840
PP1789
History & Activities of Ancient Egypt
C5
Fix A
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0431080857
HX557
History and Activities of Ancient Greece
C5
Owens G
Heinemann
KS2
unknown
PP1253
Home Front
C5
Unknown
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
978 0749663599
HX604
Home Front
C5
Kramer A
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
978 0439944038
HX575
Horrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0590112546
HX584
Horrible Histories: Even More Terrible Tudors
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439959001
HX579
Horrible Histories: Loathsome London
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439944007
HX572
Horrible Histories: Rotten Romans
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439944052
HX577
Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0590195690
HX586
Horrible Histories: The Angry Aztecs
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0590130724
HX585
Horrible Histories: The Cut Throat Celts
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439996068
HX581
Horrible Histories: The Incredible Incas
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439012713
HX569
Horrible Histories: The Smashing Saxons
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439944069
HX578
Horrible Histories: Vicious Vikings
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0439943994
HX571
Horrible Histories: Woeful Second World War
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2
RP
978 0749662271
HX602
How Would you survive as an Ancient Greek
C5
McDonald F
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 1846960055
HY792
Julius Caesar
C5
Saunders N
Octopus
Publishing
Group
KS2
unknown
PP1230
Keller
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0431147659
C1881
Life and Work of Aristotle
C5
Williams B
Heinemann
Library
KS2
RP
978 0431147642
HX564
Life and World of Aristotle
C5
Williams B
Heinemann
KS2
RP
978 0431113043
PP1784
Life in an Egyptian Worker's village
C5
Shuter J
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 1846966545
HY819
Life in Tudor Times
C5
Various
TickTock
KS2
RB
Macmillan
KS2
RP
ES/RB
No
Life in Tudor Britain - tends to dwell on seedier side of life - not recommended
978 0230014190
C4171
Life of Anne Frank
C5
Metselaar M
Unsuitable for children in years 5 & 6, goes into too much detail regarding conditions of
concentration camps etc.
978 0750216784
C580
Life Stories: Florence Nightingale
C5
Moses B
Wayland
KS2
978 0237528164
PP1213
Martin Luther King
C5
Matthews J
Evans Brothers KS2
978 0749677831
HX608
Martin Luther King Jr
C5
Jeffrey G
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0749668242
C561
Medieval Castle
C5
Clements G
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0714119199
C641
Mystery of Hieroglyphs
C5
Doyle R
British
Museum Press
KS2
978 0750233200
HX610
Nelson Mandela, Father of Freedom
C5
Adi H
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
RP
978 07496 38191
HX594
On the Trail of the Celts in Britain
C5
Chrisp P
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
978 0746030691
C4831
Pharaohs and Pyramids
C5
Allan T
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0749672508
HX607
Picturing the Past: Greece
C5
Malam J
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
978 0237535049
HX547
Please Help Miss Nightingale
C5
Ross S
Evans Brothers KS2
RP
978 1931414173
HX667
Roman Colosseum
C5
Mann E
Mikaya Press
KS2
RP
978 1860074110
C435
Roman Life
C5
Harris C
Ticktock Media KS2
C5
Williams B
Pitkin
Publishing
KS2
RP
C5
Macdonald F
Franklin Watts
KS2
ES
C5
Unknown
Pitkin
Publishing
KS2
RP
RP
Visually unsuitable
978 1841652023
HX637
Romans
978 0749687045
HY827
Romans
No PICTURES PAGE 8; 9; [19];25;26
0 1841652023
Categories and
*Cautions
C1882
Romans
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
unknown
PP1256
Romans
C5
Unknown
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
978 0199112531
HX541
Rome in Spectacular Cross Section
C5
Biesty S
Oxford UP
KS2
RP
978 0192751157
C4174
Sandbag Secret: a take about the Blitz
C5
Blake J
Franklin Watts
KS2
UA
unknown
PP1255
Saxons and Vikings
C5
Unknown
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
978 0746084458
C4835
Second World War
C5
Brooks S
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0749631284
C4836
Sewer Sleuth, The
C5
Jungman A
Franklin Watts
KS2
RP
C5
Raum E
Raintree
KS2
C5
Raum E
Raintree
KS2
Page 16 'On my gawd, you've got it too'.
978 0431115030
PHY2433
Story Behind Time
True Stories
978 0431115115
PHY2434
Story Behind Toilets
True Stories
978 1846960017
HX642
Story of Anne Frank
C5
Pipe J
Tick Tock
Media
KS2
RP
978 0750254274
HX617
Story of Florence Nightingale
C5
Willis J
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
RP
978 0750254748
HX618
Story of Sir Francis Drake
C5
Childs R
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
RP
978 0746090145
XX084
Tales of the Trojan War
C5
Khanduri K
Usborne
KS2
978 0199196258
C789
True My Friend Mandela
C5
Holm A
Oxford
KS2
978 0746047118
XX040
True Spy Stories
C5
Dowswell Paul Usborne
KS2
978 0689835667
C4184
True Stories: Spies
C5
Dowswell P & Usborne
Fleming F
KS2
UA
Macdonald F
KS2
ES
Currently out of print, however reprint pending.
978 0749686987
HY826
Tudors
C5
Franklin Watts
NO - NEW BABY page ;6/7 ?? Family Prayers - better avoided. 'sex outside marriage etc.
para p23
unknown
PP1254
Victorian
978 1445106175
HY982
Victorians
C5
Unknown
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
C5
Bedford J
Franklin Watts
KS2
ES
Family page - better covered
978 0749662295
PP1244
Viking (How Would you Survive?)
C5
Murphy J
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0431142401
C1883
Viking World
C5
Hepburn B
Heinemann
Library
KS2
978 0749639976
XX092
What's My Family Tree
C5
Manning M
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0749613891
HX521
When I Was Young: The Sixties
C5
Thomson N
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 1842342824
PP1205
Winston Churchill
C5
Ashworth L
Cherrytree
KS2
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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RP
RP
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0330393829
HX549
World of Anne Frank
C5
Anne Frank
House
The Anne
Frank House
KS2
978 0749663551
PP1806
World War 2 Bunker
C5
Clarke C
Franklin Watts
KS2
unknown
PP1231
Wright Bros
C5
Unknown
Franklin Watts
KS2
978 0750232548
C4187
You wouldn't want to be a slave in Ancient Greece
C5
Macdonald F
Hodder/Wayla
nd
KS2
978 1405368315
HY970
Ancient Egypt
C5*
DK
Penguin Books
KS2/3 PA
Penguin Books
KS2/3 ES
RP
HGG
NOT suitable for Focus Schools -unless heavily edited - too many totally unsuitable
pictures / statues / themes. P6, p8, p26, p27, p42, p55, p59 etc. An informative guide
to one of history's remarkable civilisations, the Egyptians.
978 1405357500
HY1008
Ancient Greece
C5
DK
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools. FULL of unsuitable pictures,/ photos/statues etc.
978 0753413616
PP1478
Ancient History
C5
Adams S
KS2/3
978 0749748517
XX101
Arthur, High King of Britain
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3
978 1904642787
HY343
Avoid Being a Convict Sent to Australia!
C5
Costain M
Salariya Book
Company
KS2/3 JR
C5
Stewart D
Salariya Book
Company
KS2/3 JR
NOT applicable to any subject
978 1904194170
HY342
Avoid Sailing on the 'Titanic'!
978 1405314121
XX094
Diana, Princess of Wales
C5
Mattern I
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2/3
978 0431079028
PHY74
Explore History: Ancient Egypt
C5
Shuter J
Heinemann
Library
KS2/3 LH
NOT applicable to any subject
Explains what the landscape and objects tell us about life in Ancient Egypt and what the
Egyptians believed about life after death. QCA schemes of work
978 1405304740
HX627
Eyewitness Guides: Tudors
C5
Adams S
Dorling
Kindersley
KS2/3 RP
978 0750251044
HY3732
Facts About the Greeks
C5
Gogerly Liz
Hodder
Wayland
KS2/3 EM
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS2/3 RP
Unsuitable inside cover, REMOVE page 21 and page 34 illustrations poor moral tone not worth editing
978 1407103433
HX631
Horrible Histories: Blitzed Brits
C5
Deary T
978 1407104232
EN541
Loathsome London (Horrible Histories)
C5*
Deary T
KS2/3 UA
Not for use in Focus Schools
978 0439978 675
XX124
My Story: Anne Boleyn and Me
C5
Prince A
Scholastic
KS2/3
978 0439999403
XX125
My Story: My Tudor Queen
C5
Prince A
Scholastic
KS2/3
978 0192754974
XX025
Viking Girl
C5
Chandler Paul Oxford UP
KS2/3
978 0237525958
C4129
Exploring Ancient Greece
C5
Malam J
Evans Brothers KS2/4 RP
978 0563523239
C4169
Groovy Greeks
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
Categories and
*Cautions
KS2/4 DNS
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1407103716
FLT REF
TITLE
ER2896
My Story: Blitz
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Scholastic
KS2/4 UA
Scholastic
KS2/4 JH
KS2/4 DNS
Cross V
NOT suitable - moral tone not very good - young girl gets friendly with married man,
although parents disapprove and affair ends during story. I would not put this book in
one of our school libraries because of the moral tone and the way characters speak
978 0439997416
XX033
My Story: Blitz
C5*
Cross V
NOT suitable - moral tone not very good - young girl gets friendly with married man,
although parents disapprove and affair ends during story. I would not put this book in
one of our school libraries because of the moral tone and the way characters speak
978 0439944045
C4177
Vile Victorians
978 0748711840
HY2746
Exploring the Past Series Book 1: Old World
C5
Deary T
Scholastic
C5*
Sauvain
Nelson Thornes KS2/5
Sauvain
Nelson Thornes KS2/5
Gut Opdyke I
X
KS2/5 CDG
Osprey
Publishing
KS3
RP
Heinemann Ed. KS3
ME
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS
978 0748712328
HY2747
Exploring the Past Series Book 2: Changing World
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS
978 0552547161
CZ010
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED - Bravery under the Nazis - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
978 1841762425
HX527
American Civil War: War in the West 1863-1865 Vol 4
978 0435314255
HY4072
Black Peoples of the Americas
C5
Essential Histories
C5
Rees;
Sherwood
There were so many Pages that would need cutting out or pictures/script covering up it
wouldn’t be worth it.
978 1904642565
HX532
Brain Power: What's the big idea
C5
The Salariya
KS3
Book Company
RP
978 0749669881
HX605
Cathedrals and the Church
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3
RP
978 0582535909
HY1995
Citizen's Minds: A European Study Before 1914: Students
Book Think Through History S.
C5
Longman
KS3
TP
Christine
Counsell;
Jamie Byrom;
M. Riley
Unsuitable visual years leading up to the revolution, through the terror and the
Napoleonic era. Too in-depth for the brief coverage of this subject
978 0435327712
THY016
Digging Deeper: Britain 1066-1500
978 0435327736
THY018
Digging Deeper: Britain 1750-1900
C5
Brooks A
Tyreman J
Shuter K
Heinemann Ed. KS3
C5*
A Brooks
Tyreman J
Shuter, K
Smith
Heinemann Ed. KS3
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
978 0753414750
HX623
Early Britain: 500,000BC: AD1154
C5
Kingfisher
KS3
Publications Plc
RP
978 1860074011
HX649
Elizabeth I and the Armada
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
978 0750254953
HX620
French Revolution
C5
Hodder
Wayland
KS3
RP
978 0340789506
HX550
French Revolution 1789-94
C5
Hodder Murray KS3
RP
978 1858563787
HX648
From Prejudice to Genocide
C5
Trentham
Books
KS3
RP
978 1860074066
HX653
Georgian Life
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0749642525
HX597
Great Events: The Gunpowder Plot
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3
978 0435318949
HY1624
History in Progress 1603-1901 Bk. 2
C5
Boughey N
Heinemann Ed. KS3
RP
SW/
Encourages independent research and self reliance students have to think and problem
solve
978 0435319014
hy1763
History in Progress 1901: present day
C5
Clayton S;
Heinemann Ed. KS3
Collier M;
Day D; Rees R
978 0435318505
HY1666
History in Progress Book 1 1066-1603
C5
Collier M
Rosemary
Rees
RP
Heinemann Ed. KS3
SW/RP
Evans Brothers KS3
RP
Encourages independent research and self reliance - students have to think and
problem solve
978 0237518684
HX544
History in Writing: The Crusades
C5
978 0199108268
C702
History of the World 20th century
C5
Green J
Oxford
KS3
978 0199108244
C701
History of the World Early Modern
C5
Green J
Oxford
KS3
978 0199108237
C700
History of the World Medieval
C5
Green J
Oxford
KS3
978 1405313308
HX628
Holocaust
C5
Dorling
Kindersley
KS3
RP
978 0439944014
HX573
Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages
C5
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS3
RP
978 1407104300
HX632
Horrible Histories: Stormin' Normans
C5
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS3
RP
978 0590197724
HX587
Horrible Histories: The Gorgeous Georgians
C5
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS3
RP
978 0749648688
HX599
I Can Remember the 1970s
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3
RP
978 0192801579
HX535
International Relations
C5
Oxford UP
KS3
RP
978 0340869123
HY1761
Investigating History A World Study after 1900
Hodder
KS3
RP
Hodder
KS3
RP
C5
Clare J D
Not suitable - Pages need removing Areas covered are, How WW1 changed British
Society, Nazi Dictatorship, Revolution, People and war, treatment of the Jews and the
cold war
978 0340869109
HY1760
Investigating History Britain 1750-1900
C5
Clare J D
Not suitable - Pages need removing Looks at Victorian, Industrial revolution, Dickens'
London, Religion,
978 1590183711
HX634
Islamic Empire
C5
Lucent Books
KS3
RP
978 1406208139
HX629
Islamic Empires
C5
Raintree
KS3
RP
978 0340812006
HX552
Islamic Empires 600 -1650
C5
Hodder Murray KS3
RP
978 1590186541
HX636
Late Middle Ages
C5
Lucent Books
KS3
RP
978 1850746652
HX643
Life in a Medieval Castle
C5
English
Heritage
KS3
RP
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 1860074042
HX651
Medieval Life
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
978 0750544381
HX621
Medieval Realms: Daily Life
C5
Hodder Murray KS3
RP
978 0749651909
HX523
Medieval Town and Country Life
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3
RP
978 0753414781
HX624
Modern Britain 1914- present
C5
Kingfisher
KS3
Publications Plc
RP
978 0237523237
HX545
Reformation
C5
Evans Brothers KS3
RP
978 1898392125
HX530
Rivalry and Conflict: Ireland and Europe, 1570-1745
C5
Colourpoint
Books
KS3
RP
Special Needs KS3
978 0582207387
THY021
Sense of History: Expansion, Trade and Industry Britain 1750
1900
978 0582207356
THY019
Sense of History: Medieval realms 1066-1500
C5*
J Mason
Longman
KS3
C5*
J Mason
Longman
KS3
C5*
Mason
Longman
KS3
Thames &
Hudson
KS3
RP
ES
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
978 0582207371
HY2745
Sense of History: The Making of the United Kingdom
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT FOR USE in Focus Schools
978 0500286609
HX582
Story of Writing
C5
978 1449090425
HY971
Thomas John Barnardo, His Life, Homes & Orphanages: A
Short History
C5
BurnierAuthorHouse
Smith, Dennis
KS3
978 0007192793
C708
Times Kings & Queens of Britain
C5
Dahl R
Times Books
KS3
978 1860074035
HX650
Tudor Life
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
978 1860076367
HX656
Tudors 1485: 1603
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
978 1590184943
HX635
U.S involvement in the Middle East Inciting Conflict
C5
Lucent Books
KS3
RP
978 0199172498
HY2507
USA, 1917 1980
C5
Oxford UP
KS3
JR
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
Smith N
unsuitable attitude to America Foreign Policy in the far east since WW2. Studies USA
from its transformation from Isolationism to a world Superpower covering all major
issues
978 1860074059
HX652
Victorian Life
C5
Tick Tock
Media
KS3
RP
978 0750252164
HX615
Victorians in Britain
C5
Hodder
Wayland
KS3
RP
978 0749669942
HX606
Warfare and Weapons
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3
RP
978 1420500622
HY1654
World History: Medieval Crusades
Lucent
KS3
RP
C5
Currie, S
Unsuitable text on Christ page 11 /12
978 0753716168
HX625
50 Military Leaders
C5
Career Press
KS3/4 RP
978 0747585404
HX593
A World to Build
C5
Bloomsbury
Publishing
KS3/4 RP
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 07496 78166
HX595
Adolf Hitler (0749646446)
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3/4 RP
978 0435121464
XX128
All Quiet on the Western Front
C5
Remarque
Erich
Heinemann Ed. KS3/4
978 0563522966
XX127
Auschwitz
C5
Rees L
Book People
KS3/4
978 0330376440
XX019
Dam Busters, The
C5
Brickhill P
Macmillan
KS3/4
978 0304356874
XX020
Great Escape, The
C5
Brickhill P
Cassell Military KS3/4
978 1407103020
HX630
Horrible Histories: Frightful First World War
C5
Scholastic
Children's
Books
KS3/4 RP
978 0749648671
HX598
I Can Remember the 1960s
C5
Franklin Watts
KS3/4 RP
978 1841763972
HX528
Second World War (3) War at sea
C5
Osprey
Publishing
KS3/4 RP
978 1444707946
HY1836
And the Band Played on
Hodder
KS3/5 ES
Essential Histories
C5
Ward, C
Not the right type of book for us.
978 0435905385
HX568
Anthills of the Savannah
C5
Heinemann
KS3/5 RP
978 0431120027
HX560
Changing Role of Women
C5
Heinemann
KS3/5 RP
978 0199112524
HX519
Children's History of the World 2005
C5
Oxford UP
KS3/5 RP
978 043905668
HX570
Contemporary African Short Stories
C5
Heinemann
KS3/5 RP
978 1426200915
HX633
Essential Visual History of the World
C5
National
Geographic
Society
KS3/5 RP
978 0199115747
HX542
History of the World
C5
Oxford UP
KS3/5 RP
978 0099492566
HY840
102 Minutes
KS4
KS
Hodder
KS4
Roz
Picton
Hodder
KS4
RHH
Hodder
KS4
PM
C5
Untold History of the fight to survive inside the Twin Towers - dull, too much technical
data, must be quite a lot made up, some blasphemy………. Not recommended
978 0340965832
HY1990
Access to History: Civil Rights in the USA 1945-68
978 0340907054
HY1989
Access to History: Race Relations in the USA 1863-1980
Not for use in Focus Schools
C5
Saunders V
Unsuitable Pages 60, 83, 88, 125, 142, 143, 150,
C5
Saunders V
Not for use in Focus Schools REMOVE Pages 124/125 Unsuitable theme on Pages 124
and 125
978 0340929308
HY1988
Access to History: The USA and Vietnam, 1945-75
C5
Saunders V
Not for use in Focus Schools General tone of book is against America's policy in this
period so makes the book unsuitable.
978 0340790342
HX551
Black Peoples of America
C5
978 0007151189
HY1993
Collins Frontline History: Russia 1905-1941
C5
978 0749634290
HX596
Conflict in Northern Ireland
Jonathan
White
Hodder Murray KS4
RP
KS4
RP
Hodder Murray KS4
RP
Collins
Unsuitable for use in Focus School
Categories and
*Cautions
C5
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
978 0719552595
HY1991
Discovering the Past: GCSE USA Between the Wars, 1919 41:
Schools History Project
C5
Hodder Murray KS4
RS
978 1898392187
HX531
Divided Ireland
C5
Colourpoint
Books
KS4
RP
978 1846904400
HY1590
Edexcel GCSE History B: Schools History Project Medicine &
Surgery
C5
C Warren N
Bushnell
Pearson
KS4
RP
Any Edition
C4824
Eminent Victorians
C5
Strachey L
Penguin
KS4
UA
978 0340984376
HY2491
GCSE Modern World History for Edexcel: Divided Union USA
1945-1970
C5
Waugh S;
Wright J
Hodder
KS4
C5
Waugh S
Hodder
KS4
PM
Mills R;
Samuelson
M; White C
LEVEL Check
Unsuitable themes chapter 4
REMOVE Pages 77, 91 plus other minor areas
NOT to be used low moral tone
978 0340984376
HY2492
GCSE Modern World History for Edexcel: Divided Union USA
1945-1970
978 0752460734
HY952
Hymn for Eternity
978 0582473850
HY1960
Longman History Project: USA: 1914-1963
NOT FOR USE in Focus School General tone is not good so cannot be edited.
C5
Carroll,
Yvonne
The History
Press
KS4
ES
C5
DeMarco N
Longman
KS4
TP
RP
Civil Rights Issues in USA not enough depth in the areas that are taught
978 0435327286
HX567
Northern Ireland since 1960
C5
Heinemann
KS4
See RB165
XX100
Op. Heartbreak. With Man Who Never Was
C5
Montagu/Coo Spellmount
per
KS4
978 1903155417
XX029
Operation Heartbreak
C5
Cooper Duff
Persephone
KS4
978 0750254946
HY415
Questioning History: The Arab Israeli Conflict
C5
Senker C
Hodder
Wayland
KS4
Man Who Never Was OK
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools - written from a pro-Palestinian point of view and
condemns the Jews
978 0431183701
HX566
Saddam Hussein in Iraq`
C5
978 1843034117
HY1589
Technology, War and Identities
C5
C5
Heinemann
KS4
RP
Aaron Wilkes
Folens
Publications
KS4
RP
Cooper, Gary
The History
Press
KS4
ES
Hines,
Stephen W.
Sourcebooks,
Inc
KS4
ES
John Hite
Causeway Press KS4
RHH
Language not good
978 0752460727
HY953
Titanic Captain: The Life of Edward John Smith
978 1402256653
HY951
Titanic: one Newspaper and the Truth that shocked the World C5
978 0946183531
HY1992
Tsarist Russia 1801 1917
5 days of newspaper reports.
C5
Unsuitable text concentrates too much on violence
978 0946183538
HX626
Tsarist Russia 1801 -1917
C5
Causeway Press KS4
RP
978 0431119922
HX559
Vietnam War
C5
Heinemann
KS4
RP
978 0431170756
HX565
War in Iraq
C5
Heinemann
KS4
RP
978 0749654481
HX524
World War 2: The Pacific
C5
Franklin Watts
KS4
RP
Atlas of Conflicts
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1853264993
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
HY1987
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
C5*
Wordsworth
Editions
KS4/5 PM
Edward
Gibbon
Questionable views on Christianity make this book unsuitable for Focus schools.
978 0745951560
HX589
History of Christianity
C5
Lion
KS4/5 RP
978 0431183688
HX520
Troubled World: The War Against Terrorism
C5
Heinemann
KS4/5 RP
978 0340803264
HY1659
Access to History Context: An Introduction to American
History 1860-1990
C5
A Farmer V
Sanders
Hodder
KS5
RP
C5
Sanders B
Hodder
KS5
PM/RP
KS5
PM/RP
Unsuitable references Pages 72, 177, 307 308
978 0340965986
HY4273
Access to History: Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA
1968-2001
NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS Investigates the nature of the re-elected
presidents during this period, Nixon, Reagan and Clinton. Poor moral tone. Critical of
presidents, unsuitable material and language.
978 1444110098
HY4274
Access to History: USA in Asia 1945-1975
C5
Sanders B
Hodder Ed.
NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS Combines content from the USA and
Vietnam 1945-75 and new content about Korean War. Poor moral tone. Critical of USA's
involvement in Vietnam.
978 1904950578
HX664
Asquith
C5
Haus Publishing KS5
RP
978 1904950622
HX665
Chamberlain
C5
Haus Publishing KS5
RP
978 0521598729
HY1994
Fascism
KS5
EM
C5
Thurlow R
Cambridge UP
Very questionable and Godless theories too deep for GCSE - in depth study of Fascist
Italy and Germany - Details of theories of Fascism
978 1904950660
HX666
Macmillan
C5
Haus Publishing KS5
RP
978 1904950332
HX663
Mao
C5
Haus Publishing KS5
RP
978 0747574903
HX592
Napoleon
C5
Bloomsbury
Publishing
KS5
RP
978 1904950264
HX662
Napoleon
C5
Haus Publishing KS5
RP
LW019
Criminal Law 5th Edition
C5*
Law
978 1843926962
Storey T;
Lidbury A
Willan
Publishing
KS5
OMW
Storey Tony
Willan
Publishing
KS5
OMW
C5
Chappell M
Philip Allan
Updates
KS5
OMW
This book is NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
978 1843926962
LW3948
Criminal Law 5th Edition
978 1444135060
LW380
Friday Afternoon Law
C5
This book is NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
Not worth the expense
Literacy
978 0141329895
ER2926
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
C5
Jeff Kinney
978 0330454094
ER2904
How Loud Can You Burp?
C5
Murphy G
978 1408802045
ER2919
Underworld
C5
MacPhail C
978 1844286270
D1685
Clever Lollipop
C5
King-Smith D
Categories and
*Cautions
NP
Macmillan
GG
NP
Walker
KS1/2 BA
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
PP746
Phonics Bug Series: Evaluation pack
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Pearson Ed.
KS1/2 MB
C5
Oxford UP
KS1/2 LH
Oxford UP
KS1/2 LH
Not found to be suitable for Focus Schools
Eval DVD
PGU4791
RWI: Evaluation DVD
978 0198468318
PGU4648
RWI: Fresh Start Anthologies: Volume 3
C5*
Miskin R
NOT suitable for Focus Schools - Superstars, Hair, Football, Moral tone of book is bad
978 0198468332
PGU4649
RWI: Fresh Start Anthologies: Volume 4
C5*
Miskin R
Oxford UP
KS1/2 LH
C5*
Miskin R
Oxford UP
KS1/2 LH
NOT suitable for Focus Schools - pop stars etc.
978 0198468356
PGU4650
RWI: Fresh Start Anthologies: Volume 5
NOT suitable for Focus Schools - Pages 3-6, 7-10,14-17 unsuitable -
978 0749634544
D859
Escape from Germany
C5
McKinley P
Franklin Watts
KS2
BA
C5
Nabb M
Collins
KS2
UA
C5*
0
Heinemann Ed. KS2
UA
C5
0
Heinemann Ed. KS2
UA
Heinemann Ed. KS2
UA
KS2
PM
(Sparks No.18)
978 0006737445
D1467
Josie Smith
Reprint pending
978 0435116019
PGU95
LW New Ed: St. 4 Fiction: x6 pack Peacemaker
Not suitable for use in Focus schools
978 0435158828
PGU57
LW St. 2 Comets: x6 pack Secrets and Lies
Omit this Book
978 0435093020
PGU34
LW St. 2 Fiction: x6 pack Raiders!
C5
Omit this Book
978 1405226714
D429
Mr Nobody's Eyes
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
NOT for use in Focus Schools. Moral tone questionably : Caution - some lying page 90,
101. Confessions to Priest page 76-78 and 87-91.
978 0750242127
D75
My War: Prisoners of War
978 0199117703
GU493
ORT: St. 15: TreeTops Classics: the Lost World
C5
Ross S
Hodder
Wayland
KS2
UA
C5
Gates S
Oxford UP
KS2
ES
C5
Allan A
Usborne
KS2
UA
C5
Middleton H
Ginn
KS2
J/UA
C5
Jarman J
Franklin Watts
KS2
BA
C5
Howell L
Usborne
KS2
UA
C5
Kinney Jeff
Puffin
KS2/3 UA
inc. in 978 0199117659 - GU197
978 0746030691
D1284
Pharaohs and Pyramids
Usborne Time Traveller S.
978 0602243180
E725
Pocket Readers Nonfiction: Prehistoric Predators
Full of supposition and theories - do not use
978 0749631284
D849
Sewer Sleuth, The
Victorian cholera. P.16 delete 'Gawd' (Sparks series)
978 0746089279
D1193
Weather and Climate Change
Usborne Internet-linked Reference
978 0141329895
RB1702
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
2009 edition:Caution: 'heck' p.12, 40: 'gee' p.29, 131, 'Thank God' p.105: p.172 ? Bit
crude: p.172/3 lying but put right
978 007928828
ER534
Medal for Leroy, A
C5*
Morpurgo M
Colins
KS2/3 UA
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3 LH
NOT APPROVED FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS
978 1405229265
D434
My Friend Walter
NOT SUITABLE
978 1405229265
RB176
My Friend Walter
C5
Morpurgo M
Egmont
KS2/3 PJM
978 0439978 675
ER4088
My Story: Anne Boleyn and Me
C5
Prince A
Scholastic
KS2/3
978 0439997416
ER4089
My Story: Blitz
C5
Cross V
Scholastic
KS2/3
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
978 0198472018
EN549
Project X - The Chase
C5
OUP
KS2/3 RL
978 1863742191
EN550
Skool Suks
C5
KS2/3 RL
FR999
Clic! Oxbox support material has not yet been cleared for use
in Focus Schools
C5*
KS3
978 0748795048
FR2700
Encore Tricolore 4 Examination Grammar in Action pack 8
C5*,PB*
A1110
FR4353
Allons-Y Magazine
MFL French
PA
Mascie-Taylor Nelson Thornes KS3
H; Honnor,
Sylvia
NOT SUITABLE for use in
Focus Schools
C5
Mary Glasgow
Magazines
KS3/5 PA
C5
Mary Glasgow
Magazines
KS3/5 PA
C5*
Heinemann Ed. KS4
PA
C5*
Hodder Arnold
KS4
PA
Oxford UP
KS4
PA
Oxford UP
KS4
PA
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools.
A1210
FR4354
Bonjour Magazine
978 0997839791
FR1675
AQA GCSE French Active teach Demo disk
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools.
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0340968635
FR3108
Edexcel French for A Level Pupil Book
NOT SUITABLE for use in
Focus Schools
978 0199126019
FR667
Equipe Dynamique Students' Book Higher
978 0199123315
CLG021
Equipe Exam File AQA 4
C5
Bourdais D;
Finnie S
Not adopted for Focus schools.
C5*
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0435717872
FR1611
Expo 4 Higher for AQA Student Book
C5
Bell C
Pearson Ed.
KS4
PA
978 0435717896
FR1612
Expo 4 Higher for AQA Teacher Guide
C5
Traynor
Pearson Ed.
KS4
PA
978 0435717926
FR3913
Expo 4 Workbooks Foundation pack 8
C5*
Heinemann
KS4
PA
C5*
Longman
KS4
PA
C5*
Oxford UP
KS4
C5
Mary Glasgow
Magazines
KS4/5 PA
C5
Mary Glasgow
Magazines
KS4/5 PA
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0435717919
FR1610
Expo 4 Workbooks Higher pack 8
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0199138982
FR2598
GCSE French for AQA Student Book
NOT SUITABLE for Student Use in Focus Schools
a1360
FR4355
Ca Va? Magazine + Plus GCSE notes
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools.
A1460
FR4356
Chez Nous Magazine + GCSE Notes
978 0174490722
TFR060
Au Point Nouvelle Exam listening pack
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools.
C5*
Armstrong
Nelson Thornes KS5
C5*
Armstrong
Nelson Thornes KS5
C5*
Armstrong
Nelson Thornes KS5
C5*
Bell Lady
Edexcel Limited KS5
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0174490814
TFR061
Au Point Nouvelle Self study
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0174491545
TFR058
Au Point Nouvelle Student book
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0435396107
FR3109
Edexcel A Level French
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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PA
These titles have been found to be NOT suitable for use in Focus schools.
SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0435396091
FLT REF
TITLE
FR3110
Edexcel A Level French Grammar
Practice Book
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5*
Bell C
Edexcel Limited KS5
PA
C5*
Bell C
Edexcel Limited KS5
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
978 0435396206
FR3111
Edexcel A2 French Student Book
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools
MFL German
9780435391201
GR3867
Echo 3 Grün CDs - Pack of 3
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435391119
GR2718
Echo 3 Grün Pupil Book
C5
McNeill J
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435394813
GR3868
Echo 3 Grün Resource and Assessment File (2009)
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435088385
GR3869
Echo 3 Grün Teacher Guide
C5
McNeill J
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
978 0435088385
GR608
Echo 3 Grun Teacher Guide Renewed Framework Edition
Heinemann Ed. KS3
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435394790
GR3866
Echo 3 Grün Workbooks [pack 8] New Edition
C5
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435389901
GR3870
Echo 3 Rot CDs - Pack of 3
C5
McNeill J
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435389819
GR2717
Echo 3 Rot Pupil Book
C5
McNeill J
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
978 0435394684
GR609
Echo 3 Rot Resource and Assessment File (2009)
Heinemann Ed. KS3
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435089115
GR3873
Echo 3 Rot Teacher Guide Renewed Framework Edition
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Heinemann Ed. KS3
PA
Dexter Roy
Nelson Thornes KS4
PA
McNeill J
Heinemann Ed. KS4
PA
Lanzer H.
Heinemann Ed. KS4
PA
Rooyackers,
Paul
Hunter House,
Inc
KS2
TR
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
9780435394646
GR3865
Echo 3 Rot Workbooks [pack 8]
C5
Echo 3 NOT TO BE USED - Klasse Neu 2 or Klasse 3 should be used instead
978 1408504284
X3877
AQA GCSE German Student Book
C5*
NOT SUITABLE for Student Use in Focus Schools
9780435720346
GR2720
Echo AQA GCSE German Foundation
C5*
NOT SUITABLE for Student Use in Focus Schools
9780435720339
GR2719
Echo AQA GCSE German Higher
C5*
NOT SUITABLE for Student Use in Focus Schools
Music
978 0897931717
MU350
101 Dance Games for Children
C5
Not related to Music and Movement - little value in our schools since we don't do dance.
978 0713654899
MU351
Let's Go, Zudie-O
C5
MacGregor,
Helen
A
KS2
TR
978 1905637355
XX176
Maypoles and Mistletoes: The Book of the Show
C5*
Wyndham
Read &
Brown, C
Educational
Printing Svs.
KS3
TR
C5*
Hobbs D
Classroom
Resources
KS3
TR
Allen P
Heinemann Ed. KS3/5 TR
No great value NOT recommended
978 1841069050
XX175
Music for 11 14's Curriculum Support
978 0435811822
XX174
Composing Matters
Mixture of suitable/unsuitable. Many Pages need to be omitted.
C5*
Relies on CD & IT equipment
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0521422291
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
MU649
Performing and Responding
C5
Howard, John Cambridge
KS3/5 TR
University Press
C5
Howard, John Cambridge
KS3/5 TR
University Press
C5
Cripps, Colin
Cambridge
KS3/5 TR
University Press
C5
Cripps, Colin
Cambridge
KS3/5 TR
University Press
Cambridge Assignments in Music
978 0521422307
MU650
Performing and Responding CD
Cambridge Assignments in Music
978 0521318846
MU648
Popular Music
978 0521268288
MU647
Popular Music Cassette
Cambridge Assignments in Music
Cambridge Assignments in Music
978 1780380636
MU349
AS Music Study Guide
KS5
C5
TR
Music is not done in Focus Schools at that level
PSHE
0 954447034
C1854
PSHE Foundation Book 1
C5
Harris C
1 901929396
PS444
PSHE AND CITIZENSHIP: schemes of work KS1 and 2
C5
Humphreys,
Keith
Grassroots
Publishing
KS1
KS1/2 HGG
Could not be put in the library, and unsuitable for classroom use.
978 1445103631
PS924
Dealing with Differences
C5
Martineau S
Franklin Watts
KS2
HGG
Petersen L K
Brilliant
Publications
KS2
HG
KS2
HGG
Positive Steps
978 1903853139
X3957
Positively Me!: A Self esteem Programme for Teachers and
Pupils
C5
1901929434
PS445
PSHE and Citizenship: Schemes of work KS3&4
C5
Could not be put in the library and unsuitable for classroom use……………
978 0340947180
PS4213
PSHE Education: Pupil Book: Level 1
C5*
De Meza
Lesley
Hodder Murray KS2
HG
NOT SUITABLE FOR USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS. A brand new KS3 series with a pupil's book,
teacher's book and Dynamic Learning CD-ROM for each year of the Key Stage, providing
a complete active and engaging programme of study to support the teaching and
learning
0 954447018
C1855
PSHE Key Stage 1 Book 2
C5
Harris C
Grassroots
Publishing
KS2
978 0007149742
PP1526
Keeping Healthy
C5
Richardson
Collins
KS3
978 0954447007
C1856
Learning for Living PSHE Lower KS 2 Book 3
C5
Harnett C
Grassroots
Publishing
KS3
978 0007149735
PP1527
Personal and Social Skills
C5
Freeman Tor
Collins
KS3
HGG
978 0340947241
PS4221
PSHE Education: Pupil Book: Level 3
KS3
HG
QCA
KS3
HG
Franklin Watts
KS3
HG
Freeman M
Collins
KS3
HGG
French V
Collins
KS3
HGG
C5
HGG
See report PS4213
DownloadfromWeb
CZS014
Spending and Saving
C5
Several unsuitable references
978 1445103655
PS666
Understanding Feelings
C5
Martineau,
Susan
Caution: Pets pp. 14/15; favourite movie pp17; parents split pp20/21; text page 21;
feeling proud pp24/25. book is better avoided.
978 0007198474
PP1532
Your Life: KS3 co-ordinators file
C5
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007198535
PP1533
Your Life: Number 1: Copymaster
C5
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0007198542
FLT REF
TITLE
PP1534
Your Life: Number 2: Copymaster
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
French V
Collins
KS3
HGG
French V
Collins
KS3
HGG
Collins
KS3
Collins
Educational
KS3
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007197811
PP1535
Your Life: Number 3: Copymaster
C5
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007198504
pp208
Your Life: Student Book 1
C5
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007312450
PS373
Your Life: Student Book 1
978 0007198511
pp209
Your Life: Student Book 2
C5
Foster, John
HG
This updated series has been vetted in detail and is not suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
Collins
KS3
Collins
Educational
KS3
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007312467
PS374
Your Life: Student Book 2
978 0007198528
PP210
Your Life: Student Book 3
C5
Foster, John
HG
This updated series has been vetted in detail and is not suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
Collins
KS3
Collins
Educational
KS3
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007312474
PS375
Your Life: Student Book 3
C5
Foster, John
HG
This updated series has been vetted in detail and is not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1846711046
PS4220
Advanced Financial Advice for the Upper School
978 0761941934
PS4219
Bullying in Secondary Schools: What it Looks Like and How to
Manage it
C5
Hatton Cliff
Classroom
Resources
KS3/5 HG
C5
Sullivan K
Paul Chapman
Publishing
KS3/5 HG
Not suitable - see full report.
Not suitable for use in Focus schools. Several case studies, factual but not good to read
about.
978 1906517120
PS4207
Emotional Curriculum for Early Teens (KS3)
C5
Rae Tina
Teach to
KS3/5 HG
Not for use in Focus Schools. An Emotional Literacy Programme for KS3. Contains 37
sessions - each for 1 week of the academic year, each session split into Y7,8,9. the book
has evolved out of a programme at a Special Needs school (Chantry) and also ou
978 1905170340
PS4209
Help! I'm Being Bullied
C5
KS3/5 HG
Lovegrove Dr.
Emily
Not suitable for use in a Focus School. A psychological thesis presented in practical
terms of how to deal with bullying for the target and also the bully. Language p 45,
Birth control page 98, brothel page 120, TV page 122
978 0340947227
PS4216
PSHE Education 2 Teachers Resource Book
C5
Meza Lesley
de
Hodder Murray KS3/5 HG
C5
De Meza
Lesley
Hodder Ed.
KS3/5 HG
Hodder Ed.
KS3/5 HG
Hodder Ed.
KS3/5 HG
See comments for PS4213
978 0340947210
PS4215
PSHE Education: Pupil Book: Level 2
See comments for PS4213 A brand new KS3 series with a pupil's book, teacher's book
and Dynamic Learning CD-ROM for each year of the Key Stage, providing a complete
active and engaging programme f study to support the teaching and learning of the
2008 PSH
978 0340947241
PS4214
PSHE Education: Pupil Book: Level 3
C5
De Meza
Lesley
See comments for PS4213
A brand new KS3 series with a pupil's book, teacher's book
and Dynamic Learning CD-ROM for each year of the Key Stage, providing a complete
active and engaging programme f study to support the teaching and learning of the
2008 PSHE
978 0340947197
PS4212
PSHE Education: Teacher Resource Book: Bk. 1
C5
De Meza
Lesley
A brand new KS3 series with a pupil's book, teacher's book and Dynamic Learning CDROM for each year of the Key Stage, providing a complete active and engaging
programme f study to support the teaching and learning of the 2008 PSHE Framework.
978 0340930663
PS4218
Seven Day Bully Buster
C5
Alexander J
Hodder
Children's
KS3/5 HG
NOT suitable for use in Focus schools. Intended for personal reading.
Pp31,48,68,94,100 not suitable. A new approach to help children overcome bullying.
Based on practical and realistic exercises which follow a seven-day cycle.
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
PS378
Your Life Series Books 1-5
C5*
Collins
Educational
KS3/5 HG
Foster, John
NOT SUITABLE for use in Focus Schools.
Each book in this updated series has been
vetted in detail. The whole series is not suitable for use in Focus Schools. If schools use
the Focus PSHE manual and the updated Financial Capability module 3
0 954447026
C1857
PSHE Upper KS2 Book 4
978 0007194063
PP1528
Your Life: Student Book 4
C5
Harris C
Grassroots
Publishing
KS4
C5
French V
Collins
KS4
HGG
Foster, John
Collins
Educational
KS4
HG
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007345182
PS376
Your Life: Student Book 4
978 0007194087
PP1529
Your Life: Student Book 5
C5
This updated series has been vetted in detail and is not suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
French V
Collins
KS4
HGG
Foster, John
Collins
Educational
KS4
HG
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007345199
PS377
Your Life: Student Book 5
978 0007194094
PP1530
Your Life: Teacher Resource 4
C5
This updated series has been vetted in detail and is not suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
French V
Collins
KS4
HGG
French V
Collins
KS4
HGG
Dunn T &
Palmer, B
Moody Press
KS5
HG
Hobbs Mike;
Powell, Jillian
Hachette
Children's
Books
KS2
ES
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0007194070
PP1531
Your Life: Teacher Resource 5
C5
Not suitable for use under any circumstances in Focus Schools.
978 0802432841
PS079
God is for the Alcoholic
C5
Good for Children of parents who have a problem
Science
978 1445110547
SC455
Gadgets and Inventions
C5
A series that inspires and fosters creative, entrepreneurial thinking and provides a
perfect introduction to sound business principles.
978 1409507284
C4827
Illustrated Book of Nature
C5
Claybourne A
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 0330441612
C4192
Illustrated Book of Nature
C5
Clarke P
Usborne
KS2
DH
978 1406221046
SC4671
Inside My Body: Why Do I Have Periods?
C5
Thomas I
Raintree
KS2/3
C5
Goss T
Heinemann
Library
KS2/3 8-11
years
Fullick, Ann
Raintree
KS3/4 ES
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
English, Nigel
Longman
KS4
GW
Bone, G
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools -
978 0431154817
SN778
Universe: Earth
978 1406228410
SC430
Sci-hi: Medical Technology
DO NOT USE IN FOCUS SCHOOLS - Included in Pack A
C5
Not suitable for Focus Schools
978 0199135929
SC928X
AQA GCSE Additional Science Exam Preparation and
Assessment OxBox CD-ROM
C5,TR
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135912
SC929
AQA GCSE Additional Science Resources and Planning OxBox
CD-ROM
C5,TR
CHADHA
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135905
SC930
AQA GCSE Additional Science Resources and Planning Pack
C5,TR
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 1408253717
SC935
AQA GCSE Additional Science Student Book
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135882
Categories and
*Cautions
SC352
AQA GCSE Additional Science Student Book
C5
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0199135875
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
SC931
AQA GCSE Science Exam Preparation and Assessment OxBox
CD-ROM
C5,TR
CHADHA
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
CHADHA
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
CHADHA
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
Oxford UP
KS4
GW
English, Nigel
Longman
KS4
GW
Sadler, John
Letts
Educational
KS4
GW
Poole, Emma
Letts
Educational
KS4
GW
Cotton,
Charles
Letts
Educational
KS4
GW
Tear, Carol
Letts
Educational
KS4
GW
Chancellor D
Barrington
Stoke
`
LS
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
KS2
DNS/L
H
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135868
SC932
AQA GCSE Science Resources and Planning OxBox CD-ROM
C5,TR
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135851
SC933
AQA GCSE Science Resources and Planning Pack
C5,TR
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 0199135844
SC926
AQA GCSE Science Revision Guide
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 1408253854
SC934
AQA GCSE Science Student Book
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 1844195312
SC939
GCSE Success: Chemistry
978 1844195176
SC940
GCSE Success: Chemistry: Revision Guide
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
978 1844195329
SC941
GCSE Success: Physics
978 1844195183
SC942
GCSE Success: Physics: Revision Guide
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
C5,PB
Not the recommended course for Focus Schools 2011-2012
SEN Readers
978 1842996119
ER2898
Codebreakers
C5
NOT suitable Encourages text messaging - so NO
978 0439014571
SR236
Adventures of Captain Underpants
978 0439981613
SR240
Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
978 0439977722
SR238
Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0439995443
SR242
Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets
978 0439997102
SR243
Captain Underpants and the Invasion of the Incredibly
Naughty Cafeteria Ladies from Outer Space
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0439994804
SR241
Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie
Woman
978 0439978 064
SR239
Captain Underpants Extra-crunchy Book O' Fun
978 1407103600
SR245
Captain Underpants" and the Preposterous Plight of the
Purple Potty People"
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1407105291
SR246
Extra Big 'n' Extra Crunchy Captain Underpants Book O' Fun
C5
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 0340940853
FLT REF
TITLE
SN344
In Your Own Words
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Murphy A
Hodder Murray KS2
ES
C5
Keaney Brian
Hodder Ed.
KS2
ES
C5
Hackman S
Hodder Murray KS2
ES
C5
Pilkey Dav
Scholastic
C5
Purkis S
Hodder Murray KS2
ES
C5
Senior K
Hodder Ed.
KS2
ES
C5
Bradman T
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/3 ES
C5
Palmer T
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/3 ES
C5
Bradman T
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/3 ES
C5*
Bloor T
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
C5*
Arrigan M
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
C5
West J A C
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
C5*
Meres J
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
C5*
Mark J
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
Oldfield J
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
Johnson Pete
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/4 UA
C5*
Clover P
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
C5*
Clover P
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
C5*
Boyce Frank C Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0340940884
SN345
Jacob's Ladder
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0340940860
SN346
Robinson Crusoe's Diary
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0439950435
SR247
Three More Wedgie-powered Adventures in One
978 0340946206
SN348
Willow Man
KS2
DNS/L
H
This series is NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0340940877
SN347
You Wouldn't Want to be Ill in Tudor Times!
Not suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1781120736
EN779
Merlin and the Ring of Power
978 1842999448
SN943
Scrum
Myth and Magic - better avoided
Not suitable for Focus schools - broken home and rugger
978 1781120729
EN780
Young Merlin
978 1842994917
SNR4721
Bomber Boys
Myth and Magic - better avoided
NOT suitable 12+
978 1842992937
SNR4722
Chocolate Moon
NOT suitable 12+
978 1842996102
SNR4723
Cliff Edge
978 1842993705
SNR4736
Fame Thing
NOT suitable - Risking life/fate/rather extreme 10+
NOT suitable 12+
978 1842993859
SNR4751
King John and the Abbot
978 1842993347
SNR4758
Pet School
978 1842996904
SNR4761
Shut It!
NOT suitable - some refs. To Jesus, not intended irreverently but best for us to avoid
C5
NOT suitable - blasphemy; boy/girl stuff Int.Age 8-12 yr.
C5
NOT suitable - family quarrels and girlfriends Int.Age 9-12 yr.
978 1842991299
SE044
Dead Cool
978 1842991299
RB392
Dead Cool
RE-CLASSIFIED
RE-CLASSIFIED
978 1842995310
ER2939
Desirable
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus schools Caution p.33 - page no. may vary different edition reviewed
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1842992968
FLT REF
TITLE
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
SE045
Exit OZ
C5*
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA/LS
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA/LS
MacPhail C
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA/LS
MacPhail C
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 LS
Forde C
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable - RA.8+/Int.12 13 a bit of Gothic style - black & evil - not
condoned, but some may wish to avoid
978 1842992968
RB393
Exit OZ
C5*
Forde C
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus schools RA.8+ Int.12-13 - a bit of Gothic
style - black & evil - not condoned, but some may wish to avoid
978 1842993439
SE035
Kind of Magic, A
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 1842993439
RB383
Kind of Magic, A
C5*
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus schools RA.8+ Int.Age 12+ NOT suitable
for use in Focus schools
978 1842990520
SN3838
Mad Iris
C5*
Strong J
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus schools When Mad Iris (an Ostrich) comes
crashing through the school hedge she is befriended by Ros and Katie - is finally kept as
the school's mascot after many mishaps.
978 1842990056
SE054
Pitt Street Pirates
C5*
Deary T
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA
Barrington
Stoke
KS2/5 UA/LS
Barrington
Stoke
KS3
UA
Barrington
Stoke
KS3
UA
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools RA.8+/Int.Age 10+ 1 crude ref.
several boy/girl refs.
978 1842992951
RB394
Sticks and Stones
C5*
MacPhail C
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus schools RA.8+ Int.A12-13
978 1842992951
SE046
Sticks and Stones
978 1842992890
SE036
Last Viking, The
C5
MacPhail C
RE-CLASSIFIED - NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools RA.8+/Int.A12 13
C5
Deary T
NOT suitable RA.8+/Int.Age 12+ p.8 delete irreverent comment: p.15, 29, 31 refs. To
being let down by God
978 1842992890
XX001
Last Viking, The
C5
Deary T
NOT suitable RA.8+/Int.Age 12+ - p.8 delete irreverent comment: p.15, 29, 31 refs. To
being let down by God
978 0194792592
SNR200
OBW 6: Dublin People
C5
0
Oxford UP
KS3
UA
C5
Hardy T
Oxford UP
KS3
UA
C5
Deary T
Barrington
Stoke
KS3
UA
ES
Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 6
978 0194792684
SNR201
OBW 6: Tess of the D'Ubervilles
Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 6
978 1842990056
XX002
Pitt Street Pirates
NOT suitable RA.8+/Int.Age 10+ - 1 crude ref. several boy/girl refs.
978 1842999059
SR325
Sterling and the Canary
C5
Stanton, A
Barrington
Stoke
KS3
C5
Guppy P
Rising Stars UK
KS3/4 LH
boy/girl stupidity - not suitable
978 1846805981
SN114
Boss
Alone and afraid in Liverpool, Joe gets involved with a gang of drug pushers, with no
money, food or shelter Joe is an easy target for the Boss. Moral tone awful - detail
about drug taking - 'happy pills' make it horrific
978 1842998403
RB1698
Desirable
NOT suitable
978 1846806018
SN110
C5
Boyce Frank
Cotterell
Barrington
Stoke
KS3/4 UA
C5
Guppy P
Rising Stars UK
KS3/4 LH
Caution p.33
Flirting with Danger
two girls go on a hike - go into a pub even though under age - Jenny goes off with a
boy - attempted rape - talk of sex between the girls. Story line with character
comparison good but moral tone not good page 21 to end.
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
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SUBJECT
ISBN-13
978 1846805967
FLT REF
TITLE
SN111
Gambling Habit
Category AUTHOR
PUBLISHER
LEVEL Check
C5
Rising Stars UK
KS3/4 LH
Guppy P
Bad moral tone - gambling, lies, extortion, theft and deceit … also Steve is underage,
good at gambling, most of the time until, as always happens to gamblers, their luck runs
out - that is when an older lad takes him as a pawn…………….
978 1846805998
SN113
Stormy Waters
978 0194792349
SN758
OBW 5: Wuthering Heights
C5
Guppy P
Rising Stars UK
KS3/4 LH
C5
Bronte Emily
Oxford UP
KS4/5 UA
C5
0
Oxford UP
KS4/5 UA
C5
Waugh E
Oxford UP
KS4/5 UA
Tan Amy
Oxford UP
KS4/5 UA
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
978 0194792578
SN759
OBW 6: Deadheads
Clever but rather unpleasant
978 0194792585
SN760
OBW 6: Decline and Fall
Very clever satire on English society of 1920s but unsuitable
978 0194792639
SN762
OBW 6: Joy Luck Club
C5
Stories of 4 Chinese/American mothers and daughters trying to find cultural identity to
include a past and future wide apart. Too much unsuitable for us
978 0194792714
SN765
OBW 6: Passage to India
C5
Forster E. M.
Oxford UP
KS4/5 UA
Questioning beliefs, other unsuitable references
Teacher Resources
PBD13
Sparkle Box CD and accompanying material
KS2
C5
AS
Re-Classified - this material should not be used in Focus Schools
Textiles and Dressmaking
978 1592531769
TX4613
Alphabetica
C5
Perrella Lynne Rockport
Publishers Inc.
KS3/5 JS
An A to Z Technique Guide for Collage and Book Artists Interesting but not relevant to
the work required for FLT Textile and Dressmaking or City & Guild's.
978 1856695862
TX4614
Digital Textile Design
C5
Bowles
Melanie
Laurence King
Publishing
KS3/5 MH/JS
Rockport
Publishers Inc.
KS3/5 JS/MH
Unnecessary for our students - Far too advanced and rather wacky and outré I nits
approach.
978 1592535934
TX4620
Experimental Pattern Sourcebook: 300 Inspired Designs from
Around the World
C5*
Herald
Jacqueline
TOTALLY UNSUITABLE for use in Focus Schools under any circumstances - not even as a
teacher resource - too much erotica etc.
978 0431990156
TX4796
Trends in Textile Technology: Fashion
C5
King Hazel
Heinemann
Library
KS3/5 JS/MH
NOT suitable for use in Focus Schools
Categories and
*Cautions
GR - General
Reference
ER - English Reading
TR - Teacher Resource;
SNPB - SEN Pupil
Book
C4 Use only with
pages REMOVED
SS - Subject Specific
Reference | RSO
PB - Pupil Text Book
PCM - Photocopy
SNTR -SEN Teacher
C5 Not for Use in
Masters
Resource
Focus Schools
"ONE
supply source for
ALL Focus schools"
Page 42 of 42
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