- Delivers a wide-ranging vocabulary with age-appropriate example sentences, as powered by the Oxford Children's Corpus, a unique database of millions of words written for children- Gives focussed writing support with a special toolkit on writing skills, How to Write Well - Highlights common pitfalls and gives useful suggestions for avoiding overused words - Supports Creative Writing responses with clear and helpful labelling to show how and when particular words are best used- Ideal to use when preparing for the Spoken Language Study and the English Language objectives of the new GCSE specifications for KS3-4- Where permitted, the Oxford English Thesaurus for Schools, and the companion Oxford English Dictionary for Schools, are ideal for taking in to controlled assessments- Free downloadable thesaurus skills and activities from www.schooldictionaries.co.uk.