As I said in my message, I have had problems finding suitable textbooks. My daughter is learning three languages (French, Spanish and Latin) and we are using the "So you really want to learn ..." series from Galore Park Publishing and they are excellent IMHO. The Spanish and Latin books completely cover the GCSE syllabus and beyond. However, the French, because it is designed for Common Entrance, may lack some of the vocab required for GCSE and therefore it is necessary to download the vocab list to ensure that the pupil covers all the necessary vocab. I have been assured that it does cover all of the grammar requirements. Again, the books, especially the Latin one are quite traditional in their approach and they seem to work for my daughter. She was at senior school for a year and half a term and had learnt hardly any French at all, even though she got good grades. Having looked at the textbook, I was not surprised (Avance, I think it was). Again, too many pictures (many unrecognisable) and some very strange vocabulary!
For RE, we are using the "New Approach" series (Hinduism) - very clear content and layout.
For history and classical civilisation it is quite tricky. At the moment we are sticking to British social and local history, but it is difficult to find a book which covers it at Year 8 level. Ditto for classical civ. for which there is not even a text aimed at KS4 pupils. Although it is one of my strong subjects, it is hard to tailor it for her level.
For ICT, we are following the CLAIT syllabus and find that the books published by CIA Training, are very thorough, perhaps too much so.
I would be pleased if someone can advise me of a suitable English Language textbook, probably for Year 9. I don't think they had them at school and I really have no idea how to teach it for NC requirements.
We are not doing Geography or Science as I am too stupid to teach those so cannot recommend any texts.
However, I do strongly recommend the language books mentioned above, although I am not sure which other languages they cover.
Best wishes
Rosemary