09 Oct 2025
9:30am - 2:30pm
"In effect, pupils who are reading regularly for enjoyment give themselves unofficial reading lessons, supporting their reading comprehension.”
Reading Framework 2023
Tickets: £160 (£25 discount for National Literacy Trust premium members)
Registration: Please complete the form at the end of this page.
Delivery: Online, 9.30am to 2.30pm. All attendees will receive a comprehensive Reading for Pleasure handbook to support practice.
Reading for pleasure CPD
Research has consistently suggested that reading for enjoyment is beneficial to wider learning, vocabulary development and wellbeing. How can we harness this research, help children develop a life long love of reading and ensure they are accessing books which are right for them?
At our Reading for pleasure CPD, conducted over the course of a day, attendees will engage with research to explore the transformative potential of reading for pleasure. They will engage with other schools and design an action plan tailored to their setting using strategies such as exploring whole texts and "book talk".
Attendees will:
- Examine a range of approaches, including choosing and using whole texts
- Engage with research around the benefits of reading for enjoyment
- Develop an action plan to create a community of readers in your school
- Plan for embedding these successful approaches more widely across your school
Attending Reading for pleasure CPD
- 1-8 October 2025: we will invite participants onto the digital learning platform to view resources.
- Thursday 9 October - 9.30 - 14.30: participants will attend Writers for Life training via Zoom.
- 10-17 October 2025: we will send participants a copy of the Reading for Pleasure handbook in the post.
Please book your place on the form below. If you have any questions, please email the Schools Team: schools@literacytrust.org.uk