Resource Authors inspiring reading classroom posters Download our posters featuring illustrations and cover art from well-known children's authors, and an inspiring quote encouraging your pupils to pick up a book.
Resource Everybody Writes: writing groups Set up a writing club in your school to help establish a whole-school writing culture.
Resource Everybody Writes: beyond the classroom Develop pupils' writing lives across the school, at home, in the local community and beyond.
Resource Becoming by Michelle Obama: supporting literacy and PSHE education (Key Stages 3-5) A free teaching resource inspired by Michelle Obama’s bestselling memoir, Becoming, to boost secondary students’ literacy, leadership abilities and confidence.
Premium resource Literacy in history Guidance on planning for academic literacy in the context of Key Stage 3 and 4 history teaching.
Programme resource Literacy for Humanities participants' area This page includes all the resources for participants of our Literacy for Humanities training.
Resource Tuesday News Day resources Tuesday News Day is a campaign to encourage teachers to discuss the news and current affairs with pupils for at least 10 minutes a week.
Premium resource Vocabulary building This resource explores key principles for vocabulary instruction that will build the proven positive reciprocal relationship between word knowledge and reading comprehension.
Premium resource Developing language and literacy in science Research has found that the strongest factor affecting secondary pupils’ science scores is their literacy levels. This resource helps science teachers and literacy coordinators...
Premium resource Oracy and talk for learning This resource for secondary school teachers covers how different types of talk can be explicitly taught and practised in the classroom to develop pupils’ oracy.
Premium resource Advocacy for school libraries Using our school libraries research, this resource will help you develop your school library provision and demonstrate the wide ranging impact an effective school library can have...
Resource Wellbeing, reading and writing resources A series of free wellbeing-themed teaching resources for primary schools, secondary schools and parents.
Premium resource Literacy leadership in secondary schools This literacy leadership guide introduces the key roles and responsibilities and also provides prompts for a learning walk.
Resource Glossary of GCSE command words from AQA Overview of the most commonly used command words in GCSE exam papers
Resource Exam command words: a case study from William Perkin School This case study explores how William Perkin School developed a command word guidebook for students following inspiration at a National Literacy Trust workshop.
Premium resource Whole-school literacy: a case study from Abraham Moss Community School In this case study we explore how a whole-school strategy for literacy has led to student achievement and Ofsted recognition in this Manchester all-through school.
Resource Fake news and critical literacy resources Resources, posters and tips to teach children about fake news, and give them the critical literacy skills they need to navigate our digital world.
Premium resource Whole-school reading recommendations posters We share the experience of how whole-school reading posters succeeded in getting staff and students talking at Eggbuckland Community College, with examples to inspire you.
Resource Equality and gender: classroom resources and book list Learning sequence and book list to accompany Letters to the future: on equality and gender by Owen Sheers and Laura Bates.
Premium resource Literacy in PE These resources support teachers to develop new approaches to embedding literacy into GCSE PE and sport science lessons.
Premium resource Writing for pleasure Materials to support whole-school exploration of writing for pleasure.