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Secondary programmes

Our secondary programmes help students develop their literacy skills to succeed at school and in their future lives.

Literacy for Learning

Literacy for Learning is our whole-school literacy improvement programme for secondary teachers and leaders.
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Skills Academy

Support your Year 7 & 8 students with Skills Academy, our reading intervention programme that can improve their reading and get them engaged and motivated.
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Words for Work

Words for Work is the National Literacy Trust’s flagship literacy and employability programme.
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Young Poets

Young Poets gives pupils the opportunity to visit famous cultural venues in their city, using the visits to inspire poetry.
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Game Changers

Game Changers is a 20-session reading programme specifically designed for excluded students.
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Reading Champions

Our national reading campaign that supports and celebrates reading culture within schools.
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Inspire and motivate pupils with our teaching resources to support and improve literacy provision at secondary school.

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Writing: supporting transition from KS2 to KS3

Delivered online, this training examines key skills and expectations as students bridge from KS2 to KS3.
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Disciplinary literacy for GCSE

Exploring how subject teachers can support students to develop the literacy skills needed within subject disciplines.
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Literacy Leadership

This one day workshop is designed to help leaders to put literacy at the heart of secondary school improvement.
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We run exciting competitions every term to inspire young people and help improve their literacy.

See our current competitions.