Competitions
We run exciting competitions every term to inspire young people and help improve their literacy.
Secondary
Helping you deliver excellent secondary school literacy provision.
Secondary programmes
Our secondary programmes help students develop their literacy skills to succeed at school and in their future lives.
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Words for Work
Words for Work is the National Literacy Trust’s flagship literacy and employability programme.Learn more -
Literacy for Life
Literacy for Life helps students develop the literacy skills they need to do well at school and in their future lives.Learn more -
Lyric Masters
Lyric Masters uses songwriting to encourage secondary school students to write for pleasure and purpose.Learn more -
Skills Academy
Skills Academy helps Year 7 and 8 students improve their reading, rewarding their progress by teaching them exciting freestyle football tricks, beatbox techniques and...Learn more -
Young City Poets
Young City Poets gives pupils the opportunity to visit famous cultural venues in their city, using the visits to inspire poetry.Learn more
Secondary resources
Inspire and motivate pupils with our teaching resources to support and improve literacy provision at secondary school.
Secondary training
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Language and Literacy within the Curriculum CPD
Develop literacy teaching across the secondary curriculum and get your students writing like experts in their subjectLearn more -
Understanding the Literacy Requirements of the new GCSEs
Explore language features of different subjects and develop skills to embed literacy in your teachingLearn more -
Reading for Pleasure CPD
Engage with research and develop sustainable strategies to embed a culture of reading in your school and classroom.Learn more
See our current competitions.
Related research
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We surveyed 44,097 children aged 8-18 to look into the link between book ownership, literacy engagement and mental wellbeing.Research View detailsMental wellbeing, reading and writing
This report explores the link between children and young people’s mental wellbeing and their reading and writing enjoyment, attitudes and behaviours.
