Our Secondary Conference 2026
Join us on 6 July in Birmingham as we explore the key role that literacy plays in improving academic outcomes and the life-chances of young people. Gain valuable insights from expert speakers including Geoff Barton and Jessie Ricketts, and take part in innovative workshops.
National Year of Reading 2026
As your school engages with the National Year of Reading, we're here to help you embed reading for pleasure into your core language, practice and leadership priorities.
Join us for a year of high-quality, research-led professional learning for you, and exciting and memorable activities and events for your children and young people.
Secondary literacy professional development and leadership
Through our CPD training, conferences and membership we support secondary leaders, teachers, and subject specialists to develop a whole-school approach to literacy, equipping staff with research insights, innovative strategies and practical ideas.
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Become a National Literacy Trust member school. Discover inspiring teaching resources, school improvement tools and professional insights to support literacy throughout your school...Learn more about Join us.
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CPD and workshops for leaders, teachers and subject specialists across the curriculum to develop a whole-school approach to literacy.Learn more about Secondary CPD courses.
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Our secondary conference celebrates best practice and explores the issues most significant to secondary practitioners.Learn more about Secondary conference.
Secondary school support
Our curriculum-linked resources, focused interventions and funded programmes are rooted in robust research evidence to support secondary school students to develop the literacy skills they need for academic success, and to help them benefit from reading and writing for pleasure.
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We have a wealth of curriculum-linked free and premium membership resources available to support literacy planning and teaching at secondary level.Learn more
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Highly engaging and evaluated programmes to improve reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in the UK's most disadvantaged communities.Learn more
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Each term we run exciting challenges and competitions available to all UK schools to encourage reading for pleasure, develop reading stamina and increase reading diversity.Learn more
Inclusion and Alternative Provision
We offer a range of programmes that have been specially developed to support both students who have been excluded and those who are at risk of exclusion.
Related research
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This report brings together evidence on reading in print and digital formats from our Annual Literacy Survey, with a particular focus on trends from 2017 to 2025.View details about Trends in children and young people's reading in print and digital formats -
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Based on nearly 60,000 comments from children and young people, this report explores what they tell us about reading in their own words.View details about Understanding children and young people's perspectives on reading in their own words -
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This report shares findings on teenage reading based on data from more than 80,000 young people aged 11 to 16 in 2025.View details about Teenage reading: (Re)framing the challenge
Research
Our research underpins and informs our programmes, resources, campaigns and policy work to raise literacy attitudes, habits and skills across the UK.
