Secondary Conference 2025
Join us to explore new perspectives for improving literacy in secondary schools.
Date: Monday 7 July 2025, 9.30 to 15.45
Location: STEAMhouse, Belmont Row, Birmingham B4 7RQ
Cost: £150
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
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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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.
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Become a National Literacy Trust member school. Discover inspiring teaching resources, school improvement tools and CPD to support literacy throughout your school or setting.Learn more about Join us.
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 builds on our previous research exploring children and young people’s writing engagement, focusing on writing in free time in early 2025.View details about Children and young people's writing in 2025 -
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This report outlines findings from our 2025 Annual Literacy Survey, when children and young people's reading enjoyment and frequency were at an all-time low.View details about Children and young people's reading in 2025 -
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Evaluation of the Empower programme supporting media literacy in girls and young women in Alternative ProvisionView details about Evaluation of Empower
Research
Our research underpins and informs our programmes, resources, campaigns and policy work to raise literacy attitudes, habits and skills across the UK.
