Reading checklists have been created by the Phase Leaders to support staff in decision making, planning next steps and to highlight strengths or areas to develop.

Subject leaders attend training to stay up to date with current initiatives. Staff meetings are held to ensure teacher subject knowledge stays strong.

Leaders pass on subject knowledge and recent research findings through staff training.

We direct Pupil Premium resources effectively to diminish the differences between our disadvantaged pupils compared to other pupils locally and nationally.

Ongoing formal and informal assessments take place to identify misconceptions and to address these swiftly.

Through formative and summative assessment, teachers regularly identify pupils who need extra support with fluency or comprehension skills. These pupils are given focused intervention either in small groups or on an individual basis.

Implementation of the curriculum is checked by SLT and subject leaders through observations, book sharing and discussions with staff.

Each year group has a class reader – these are carefully chosen, not only by taking into account the reading level of the children but with a view to engaging every pupil, capturing their interest and fostering their love for a variety of books.

Our pupils are heavily involved in choosing what goes onto our reading shelves. We allow each class to choose a selection of books, ensuring children have some ownership over what they are reading in school.

Much of our writing curriculum is linked to our reading. We use books as stimuli, taking inspiration for our writing units.

Exciting reading challenges are used to encourage the pupils to experience a wide variety of texts, encouraging them to develop and maintain a love of reading.

Our Year 6 pupils are responsible for running our school library which is well resourced with a range of books for everyone. Each year group has a designated library session in which they may visit and browse the library and borrow a book to take home.

In other areas of the curriculum, we provide plentiful opportunities for reading.

Progression is ensured through the use of recommended reads for each year group. Our class readers are based on this list and a range of books from the list are available on class bookshelves.

Through listening to our pupils read on a regular basis, we are able to provide reading material at an appropriate level for them to enjoy as personal/home readers.

Throughout the year, we hold special events to promote a love of reading such as, World Book Day, dress up days, quizzes and focused assemblies.

We have a group of Y6 pupils who are ‘READING ROCKSTARS.’ These pupils are responsible for promoting reading throughout school in a variety of ways: leading assemblies, as reading buddies for Y1 and Y2 pupils, inventing competitions, staffing the ‘Wheelie Good Book Nook’ at lunchtime and putting up reading displays.