Reading Curriculum

The importance of reading

'Reading is the master skill of secondary school' - Alex Quigley
Students that read fluently have more cognitive resources to comprehend text
Students that comprehend text have a better chance of doing well in exams and in life

Reading intervention

We test all students early in year 7 using the NGRT reading test
We also test students in years 8 to 11
Teacher marksheets have the following reading data - RA, SAS, SC, PC
We use our intervention flowchart to identify students for phonics and reading fluency interventions
We use YARC diagnostic to select students for phonics intervention
We keep a spreadsheet of students that require phonics and reading fluency interventions from year 7 to 11

Reading in the classroom

We have a whole school schedule showing when subjects explicitly teach reading fluency to students
Our target is for all students to have reading fluency lessons of 4.5 hours every fortnight
We use only strategies that have a large evidence base behind them, some include repeated oral reading, choral reading and echo reading
Students in years 7 to 10 have a pocket book used to write new vocabulary from Bedrock and their meanings to support speaking and writing in lessons

Reading outside the classroom

All students in years 7 to 10 have a 20 minute expert reading session every week in registration. Teachers read to students for at least 20 minutes
We have a reading curriculum showing the books that are read by each year group
All students complete one Bedrock Learning lesson per week in registration. Bedrock Learning is an online adaptive vocabulary and reading platform
All students in year 7 to 10 have a pocket book to record new words and their meanings

Reading beyond school