I was once a National Strategy English consultant (nice work if you could get it); the old Language Across the Curriculum (LAC) folder is an old if somewhat preachy friend and I’ve led on literacy in a number of schools. So bitter experience has taught me just what a slippery beast LAC can be; howContinue reading “Grasping the beast – a whole school writing strategy that hasn’t got away!”
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Research shows half of poor readers receive no support at secondary school
Having just read Vision for Literacy, 2025, I feel compelled to share a thought about why struggling readers are not being adequately supported during the secondary phase. A couple of years ago, Margaret Snowling’s team at York University published a study which highlights the scale of this problem: The Rate and Identification of Reading DifficultiesContinue reading “Research shows half of poor readers receive no support at secondary school”
Mary Meredith 