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Reading Schools
Reading Schools is an accreditation programme to help schools build and sustain a reading culture
Reading Schools is open to every school in Scotland!
About Reading Schools
Reading Schools is an accreditation programme for schools that are committed to building a culture of reading for their learners and communities. Research proves that reading for pleasure has positive impacts on learners' attainment across the curriculum, supporting wellbeing, critical thinking, creativity, empathy and resilience.
Reading Schools offers:
- an accreditation for your school, with the option of advancing to silver and gold status
- a framework for improvement mapped to How Good Is Our School? 4(this link will open in a new window)
- professional development opportunities for staff
- a way to champion pupil voice
- opportunities for collaboration within and between schools
- pathways to engaging families and the wider community
- resources, training and support from Scottish Book Trust
(this link will open in a new window)Visit the Reading Schools website
If you have any queries for the Reading Schools Team, you can email readingschools@scottishbooktrust.com(this link will open in a new window)
From working with individuals to whole stages across more than one school, we have all benefitted from being part of the programme. We have seen improvements in attainment, attitudes and participation which have meant not only has the work been successful, but sustainable too.
The benefits of becoming a Reading School
Our evaluations identified strong indicators that the Reading Schools programme is valuable to schools and supports positive outcomes around engagement, literacy and health and wellbeing. It also finds that the programme has a wider impact on staff in terms of professional practice.
- 88% of schools said the Reading Schools programme contributed to improved attainment.
- 93% of schools said it contributed to reducing or closing the poverty related attainment gap.
- Reading Schools was shown to prompt a staggering increase in reading for pleasure, including by 90% among socioeconomically disadvantaged pupils and by 94% among pupils with additional support needs.
(this link will open in a new window)Find out more about the evaluation
The Reading Schools framework
The Reading Schools framework details the key areas that are crucial to building and sustaining a whole-school reading culture. Key Areas are mapped against How Good is Our School? 4(this link will open in a new window). Under each key area you can see what you need to do to become a Reading School and advance to silver and gold level. If you have any questions about the framework, please get in touch.
(this link will open in a new window)Read the framework
Reading Schools is funded by Scottish Government.
