Our Regional Offer

Overview

As an English Hub, we can support schools in the following areas: Broxbourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (E&S), Enfield, Fenland, Forest Heath, Hackney, Haringey, Hertfordshire (E&N), Peterborough, Waltham Forest & Welwyn Gardens in a variety of ways:

  • Invite schools to visit our setting and see best practice in action at our showcase events
  • Review and refine action plans
  • Carry out full-day school-based audits of early language and reading provision
  • Offer bespoke in-school support run by our team of literacy specialists
  • Fund or match fund schools to buy resources including commercial phonics packages and training.

You can find the details for all aspects of our support in our 2021-22 Support Brochure.

Systematic Synthetic Phonics

To give you a better idea of the different SSP programmes available to schools please use the links below to navigate to the SSP websites

Early Reading Audits

Expert advice and support for eligible schools from one of our DfE-trained Literacy Specialists. Our audits help leaders to identify current good practice, highlight areas for development and plan clear, achievable next steps towards outstanding phonics and early reading provision.

Medium Level Support

We are excited to reach out to all schools through our remote, medium-level support offer. Using technology has enabled us to reach a wider audience of schools looking to recover from the impact of school closures in the wake of Covid-19. We are offering a wide range of webinars addressing different aspects of improving phonics, early language development and reading for pleasure to help all your pupils become confident readers.

Showcase events

Showcase Event - Friday 24th June 2022

Intensive School Support

Eligible schools can benefit from our highest level of support, which includes funding and bespoke school-to-school support from one of our highly trained literacy specialists.

Reading For Pleasure

Reading for pleasure has been defined by the National Literacy Trust as “reading that we do of our own free will, anticipating the satisfaction that we will get from the act of reading.