NLT Training and Consultancy - secondary sector

Secondary conferences

NLT deputy director Julia Strong runs regular conferences on developing literacy across the curriculum. Join the mailing list for our monthly email newsletter to ensure you receive details of future conferences. 

The 2005 conferences took place in Birmingham, London and York in June and July 2005, on the theme of 'Making literacy across the curriculum deliver'. They were led by NLT deputy director Julia Strong and Graham Tyrer, deputy headteacher of Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College. Graham Tyrer's speech notes and slides can be downloaded below.
Keynote speech Accompanying presentation

Evaluation 

Feedback from secondary conferences has been overwhelmingly positive: 

• This was easily the best conference I have ever attended - not patronising, rooted in realistic situatiuons - excellent speakers. Thank you very much
• Very rare that an overall programme can sustain a positive perspective. A superb day
• An absolutely superb day. It has hugely enthused and energised me. Thank you very much
• Loads of wonderful ideas and inspiration
• Excellent ideas - good group work activities
• Superb! Valuable ideas and stimuli for training and development
• Brilliant! Informative and interesting. A real learning opportunity 
• Enthusiastic and inspirational presentation. Very good use of resources and information pack -superb in every way, challenging and thought provoking

Julia Strong provides Inset for secondary schools on literacy across the curriculum. Booking well in advance is recommended. Email julia.strong@literacytrust.org.uk or ring 020 7820 6266 for further information. 

Feedback from school training days

• Thank you for providing a really memorable day - everyone was delighted - Liverpool-wide training day 
• Many thanks for a very inspiring and practical Inset day - comprehensive school,Haringey
• There is no doubt that the day was extremely well received by the whole staff - even those who had not expected to find it useful. - - - comprehensive school, Sheffield
• Many thanks for the excellent In-service training you provided. Feedback from staff was very positive and staff have used a variety of ideas within lessons and had pleasing results. INSET of this sort, which can be used on a practical basis in the classroom is very rewarding and much valued. - comprehensive school, Wakefield
• Your input was warmly received and really valuable for us all. Everyone said how great your workshop was. As well as being extremely knowledgeable, you were interesting and enjoyable to listen to. - International School Milan 
• Feedback from the day was really positive. Many colleagues commented that they had found your ideas inspiring. - convent comprehensive school, Wimbledon 
• Thanks so much for taking on the task and inspiring us all. - comprehensive school, Warrington 
• We were hoping to get our new academic year started with the challenge to put literacy high on every teacher's agenda and your energy, enthusiasm and ideas certainly did that for us. - comprehensive school, Sheffield
• Thank  you very much for your inspirational contribution to our INSET day. It was a very well received session and has clearly inspired our staff. - comprehensive school, Hull
• I should like to thank you very much for coming to run such an excellent training day for us. You held everyone's interest throughout the session and offered many valuable practical ideas. The staff were all very positive in their feedback. I am grateful to you for such a stimulating presentation. - private school, Brent
• Thank you again for the excellent Inset day. I'm still basking in your reflected glory! - comprehensive school, Swansea.

Inset - promoting reading

Reading Connects, a Trust initiative that helps secondary schools to build a reading culture, offers tailored Inset for schools or LEAs.