Blogs

Our blogs are written by various NLT staff on a wide range of literacy issues. We welcome your ideas and feedback, so please add your comments.

If you have any suggestions for blog topics that you would like to see our staff discuss please email us.

Children blog posts:

• 08Jul2011
  The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blog

  National Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation

  Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments

• 21Jun2011
  The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blog

  National Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation

  Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments

• 10Jun2011
  The Jim & Jack 1 in 6 run blog

  National Literacy Trust employees Jack Sallabank and Jim Sells have decided to run 160 miles, in October, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Each week we will be writing a blog to let people know how our training, fundraising and organisation

  Posted by Jim Sells | 0 Comments

• 21Jan2011
  Removing Barriers to Literacy

  Ofsted's latest report has highlighted important mechanisms for ensuring success in literacy

  Posted by George Dugdale | 0 Comments

• 21Dec2010
  Fellow charity Booktrust announces funding for all English bookgifting programmes to be cut by 100%

  The National Literacy Trust is very disappointed to hear that central funding for the book gifting initiatives of fellow literacy charity Booktrust has been discontinued.

  Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments

• 17Dec2010
  National Literacy Trust response to Radio 4's Today programme story on literacy results in schools

  Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove appeared on the Today programme talking about the most recent Key Stage 2 results for literacy. Here's the National Literacy Trust's response to the story.

  Posted by George Dugdale | 0 Comments

• 07Dec2010
  UK schools slip in PISA rankings

  The latest results from the OECD’s assessment of the literacy, maths and science levels of 15-year-olds in education systems across the world have been released today, and the UK has slipped down the rankings.

  Posted by George Dugdale | 1 Comment

• 12Oct2010
  Tom Palmer's Foul Play blog, part 3.

  Each week Tom updates us with football literacy activities that he is discovering, and creating, around the country. This week he uncovers four schools fighting it out to read the most football books.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 28Sep2010
  Tom Palmer's Foul Play blog, part 2.

  Each week Tom updates us with football literacy activities that he is discovering, and creating, around the country. This week he goes back to Basildon.

  Posted by Tom Palmer | 0 Comments

• 16Aug2010
  The national literacy challenge: our priorities under the Coalition Government

  Director Jonathan Douglas discusses the National Literacy Trust's priorities under the new government in light of the forthcoming Spending Review.

  Posted by Jonathan Douglas | 0 Comments