Case studies

See below for examples of the great work taking place in schools all over the country.

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Dads case studies:

• Download Case stufy - Lads 'n' Dads scheme at Castle Batch Primary School

  Janine Ashman from Castle Batch Primary School in Worle, Weston-Super- Mare, describes their Lads ‘n’ Dads reading scheme.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - English for real men

  By using ‘boy-friendly’ reading material, male role models, and the allure of food, Hornsea School was able to run a fantastically successful reading group involving the lads and their dads.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - The Daylesford Reading Club

  A dads and boys reading club in primary school in Brimingham.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - The ‘Fantasy Football’, ‘Lads and Dads’ and ‘Playing for Success’ projects

  The ‘Fantasy Football’, ‘Lads and Dads’ and ‘Playing for Success’ projects are three schemes built around football that have been used successfully in Staffordshire

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - Boys and dads reading at Ripon Grammar School

  Anne-Marie Tarter tells us how the Reading Champions scheme has been run at Ripon Grammar School, North Yorkshire.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - Dangerous books for boys

  Valerie Hill, headteacher, describes how they involved dads and male carers in their reading project at Pipers Grove Primary School, Barnsley.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - Dads and Lads, Mums and Sons’ reading club

  Beverley Taylor, learning resource centre manager at Reading School in Berkshire, recounts how a ‘Dads and Lads, Mums and Sons’ reading club has motivated pupils at this allboys school to read more. Tags: boys, family involvement

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan