Case studies

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

If you've got ideas and good practice to share in a case study, we'd love to hear from you - contact us.

Reading case studies:

• Download Case study - Using web 2.0 technology

  We interviewed Laura Taylor, librarian at the City of London Academy in Southwark, about how the school’s Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is helping to raise the profile of reading. Tags: ICT

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Give me 10

  Uphall Primary School and Nursery explain how they were able to encourage parents to spend ten minutes per day reading to their children.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Mad Manga Mondays at Ellis Guilford School

  Manga and graphic novels are not what you would traditionally find in a school library, form a great wider form of reading at Ellis Guilford secondary school in Nottingham.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - Writers in residence

  Bishop Challoner secondary school, Tower Hamlets, describes how their writing workshops inspired students to get creative. Tags: reading events, involving the community

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Ellis Guilford School and Sports College

  Reading Connects secondary school of the year 2007- 2008.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Family reading initiative at St Anne’s RC School

  Simple home-made resources proved a winner for St Anne’s RC Primary School in Lambeth family reading initiative.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Reading and Writing For All

  West Acton Primary School promote the inclusion of all parents in their family reading and writing at home sessions, with provision for EAL parents.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Reading Cafe

  Fran Welsh, a primary school teacher from London, tells more about the reading cafe set up to encourage parental involvement.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Reading group cafe

  Androulla Charalambous describes how the first cafe reading group in London was realised.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Story Boxes

  Woodmansterne School explain how they have worked in partnership with parents to raise reading achievement within the school.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins