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.

Staff involvement case studies:

• Download Case study - Reading Connects School of the Year 2009/10 is Don Valley School!

  Don Valley School and Performing Arts College were the deserved winners of the Reading Connects School of the Year Competition 2009/10. Read their case study to find out why they have received this award!

  Posted by Sarah Zoysa

• Download Case study - A very important date

  Richard Rose Morton Academy in Cumbria talk about their fun "Reading Wonderland" event.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Building bridges

  Students at All Saints Catholic College in Cheshire capture teachers' thoughts about books on film.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Talking Trailers

  Regents Park Community Primary in Birmingham explains how they are linking picture books and film to get pupils reading. Tags: pupils' attitude to reading, cross curricular links

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - From one extreme to the other

  This case study is an extreme reading calendar has been produced by Ecclesfield School in Sheffield.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - Renga river

  St Martin’s Garden Primary School in Bath partners up with Bath Central Library to contribute to the longest, global renga poem. Tags: reading events, public and school library service, Involving the community

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Going for gold

  Students at The Dearne High School in South Yorkshire have produced and published their very own graphic novel with the help of some well-known children's writers. Tags: pupils' attitude to reading, involving the community, whole staff engagement

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Fingers on buzzers

  Ellis Guilford Secondary School, in Nottingham, has linked sport and literacy by hosting its very own Question of Sport quiz. Tags: pupils' attitudes to reading, whole-staff engagement, reading events

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - A year in the life of Gosford Hill

  Gosford Hill School, in Oxfordshire, was the much-deserved winner of the Reading Connects secondary school of the year competition for 2008-2009. Lucy Wawrzyniak, Head of English Faculty, tells us Gosford Hill’s story.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Picture the story week

  Moulsecoomb Primary School in Brighton, shares how a week of events aimed at encouraging pupils to read helped their children to see the fun side of books. Tags: reading event, whole-staff engagement

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan