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.

• Download Case study - Thank framed it's Friday

  At Sutherland Business and Enterprise College in Telford, a clever cross-curricular approach inspires students to read. Tags: cross-curricular links, whole-staff engagement

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Reading all over the world

  Longmeadow and Baschurch primary schools in Shropshire have been promoting reading for pleasure with their Reading Miles scheme. Tags: cross-curricular links, family involvement, accessibilty and display, whole-staff engagement

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Runner up Setting of the Year 2009

  Focus Nursery in Dorset has used a wonderful whole-setting approach to create exciting, new activities for the children and include parents.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Book Week adventures

  Kimberworth's events promoted practitioner story telling, children's interest in books, and parent-child story times at home.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Puppet pals

  Chapel Street Nursery and Children’s Centre talks about their work with Luton’s Every Child a Talker (ECaT) project.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Rhyme day at Gill Blowers Nursery School

  Children became recording artists for the day as part of their Every Child a Talker (ECaT) project.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• 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 - Setting of the Year 2009

  Coleridge Children's Centre explain how practitioners engage children and their parents and carers in fun activities and review their success in reaching the wider community.

  Posted by Lucy Hawkins

• Download Case study - Candlelit cafe sparks inspiration

  Hagley Park Sports College in Staffordshire created a popular Poetry Café to inspire children and staff to read and write poems. Tags: pupils' attitude to reading, reading groups

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• Download Case study - Children's reading walk of fame

  Mile Oak Primary School in Brighton has helped raise the profile of reading in the school and local community by building their Reading Walk of Fame plaques, Hollywood-style.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan