Case studies

Reading Champions case studies

This page gives you access to a mixture of case studies. Some are from Reading Champions projects, others are from general projects aimed at boys or men. There are lots of great ideas within these pages, so happy browsing.

Do you have a Reading Champions case study? If so email readingchampions@literacytrust.org.uk

Key stage 4 case studies:

• Download Case study - Multisensory storytelling at Severndale

  Severndale Specialist School for communication and interaction is an outstanding example of how a specialist school can develop an inclusive reading culture and encourage a love of books.

  Posted by Susie Musgrove

• Download Case study - The “write” way to motivate your students

  Staff and students at Bishop Perowne College discover their “inner author” through contributing to a college book.

  Posted by Susie Musgrove

• 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 - Ten book challenge

  Canons High School in Middlesex rise to the 'Ten book challenge', a reading project that challenges students to write reviews on the books they read.

  Posted by Hannah MacLellan

• 24Mar2010
  Case study - Fit 4 Reading

  The Fit 4 Reading scheme is run by Stockport local authority with secondary schools in the area. It is a reading project which sees Year 10 trained as reading coaches to enable them to help Level 3 Year 7 pupils improve and enjoy their reading.

  Posted by Sarah De Zoysa

• 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 - 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 - Real men read in Hertfordshire

  Reading Champions scheme in a secondary school focusing on the masculine nature of reading through competition, wall displays etc.

  Posted by Nick Batty

• Download Case study - A reading club for boys of all ages

  Boys reading project in Essex

  Posted by Nick Batty