Reading Champions success stories

Since 2005 Reading Champions has worked with over 3000 schools and other institutions, and awarded over 18,000 certificates and badges. The following case studies demonstrate the importance practitioners place on Reading Champions. If you have any Reading Champions success stories to add to this page, please email them to susie.musgrove@literacytrust.org.uk.

"Every school deserves to have Reading Champions, opening up the world of reading. We need to put the magic of reading right into the heart of childhood - and Reading Champions can be the engine that turns schools into story reading centres."
Pie Corbett, Literacy Consultant

Case study: No ambling at Ambleside
Ambleside Primary School in Nottingham was the deserved winner of the Reading Champions School of the Year 2009/10 competition. Jantine Nusselder, Literacy Aspect Manager and class teacher, explains how the school has fully embraced the Reading Champions ethos and how the pupils take ownership of Reading Champions activities.

Case study: Climbing the reading mountain to reach gold
Kathy O’Donnell, head of English and creativity, at West Leigh Junior School, Leigh-on-Sea, tells us how three phenomenal boys, John, Richard and Harry, conquered the gold Reading Champions award.

Case study: We are the Reading Champions!
Lin Guest from Wood Green High School, Wednesbury, describes how incorporating Reading Champions into the school’s literacy strategy has had a great impact on the attitudes of their male pupils.

Case study: Top of the game
Liz Jackson, Literacy Coordinator at Audenshaw Primary School, describes how she tasked her Year 5 Reading Champions to organise a Top Trumps cards tournament, with great success. Includes a how-to guide.

Case study: The taste of success
Former Reading Champions School of the Year winner, Lewannick Community Primary School in Cornwall, tell us what they did to make their Reading Champions project so special.

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