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Schools NetworkSchools Network
The National Literacy Trust Schools Network supports school professionals to raise literacy attainment across the whole school, specifically by improving attitudes and behaviour towards literacy.

Membership is just £75 per school per year, and benefits include resources, evaluation tools and some generous discounts. Visit the Schools Network pages to find out more.

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Are you looking for support and leadership for literacy in your school? Our interactive map allows you to find the consultants, advisers and other literacy leaders nearest to you at the click of a mouse.

Find out more about the Leaders Network.

Wood green 12 permissionNew competitions for schools

We run exciting competitions every term to inspire your pupils to get involved in activities to improve their literacy. There are free resources to support the competitions and great prizes to be won. Find out more.

Brain storming sessionConferences 

We run an exciting programme of conferences for teachers, school librarians and other professionals. Find out more.

Next conference: Teaching English creatively in the new curriculum, with Pie Corbett.

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National Young Readers' ProgrammeYoung Readers Programme... 
...motivates disadvantaged children and young people to read for pleasure.

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Premier League Reading StarsPremier League Reading Stars... 
...harnesses the power of football to encourage pupils to enjoy reading.

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Words for WorkWords for Work... 
...transforms the communication skills of secondary school pupils.

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Reading ChampionsReading Champions...
...supports schools in getting boys hooked on reading.

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2011/12 Schools Guide to Literacy

This FREE guide to promoting and supporting literacy in your school is available now!

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Writing blog from Tom Palmer

Read author Tom Palmer's regular term-time blog about the writing of his new series, The Squad. The blog talks about all the things it takes to write a book.

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Looking for new inspirational teaching ideas?

Visit our practical ideas pages where you can browse hundreds of ideas for boosting literacy in your school. These ideas can be filtered by keyword and category.

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  • Parents and carers Give your child the best possible foundation in speech, writing and reading skills with Words for Life. Go to Words for Life
  • Join our network Inspiration, resources and support to transform literacy for children and young people Find out more
  • New resources Our new range of resources makes our programmes available to all schools for the first time. Find out more
  • Support us There are lots of ways you can help support our work. For more
 

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