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Leading Literacy: What Every School and Trust Leader Needs to Know book cover

1st Edition

Leading Literacy What Every School and Trust Leader Needs to Know

By Sarah Green Copyright 2026
368 Pages 41 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 41 Color Illustrations
by Routledge

368 Pages 41 Color Illustrations
by Routledge
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Literacy is the bedrock of culture, curriculum, and classroom practice – it is the key that unlocks learning and social mobility for pupils across all phases. However, the world of literacy leadership is full of complexity, challenge, and competing priorities. This handbook provides essential guidance for leaders responsible for developing literacy and learning across schools and trusts,... Read more

Part I: Developing leadership knowledge and expertise

  1. Chapter 1: Literacy, learning and leadership
  2. Chapter 2: What every leader needs to know about literacy

 

Part II: Developing teacher knowledge and skill

  1. Chapter 3: What every teacher needs to know about oral language and vocabulary
  2. Chapter 4: What every teacher needs to know about reading
  3. Chapter 5: What every teacher needs to know about writing
  4. Chapter 6: How to ensure literacy strategies stick across subjects

 

Part III: Creating a strategy to improve literacy standards

  1. Chapter 7: Developing a whole school literacy strategy
  2. Chapter 8: Transforming strategy into success

 

Part IV: Developing others and delivering the literacy strategy

  1. Chapter 9: Leading and designing effective professional development
  2. Chapter 10: Developing specialists, subject teachers and support staff
  3. Chapter 11: Literacy assessment - principles and practice
  4. Chapter 12: Developing targeted intervention pathways

 

Part V: Evaluating and sustaining impact

  1. Chapter 13: Developing a monitoring and evaluation framework

Chapter 14: Leading for lasting literacy impact

Biography

Sarah Green is an experienced teacher and senior leader. She is currently Director of Literacy working across mainstream and special schools within Prospere Learning Trust, UK. She is a former Content Specialist for Literacy for the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and is currently a serving Member of a newly established Secondary Literacy Expert Advisory Group with the UK government’s Department for Education (DfE).

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