Our flagship schools have been chosen for their innovative use of our book-based approach across the curriculum. They have adopted and adapted our planning sequences to complement their own topics or use our themes. Our flagship schools enjoy sharing how they have used the sequences to support engagement and raise attainment in English with new schools looking to change their pedagogy and curriculum. If you wish to visit any of these schools, we can arrange a suitable time to visit. Alternatively, if you are interested in finding out about becoming a flagship school, do contact us on [email protected]
Our Lead Teachers work in Literary Curriculum schools and have a wide range of expertise in using and adapting a book-based curriculum. Many of them are subject leaders and are happy to share their stories of implementation and impact.
These schools are trialling hosting libraries for us that will be built up over the year (according to the suggested curriculum map) containing books within the Literary Curriculum for schools to borrow. This will be a free service for schools to use who have whole school memberships. For the next year we are focussed on building collections of the novels within the Literary Leaf section of the Literary Curriculum and each school will have a set of 15 of each title. (Bilton Infants will only have the books listed within Y2) Please get in touch with us [email protected] if you have a request you would like to make. Schools will need to make their own arrangements to pick up books and return them on designated days at the end of a half-term. In the future we would love to have some more varied locations so please get in touch if you think you could host one in your school!
Our Literacy Tree journey began four years ago when we decided that we wanted our English curriculum to be firmly rooted in high quality children’s literature. We are a large…
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To borrow a set from this school, please make sure you have a school membership and contact libraries@ theliteracytree.co.uk stating the title of book you would like to borrow.
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As a Multi Academy Trust, we have 5 primary schools and 4 secondary schools. We began our Literacy Tree journey around 4 years ago when one of our primary schools,…
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To borrow a set from this school, please make sure you have a school membership and contact libraries@ theliteracytree.co.uk stating the title of book you would like to borrow.
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When I look at the children’s books now I can see that Writing is where they take a leap of faith, try on another person’s shoes, venture an opinion they…
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Five years ago, we identified a need to drastically reform our English curriculum so that it was driven by high-quality texts that would bring learning to life for our children.…
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"At The Grove, we love books and we believe that they can open our minds to new ideas, new worlds and new adventures. Therefore, from the start of their journey…
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"Van Gogh Primary opened its doors in September 2018 as an academy converter. Based on book reviews and pupil interviews, it was clear that the children did not see themselves…
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To borrow a set from this school, please make sure you have a school membership and contact libraries@ theliteracytree.co.uk stating the title of book you would like to borrow.
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Laura is a teacher and literacy coordinator in County Antrim. Her main area of interest is quality reading instruction that helps children to access and engage with the world of…
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The first thing we did after deciding to go with the Literacy Tree approach was to purchase one copy of every text in the scheme. After laying them all out…
Read MoreDan is an Assistant Principal at Yew Tree Primary Academy with the responsibilities of leading whole school curriculum, assessment, and English. He is also the Lead KS2 Moderator for Knowsley.
View BlogJanine is a Deputy Headteacher and Language, Literacy and Communication Lead in Bridgend. Her main area of interest is communication through written and oral forms that helps children to share…
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"Children at Dulwich Wood have developed a real love of reading and awareness of authors since we started using the Literary Curriculum resources. Because each sequence begins with a hook…
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Our Journey with the Literacy Tree and Literary Curriculum My personal journey started many years ago when I worked in the UK. In 2019 I relocated to San Jose, Costa…
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"Since starting to work with the Literacy Tree and their Literary Curriculum, the standards of writing have soared at Dalmain Primary School. Children absolutely love the range of writing opportunities…
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"We have all done it... scrolled through the internet looking for concepts to inject some new ideas into our teaching methods. Our journey started about a year ago when as…
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Three years ago, the Literary Curriculum struck a chord for us. As an infant school our academic standards were good. However, with a changing demographic and decline in on entry…
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"We implemented the Literary Curriculum across the school at the beginning of this academic year and the rapid results we are seeing already are outstanding. Exposing our children to high…
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To borrow a set from this school, please make sure you have a school membership and contact libraries@ theliteracytree.co.uk stating the title of book you would like to borrow.
View WebsiteAdvisory Panels. Our three panels are made up of teachers with the experience to guide and inform us to help us to ensure our chosen texts meet standards of inclusivity and authenticity in terms of representation of cultures and communities. Our advisory panels are used to provide advice and guidance in a non-executive function and are a non-decision making forum. The three panels are as follows:
Donny Morrison, Senior Literacy Consultant, Literacy Tree (Chair)
Karla Edwards, Executive English Lead, Phoenix Federation, Lewisham
Abbey Kershaw, Y6 Teacher, Worsborough Common, Barnsley
Tania Findlay, Headteacher, Foxhole Academy, Cornwall
Joanna Leru, Reading Lead, Ditcheat Primary School, East Somerset
Lindsay King, English Lead, Dulwich Village Infants school, Southwark
Anthony Legon, Director and Co-founder, Literacy Tree (Chair)
Michael Buck, Betty Layward Primary School, Stoke Newington
Jade Murray, Sheringham Community Primary School, Norfolk
Ed Lockwood-Wells, Albemarle Primary School, Wandsworth
Dan Taylor, Assistant Head, Yew Tree Academy, Knowsley
Lynn Sear, Director and Co-founder, Literacy Tree (Chair)
Emmalene Greene, Singleton School
Siobhan Casey, Coppettswood Primary, Barnet
Donna Williams, Tubbenden SOLA MAT, Orpington
