What informs the school’s approach to reading development?

Our approach has been informed by the following research and reading:

• Disciplinary Literacy and Explicit Vocabulary Teaching by Katherine Mortimer
• Reading Reconsidered: A Practice Guide to Rigorous Literacy Instruction by Doug Lemov
• Closing the Reading Gap by Alex Quigley
• Closing the Vocabulary Gap by Alex Quigley
• Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools – report by the EEF