Better English Ofsted
Conference
Jonathan Lewis
Service Director – Education
The Peterborough English Challenge
Peterborough National 2014 Difference
2014 (%)
(%)
(%)
Year 1 Phonics
66
74
-8
KS1 Reading (Level 2 +)
86
90
-4
KS1 Writing (Level 2 +)
81
86
-5
KS2 Reading (Level 4+)
85
89
-4
KS2 Writing (Level 4+)
82
86
-4
KS2 Reading Progress
89
91
-2
KS2 Writing Progress
93
93
0
KS4 GCSE English
68.4
68.8
0
KS4 English Progress
74
72
2
Starter Activity
• Put the strips of text in order so that they
make sense
• Discuss the strategies, skills and
knowledge you use to do it
Reading the Next Steps
Overview of recent
research on phonics
and reading; casestudies from primary
and secondary.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/409409/R
eading_the_next_steps.pdf
Solving the Challenge
The DfE’s plan, ‘Reading: the next steps, supporting
higher standards in schools’, sets out four strategies:
the Phonics Partnership Grant Programme (a £10,000
phonics
a government
programme
grant forteaching);
good schools
to supportfunded
other schools
with to
support schools to set up KS2 book clubs; library
membership for all Y3 pupils; and continuing government
support for the recitation competition ‘Poetry by Heart’.
Reading the Next Steps
Which of these did you use:
• reading for meaning
• knowledge of sentence
structure
• knowledge of punctuation
• a combination?
So what are the four key strategies within ‘Reading: the next
steps’ and which are of particular interest to you?
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/4094
09/Reading_the_next_steps.pdf
Workshops: 1.45 - 2.30pm
1. Transitions: LAKE
2. Governor and Senior Leadership Monitoring: CARMICHAEL
3. Improving Writing: WESLEY
4. Leading from the Front: LUTHER
5. Leadership and Monitoring of Phonics: CAREY
6. Effective marking and Feedback: LEWIS
7. Engaging Readers: SPURGEON
Improving Literacy
Jonathan Douglas
Director – National Literacy Trust