English Hub
Kingsnorth CEP School are proud to have been chosen as one of 34 English Hubs nationally which was announced by the Minister of State for School Standards in September 2018.
As an English Hub our aim to support schools to achieve excellence in early literacy teaching through an initial focus on:
- Developing early language and closing the word gap
- Developing early reading through systematic, synthetic phonics (SSP)
- Promoting a love of reading
We can provide tailored support to schools. This will include:
- running events to showcase excellent practice in teaching reading
- working with local schools to develop their practice
- offering conferences and workshops
What the Government has said about the hubs:
The government has announced the names of 34 schools across England that will take a leading role in supporting schools that struggle to teach children to read by improving the teaching of early language and reading.
This network of some of the best performing primary schools will work to increase reading standards in schools across the country and improve education outcomes for the most disadvantaged children, particularly in underperforming schools.
Reading is key to opening up learning. While the government has made great progress through the introduction of phonics, it wants to continue to drive improvements in the standards of literacy.
Building on the success of phonics, which has contributed to 163,000 more six-year-olds on track being fluent readers than in 2012, the 34 schools will spread best practice and teaching techniques, backed by £26.3 million funding. This will include providing school workshops for teachers and more intensive school-to-school support.
The hub schools were chosen through a competitive process - all 34 have a background of excellent phonics teaching and are distributed to benefit the areas that need it most. Each hub will identify specialist literacy teachers who will get additional training to act as experts in teaching in early language and reading from reception year to Key Stage 1. The hubs will work with up to 170 local primary schools and will build a network of excellent phonics teaching in every region.
A list of the 34 hubs:
https://www.kingsnorth.kent.sch.uk/english-hub
What the Government has said about the hubs:
The government is announcing the names of 34 schools across England that will take a leading role in supporting schools that struggle to teach children to read by improving the teaching of early language and reading.
Gov Uk - List Of Primary Schools
This network of some of the best performing primary schools will work to increase reading standards in schools across the country and improve education outcomes for the most disadvantaged children, particularly in underperforming schools.
Reading is key to opening up learning. While the government has made great progress through the introduction of phonics, it wants to continue to drive improvements in the standards of literacy.
Building on the success of phonics, which has contributed to 163,000 more six-year-olds on track being fluent readers than in 2012, the 32 schools will spread best practice and teaching techniques, backed by £26.3 million funding. This will include providing school workshops for teachers and more intensive school-to-school support.
The hub schools were chosen through a competitive process - all 34 have a background of excellent phonics teaching and are distributed to benefit the areas that need it most. Each hub will identify specialist literacy teachers who will get additional training to act as experts in teaching in early language and reading from reception year to Key Stage 1. The hubs will work with up to 170 local primary schools and will build a network of excellent phonics teaching in every region.