There's no statutory requirement to have an English, literacy and reading policy
However, you may want to create and publish one. It can help you set out to staff, governors and parents:
- Your approach to teaching, monitoring and assessing knowledge and skills
- How you make sure your provision is of consistently high quality
This might help keep you accountable and help you achieve any relevant objectives in your school improvement plan.
Some schools have separate policies for reading
See the end of this article for some examples to inspire a specific reading policy, if you choose to create one.
Download and adapt our model
It covers:
- Your vision and guiding principles for the teaching of English, literacy and reading
- Roles and responsibilities
- Curriculum, marking and feedback, and monitoring, assessment and moderation
- Resources and the learning environment
The DfE's 2023 reading framework The
