English Intent Statement

At St. Leonard’s, our intent is to instil a love and passion for reading and writing in every child. We want children to flourish by giving them access to a rich English curriculum based on high quality texts. Our aim is to give the children the opportunities to write across a range of genres and for different audiences and purposes, and to read a variety of books from different authors and topics. In our school, English is to be the foundation for every subject in our curriculum, and the skills that children develop in their English lessons are to be transferred across the whole curriculum.

This year (2023/24), we are working on the following areas:

1. To raise outcomes in phonics through the effective implementation and monitoring of the new SSP programme.
2. To develop the use of the school library as a resource for reading for pleasure.
3. To review and monitor the school's reading provision to adopt new strategies in line with the guidance in 'The Reading Framework', published by the DFE in July 2023.
4. To ensure effective teaching and learning of reading in KS2 through whole class guided reading. 

If you would like any more information about how English is taught and assessed in our school, please don't hesitate to contact me using the contact details below.

English Co-ordinator: Laura Cooke