Reading and Literacy Programme

At Beccles High School, we believe that creating a culture of reading is vital in ensuring our students have the ability to achieve their potential in school and beyond.

We aim to foster a love of reading which will stay with our students into their adult life; cultivating readers with a passion for a wide range of materials will ensure that children’s love of reading will extend beyond the classroom.

A culture of reading is also crucial to the academic progression of our students. Our students’ success in terminal examinations is reliant on their ability to read with confidence. Most GCSE specifications are expecting more independent reading from students; their own research and revision rely heavily on their ability to read and interpret texts; their exam responses require an ability to read and understand that the examiner requires; their own responses need to be carefully checked. We focus on reading in KS3, ensuring students have the foundations needed for their GCSE studies

All students have a 20 minute reading session everyday. Students are provided with a wide range of reading materials with eh aim of both helping them improve their reading and increasing their wider knowledge and, what is sometimes referred to as “cultural capital”.