At St Michael's we recognise that reading is the keystone of learning and therefore it is vital that every child becomes a reader.

By becoming a proficient reader, children will:

• Have access to the whole curriculum
• Participate in own learning
• Develop confidence
• Improve self efficacy
• Make a contribution now, and in the future
• Develop imagination
• Increase experiences through books
• Be able to access the next stage of their education

This will be done through:

• Personalised reading programmes
• Teaching all reading strategies
• Specific time allocations
• Specific adult to child allocation
• 1:1 reading tuition
• Target setting
• Matching text to child need
• Child self assessment
• Frequent assessment