School programme for literacy announced in Wales
Bangor University will be establishing a centre of excellence for literacy teaching after receiving an £8 million grant.
Called CAL:ON Cymru, which stands for the ‘Centre for the Advancement of Literacy: research-led Outcomes and Nation-wide change’ will empower schools to enhance their teaching of literacy. It includes specific support for the systematic teaching of phonics and will further enable schools to identify and support those learners in need of additional support.
The programme will be rolled out through a network of CAL:ON Hub schools, each partnered with several others to ensure national coverage. The Hub schools will be represented in each local authority and will work closely with the CAL:ON team to co-develop materials and assist in rolling out professional learning.
The grant also expands a successful work run by Bangor University and the University of York over the past four years, in which 330 schools have implemented reading interventions such as ‘Research Informed Literacy with Language’ (RILL) and taken part in professional learning.
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