Reading Schools

Our resources provide activities, ideas and inspiration to help you build a reading culture in your school. Each key area has a short explanatory video, advice, tips and suggestions for activities. You will also find some links to suggested activities and printable materials.

Resources are searchable by key word and can be filtered by key area, level of accreditation, audience and type of resource.

You can also check out Scottish Book Trust's learning resources(this will open in a new window) for other useful activities and resources.

There are lots of other opportunities available to schools with Scottish Book Trust(this will open in a new window).

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Shared Practice: Inspiring and sustaining reading for pleasure in secondary schools (February 2025 recording)

Shared Practice: Staff as readers (November 2024 recording)

A series of recorded interviews and accompanying presentation slides from a live session, to support staff readership in schools

Webinar: The benefits of Reading for Pleasure, with Professor Sarah McGeown

A pre-recorded webinar focussing on the evidence base supporting the benefits of promoting reading for pleasure

How to upload photo evidence

Having trouble adding photos to your evidence plan? Check out this uploader guidance.

Webinar: Introduction to Reading Schools (September 2024 recording)

A recorded session to support schools commencing their journey to Reading Schools accreditation

A template presentation slide designed to support staff teams in introducing and discussing their Reading Schools participation.

Introducing Reading Schools to your colleagues presentation template

A template assembly you can use to introduce Reading Schools to your colleagues and start planning your delivery.

Teachers as readers guide

Resource from Reading Schools Ambassador Brian Conaghan to prompt staff reading and role modelling.

Communicating your Reading Schools achievements

Resource to support Key Area 3.2.1 Rewarding progress and recognising personal achievements