Next steps

Leading the development of a school literacy and numeracy improvement culture requires:

• long-term leadership
• a strategic focus and
• collaboration

The following steps may support your efforts to embedding a positive culture for literacy and numeracy:

• Develop in-school expertise through professional development such as the Bastow Leading Literacy and Leading Mathematics courses.
• Ensure the school's efforts are reflected in :
• Your school's Strategic Plan
• Annual Implementation Plan
• Professional Development Plans
• Use the Literacy Teaching Toolkit  and Mathematics Teaching Toolkit to support best practice teaching and learning
• Follow developments in School Update and In Our Classrooms.
  

Supplementary leadership information and resources:

• The Middle years literacy and numeracy support (MYLNS) initiative has worked with a number of secondary schools to develop case studies highlighting professional practice and successful literacy and numeracy implementation.
• The Education Endowment Foundation has developed a set of resources to support literacy in secondary schools:
  • School self-assessment tool
  • Simple view of reading
  • Seven recommendations for teachers and school leaders