Our Aims
Aims of the Hub's programme
The English Hubs Programme supports schools across four key areas:
EYFS – Early Language and Literacy: supporting high-quality early language, literacy and reading provision from the earliest stages.
KS1 – Phonics and Reading: supporting schools to develop high-quality phonics and early reading provision, ensuring all pupils make strong progress.
KS2 – Reading Fluency: supporting schools to develop pupils’ reading fluency and ensure all pupils receive the support they need.
KS3 – Reading Fluency: supporting schools to strengthen reading fluency and ensure all pupils continue to develop as confident readers.
Aims of the Reception Hub Programme
To ensure all Reception pupils make speedy progress in early language and literacy
To develop pupils’ understanding, vocabulary, and use of spoken language
To foster a language-rich environment and a love of reading from the start
Aims of the KS1 Hub Programme
To ensure all pupils make speedy progress in phonics and reading
To develop pupils’ understanding and use of spoken language
To develop pupils’ love of reading
Aims of the KS2 Hub Programme
To ensure all pupils become accurate, fluent and confident readers who can access, understand and learn from the full curriculum
To ensure pupils who are not yet fluent readers receive targeted support
To develop pupils language, knowledge and love of reading
Aims of the KS3 Hub Programme
To ensure Literacy is a strategic priority
To identify resource needs
To take a whole school approach to reading
To achieve these three aims, partner schools must be:
‘determined that every pupil will learn to read, regardless of their background, needs or abilities. All pupils, including the weakest readers, [must] make sufficient progress to meet or exceed age-related expectations.’
(SIH), 2024)