Join our Literacy Partner Programme

Unlock up to £10,000 of free tailored support to strengthen reading across your whole school

Transform your primary school’s reading culture

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

We start with an in-depth consultation to understand your needs. Then we create a tailored action plan for your school.

You’ll receive up to £10,000 in targeted funding, along with one-to-one reading support from our trained volunteers.

The result is simple: stronger literacy outcomes and a lasting love of reading for every student.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED

After submitting our application form, you’ll be contacted by a member of our team who will provide a simple questionnaire, designed to give a preliminary assessment of your school’s current reading culture.

Following a review of your answers, we’ll conduct more in-depth interviews with school staff and collaborate to identify the specific areas that your school needs support on.

What’s involved in our Literacy Partner Programme?

This programme could involve:

Volunteer-led one-to-one reading support for pupils
Library upgrades, including furniture, shelving and displays
Subscriptions to proven literacy interventions
Expert support and resources from literacy partners
Fresh teaching ideas and high-quality CPD
Book bundles, audiobooks and The Story Corner magazine
Reading scrapbooks and book clubs to engage pupils
Book fairs and author visits to bring reading to life

What schools are eligible?

We partner with schools in areas of deprivation with higher than national average levels of pupil premium and IDACI figures (Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index) along with lower than national average figures for Key Stage 2 reading levels.

Our programme’s impact in 2024/25

In 2024/25, we delivered more than 30,000 books and more than 65,000 magazines to 90 schools.

100%

of schools from the programme’s first cohort reported that one year in, the Literacy Partner Programme has helped improve the quality of resources in their school
80%

of schools in the programme’s first cohort reported that it has improved the “reading buzz” in their school

What schools are saying

Strengthen literacy skills, grow confident readers and develop a lasting reading culture – with support every step of the way.

We just want to say a HUGE thank you! The books that we have received are absolutely gorgeous!! I've just spent a good half an hour looking through them and they are perfect for our context. We have massively appreciated the support over the past few months - it's been incredible. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Assistant Headteacher at Millbridge, A Share Primary Academy
We are extremely pleased with the support we’ve received so far and truly can’t recommend the programme highly enough. Everything provided has been of real value and is making a noticeable difference across the school.

Teacher, Bookmark partner school
What you’ll be able to provide for us will be so meaningful for our families and our children. And we're very, very grateful and so genuinely thank you so much... this will make such a significant difference in developing our children’s passion for reading, especially in such a deprived area. Thank you for this invaluable opportunity!

Assistant Headteacher at John Henry Newman Academy
The Literacy Partner Programme has supported the development of our whole-school reading culture in several meaningful ways… Together, these elements have created a more positive, engaging, and consistent reading culture across the school.

Teacher, Bookmark partner school