Reading: Nottingham
Children, Schools and Families
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Graham Allen (Nottingham North, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proposals his Department has to encourage Nottingham City Council to take up the Every Child A Reader scheme; and if he will make a statement.
Diana Johnson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Kingston upon Hull North, Labour)
Nottingham city council has been part of the Every Child a Reader programme since 2008-09. Key Stage 1 results for reading are still below the national average of 84 per cent., and now 78 per cent. of children achieve at least level 2. Nottingham city council employs seven Reading Recovery Teachers, with another four being trained this year, and they have a share of the Teacher Leader employed by their consortium of three local authorities.