THE FLAGSHIP SUMMIT FOR LITERACY LEADERS
Why attend this summit?
Talk is shaped by screens. Writing is shaped by AI. Reading competes with everything else a phone can do. The fundamentals of literacy haven't changed, but the conditions leaders are trying to lead in have shifted dramatically.
This one-day summit brings together four literacy leadership voices to address what's actually changing in classrooms, and what evidence-informed leadership looks like in response. Across the day, you'll move from the big picture to the practical: from naming the pressures, reshaping talk, writing and reading, through disciplinary literacy, oracy and scaffolding, to implementation and culture. You'll leave with a working action plan, not just a folder of slides.
Delegates will hear directly from schools and trusts already leading this work, take part in small-group clinics with speakers over lunch, and build a personal five-step plan: Address, Observe, Support, Select, Monitor - to take back to their own setting.
The benefits
- Hear from four leading voices in literacy: Alex Quigley, Shareen Wilkinson, Dr Alex Fairlamb and Sarah Green, covering the full picture from strategy to classroom practice.
- Get a five-step action plan, not just a folder of slides: leave with a personalised Address, Observe, Support, Select, Monitor plan you can take straight back to your setting.
- See it working in practice: themed case studies from schools and trusts already leading this work on talk and technology, disciplinary literacy, oracy, and implementation.
- Access to speakers beyond the main sessions: small-group clinics over lunch give you direct time with presenters to ask setting-specific questions.
- Practical, evidence-informed strategies you can use immediately: from scaffolding oracy in the classroom to embedding disciplinary literacy across the curriculum.
- Leave with one concrete next step: the closing planning session ensures you walk away with an action you can implement within weeks, not just ideas.
Featuring a highly experienced lineup of literacy and educational experts:
- Alex Quigley
Education Consultant, Author and TES columnist, former Head of Content, EEF / Director of Huntington Research School - Shareen Wilkinson
Chief Education Officer at LEO Academy Trust, education consultant and author of Disciplinary Literacy - Dr Alex Fairlamb
Educational consultant and Trust T&L Coach - Sarah Green
Independent education consultant and literacy expert
Why attend?
- Get ahead of the national oracy and literacy reforms: understand what a national oracy framework and combined reading/writing/oracy approach could mean in practice, direct from the sessions built around exactly this shift.
- Move disciplinary literacy from add-on to entitlement: practical approaches to embedding subject-specific reading, writing and talk from Reception through to secondary transition.
- Scaffold oracy with precision, not just intention: research-informed techniques for developing spoken language across every subject and phase.
- Turn strategy into sustained practice: leadership mechanics for assessment, implementation planning, and building a literacy culture that outlasts the policy document.
- Learn with national experts: discuss and join clinics with leading voices and school leaders in the sector tackling the challenge of literacy on the front line.
- Leave with a five-step action plan: a personalised Address, Observe, Support, Select, Monitor plan, plus one concrete step to take within weeks.
