Reading

At Scarcroft, we know that engaging children with reading from the beginning is one of the most important ways we make a difference to our children’s life chances, regardless of their socio-economic background. Therefore, nurturing the ability to read accurately and speedily, with a good understanding, is core to everything that we do. We are committed to ensuring that our children progress successfully through a structured synthetic phonics programme, engage in rigorous and specific comprehension teaching, develop a life-long love of reading by being part of a positive culture of reading for pleasure across our community, and have reading opportunities that help them to understand the world’s diversity and their place within it.