Reading lies at the heart of the curriculum at West Croft.

Our school strives to create a passionate reading community and we are dedicated to enabling our pupils to become lifelong readers.

We believe that the key to children’s success is their ability to read and that reading feeds children’s imagination and unlocks the joy and wonder for curious young minds.

We aim to ensure that every child is given the tools to become an enthusiastic, confident and competent reader by providing a literacy rich environment, high quality texts and inspiring reading opportunities.

It is our intent that a reader from West Croft School will:

• Apply a knowledge of structured synthetic phonics in order to decode unfamiliar words with increasing accuracy and speed
• Read widely across both fiction and non-fiction to develop their knowledge of themselves and the world in which they live
• Increase knowledge across the curriculum and develop their comprehension skills
• Develop a good linguistic knowledge of vocabulary and grammar
• Read accurately, fluently and with understanding
• Be able to read with expression, clarity and confidence
• Gain a life-long enjoyment of reading and books