At St Joseph’s we are passionate about the teaching of reading and aim for all of our pupils to become fluent, confident readers who have a genuine love and interest in reading. We truly believe reading is the key which unlocks the rest of the curriculum and therefore place high importance on this subject area within our curriculum offer.

​We truly value reading at St Joseph's and dedicate a huge part of our day to studying and enjoying texts and are proud to announce we have signed up for the South Yorkshire Reading Guarantee. 

Core Story

Each day, children enjoy hearing a story read aloud by their teacher. This time gives all children access to sophisticated themes and literary language without placing literacy demands on them. Teachers and children alike love this part of the school day and the escape into a new world. There is often great discussion over what to read next or requests to 'please keep reading!'

​Reading for Pleasure

At St. Joseph's, we are working hard to foster a love of reading for pleasure and are working with St Wilfrid's English Hub to Transform our School's Reading Culture (TSRC). You can read our development plan below.