St Mary & St Paul’s CE Primary

Maximum Impact on Reading

St Mary & St Paul’s is a single form entry primary school in Knowsley. The school serves a community that is economically disadvantaged and around 70% of our pupils are eligible for Free School Meals. Core to our whole purpose as a school is a determination to give children the skills, knowledge and attitudes that will have the biggest impact on their life chances – “to provide every child with the best possible education”, as our Values Statement says.

Improving pupil’s reading skills, and helping them to enjoy reading, were key challenges for us but ones that we believe we have tackled successfully using a ‘two-pronged’ approach.