Leader insights: Disciplinary Literacy in Science

What does reading look like in your subject?

Author

Chloe Butlin

Content and Engagement Specialist (Literacy)

In the second in a series of Voices from the Classroom from Tudor Grange Research School, we gain teacher and leader reflections on specific aspects of how reading may differ in subjects across the curriculum, with professional development and implementation insights woven through.

Blogs •2 minutes •13 February, 2025

How do we read in Science?

Andy Edwards, Teacher of Science, Tudor Grange Academy

Ellie Caple, Leadership Advisor: Science, Tudor Grange Academies Trust

Uniting staff through subject specialism

Ellie Caple, Leadership Advisor: Science, Tudor Grange Academies Trust

Protecting time for curriculum discussion is an integral part of implementation planning for disciplinary literacy. Senior leaders and curriculum leads can use this template, in conjunction with the ‘disciplinary literacy tree’ resource on the EEF website, to discuss the often unique and specialised ways that experts read in their subject area.

Find out more about disciplinary literacy – an approach to improving literacy across the curriculum that emphasises the importance of subject specific support – in the Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools guidance report.