Reading Schools Silver Accreditation 

We are thrilled to receive confirmation of the prestigious Reading Schools Silver Accreditation from the Scottish Book Trust. Our Reading Leadership Team/Pupil Librarians have been working hard over the past couple of years to make this happen, and it’s thanks to them we were able to make our submission. 

The succsesful Reading Schools programme (an improvement framework mapped with How Good Is Our School 4), developed by Scotland’s national charity changing lives with reading and writing, supports schools to build a reading culture, where every pupil is encouraged to feed their imagination through books. Reading for pleasure is central to supporting wellbeing, improving attainment across the curriculum, and boosting critical thinking, creativity, empathy and resilience. 

We are now one of 628 schools in Scotland (and the first secondary school in East Lothian) to have been accredited through the programme and having achieved silver level, we will begin working toward progressing to gold status.

Scottish Book Trust is a national charity that believes everyone living in Scotland should have equal access to books. Our work provides opportunities to improve life chances through books and the fundamental skills of reading and writing. Access to books and a love of books bring many important benefits from family bonding and advancing children’s learning, to unlocking creativity, helping employability and improving mental health and wellbeing. Scottish Book Trust aims to support all communities across Scotland, with particular focus on those who are vulnerable and  under-represented.  

Find out more about Reading Schools on their website.