Welcome to Literacy Kicks

Literacy Kicks is an authentic, award-winning schools programme that engages children in reading and writing by taking them inside the exciting world of sports journalism.

 

Since launching in March 2022, Literacy Kicks has worked in over 100 schools, in partnership with national governing bodies and professional clubs, and has been joined in classrooms by sporting icons.

 

Developed alongside experienced teachers, it presents innovative writing and editing tasks for pupils to complete, while including insights from two decades of being a journalist at leading sports events.

 

By linking with leading primary school education app PE Pro, each lesson has a physical follow-up that sees students able to put into practise the sporting topics they have written about.

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Independent research covering 11 classes found that 81 percent of pupils had a deeper understanding of writing after completing a six-week Literacy Kicks course.