Embedding Reading and Oracy for Challenge Across the Curriculum

Wednesday 29th April 2026, NACE, Horticulture House, OX11 0RN

9.00am - 4.00pm

One delegate: £195 +VAT (members) / £295 + VAT (non-members)

Two delegates: £295 + VAT (members) / £445 + VAT (non-members)

For maximum benefit, we realise it may be beneficial to have multiple colleagues from your school attend, to support with planning and implementation. We are therefore offering a discounted rate when booking two or more places. For a group booking rate for three or more places, please email cpd@nace.co.uk 

Grounded in evidence-based pedagogy, this course explores how carefully chosen texts, reading-based strategies and planned opportunities for talk can provide challenge for all learners – particularly high attainers and those ready for deeper cognitive engagement – while maintaining accessibility for all.

Participants will explore how to:

• Embed the use of engaging texts across the curriculum to promote critical thinking, inference, and vocabulary acquisition;
• Use dialogic teaching techniques to foster rich classroom discussion and deepen understanding;
• Design tasks that integrate reading and speaking to support disciplinary literacy;
• Develop learners’ confidence and competence in articulating complex ideas through structured talk;
• Build a classroom culture that values language, reasoning, and high expectations for all.

Through a mix of practical strategies, real classroom examples, and exploration of relevant evidence-based cognitive theory, attendees will leave equipped to make reading and oracy powerful tools for cognitive challenge and academic success for every learner.

This course is suitable for primary and secondary teachers, literacy leads, and curriculum leads seeking to develop reading and oracy as tools for increased cognitive challenge without compromising inclusivity or engagement.

If travel is a barrier to attendance, please contact cpd@nace.co.uk to arrange remote access.