Over half of Blackpool school children struggle with reading

Less than half of Blackpool school pupils are at a satisfactory reading level by the time they start their GCSEs, councillors have been told.

A majority of the transient pupils had not been through the primary school system within the Blackpool area. Members of the committee received a report into Blackpool’s literacy strategy and also asked for the council’s Head of Library Service to attend a future meeting to update them on the part libraries play in encouraging reading.The council decided to axe library fines in April 2019 in a move designed to encourage more residents to use the service.

The council’s Literacy for Life report warns: “Taking these factors together, the challenges which communities face are compounded by deprivation which robs people of self-confidence and self-esteem. This can make parents less active in their children’s education especially when their own skills may be low and their experience of education is poor.”

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