The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2022, in association with the Open University and the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), have been announced, revealing how teachers have found innovative ways to inspire reading for pleasure in the classroom.
Each year since its launch in 2017, the awards have revealed the determination and passion of teachers to get children reading. The teachers who entered the 2022 awards were just as equally passionate and continued to display inventiveness in original and surprising ways.
Farshore’s 2022 Reading for Pleasure research showed that in 2021 reading for pleasure amongst children remained low, with only 25% of children saying they read daily or nearly every day for pleasure, rather than for schoolwork, meaning teachers have an even more vital role to play. Reading for pleasure is a simple solution to help with academic attainment, social mobility and mental health issues post-pandemic but the research shows that 64% of 0-17s would rather watch TV, play video games or go online than read books.
This year’s entries saw teachers at schools across the length and breadth of the UK united in a mission to get children and their families reading, despite the continued disruption caused by the pandemic, cost of living crisis and budgetary constraints.
The Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2022 were judged by:
- Joy Court, Co-founder: All Around Reading
- Teresa Cremin, Professor of Education, The Open University
- Alison David, Consumer Insight Director, Farshore
- Fiona Evans, Head of Schools Programmes, National Literacy Trust
- Cally Poplak, Executive Publisher, Farshore
- David Reedy, UK Literacy Association
- Mike Stirling, Creative Director, Beano Studios
The Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2022 winners are:
- Community Reading Champion Award: Amanda Hanton, Leicestershire County Council Virtual School
- School Reading Champion Award: Lucas Maxwell, Glenthorne High School, Sutton
- Experienced Teacher Award: Amy Greatrex, South Wilford Endowed C of E Primary School, Nottingham
- Whole School Award: Georgie Lax, Starcross Primary School, Devon and Claire Nelson, Cheadle Catholic Infant School, Cheadle
The Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2022 Highly Commended are:
- Experienced Teacher Award Highly Commended:
- Sarah Bell, The Holt Primary School, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln
