Nursery World - MPs back charity's literacy vision

The National Literacy Forum has secured cross-party commitment for its campaign for a more literate nation.

It has called for a cross-departmental early years minister, along with investing in new support for teachers, school leaders and governors.

As a result of campaigning from its 19 member organisations, the charity coalition has received a ministerial pledge from the three leading political parties to tackle the dangerously low levels of literacy in the UK.

The charity presented its Vision for Literacy in Parliament earlier this week, outlining important steps for the Government to address during its next three terms.

Figures released last week from the Department for Education showed a drop in the number of pupils in England gaining five A*-C GCSE grades, from 59.2% of students in 2013 to 52.6% in 2014.

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