After reports last week that the Government is not expected to renew itsmulti-million-pound contract with Capita, which runs NationalStrategies, it was suggested this could mean there will be moreflexibility in the way children are taught to read in primaryschools.
More clarification is expected in the White Paper, but it seems likelythat schools will have more choice about whether they implement aliteracy hour, as an end to centralised national strategies will seehead teachers being able to choose their own advisers to support them onhow to raise standards in literacy and numeracy teaching.
National Strategies is responsible for overseeing the literacy andnumeracy hours, as well as providing resources and training for theEYFS.
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