Roade English Hub provides support to local schools, academies and free schools to improve teaching of phonics, early language and reading in Reception and Year 1. 

This support includes:

• For those schools meeting the eligibility criteria, match funding of up to £3,000 is available to invest in resources and training;
• For those schools meeting edibility criteria and chosen to be a partner school, £6000 is available for resources and training alongside up to six days of school to school support over an academic year by one of our specialist English teachers;
• For schools meeting the eligibility criteria, where appropriate, full audit of a school's early language and phonics provision carried out by one of our experienced specialist Literacy Specialist, with support for further action planning.
• Training opportunities and an annual conference

We will prioritise applications from schools that meet at least two of the following criteria:

1. Lower than average percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in the PSC;​
2. Low attainment in the bottom 20% of children;​
3. A higher than average proportion of children eligible for pupil premium;​
4. Ofsted judgement of Requires Improvement or Inadequate;​
5. A high proportion of groups considered hard to reach such as boys; and,​
6. Schools referred by local partners (e.g. NLEs, LAs, Opportunity Area teams).

The programme is open to all state-funded schools and academies in our designated area.