Our Community
We’re proud to be part of a vibrant, global community of schools, teachers, parents, and children. From classrooms in London to international schools across Asia and the Americas, Literacy Tree is trusted by thousands to deliver book-based literacy that transforms learning experiences for children everywhere.
Flagship Schools
Our Flagship Schools have been chosen for their innovative use of our book-based approach across the curriculum. They have adopted and adapted our planning sequences to complement their own topics or use our themes. Our flagship schools enjoy sharing how they have used the sequences to support engagement and raise attainment in English with new schools looking to change their pedagogy and curriculum. If you wish to visit any of these schools, just send them an email or contact us at info@literacytree.com.
Advisory Panels
Our three panels are made up of teachers with the experience to guide and inform us to help us to ensure our chosen texts meet standards of inclusivity and authenticity in terms of representation of cultures and communities. Our advisory panels are used to provide advice and guidance in a non-executive function and are a non-decision making forum. The three panels are as follows:
Race & Cultures Representation Panel
- Jo Leru, Literacy Consultant (Chair)
- Abbey Kershaw, Y6 Teacher, Worsborough Common, Barnsley
- Tania Findlay MBE, Deputy Head, Newquay Junior Academy, Cornwall
- Lindsay King, English Lead, Dulwich Village Infants School, Southwark
- Deepti Grover, Diversity & Equality Lead, Allfarthing School, Wandsworth
- Hazel Bellis, Birchfields Primary School, Manchester
- Loria Lossa-Grant, Camelot Primary School, Southwark
- Hilary MacMeekin, Noremarsh Junior School, Wiltshire
- Ruth Benson, Strathblane Primary School, Strathblane
- Rachel Peart, British School of Warsaw
- Natalie Lartey, Wood and Water
LGBTQ+ Representation Panel
- Ed Lockwood-Wells, Albemarle Primary School, Wandsworth (Chair)
- Jade Murray, Sheringham Community Primary School, Norfolk
- Dan Taylor, Assistant Head, Yew Tree Academy, Knowsley
- Meleta Huie-Drummond, Dulwich Wood, Dulwich
- Lucy Badminton, The Proud Trust – LGBT+ Youth Charity
Disabilities, SEND and Neuro-Diversity Representation Panel
- Pippa McGeoch, Senior Consultant, Literacy Tree (Chair)
- Emmalene Greene, Singleton School
- Siobhan Casey, Coppettswood Primary, Barnet
- Donna Williams, Tubbenden SOLA MAT, Orpington
- Olaus McLeod, Teacher, WAVE MAT, Devon
- Joe Barnes-Moran, Deputy Head, St Luke’s CE Primary School, Oldham
- Unnisa Shafiq, Specialist, Whitley Park School, Reading
- Courtney Simpson, Senior Leader, St Johns C of E, Surrey
- Hilary MacMeekin, Noremarsh Junior School
- Chris Soul, SWatford St John’s
- Rachel Wild, Weston Point
- Florence Taglight, Barrow Hill
- Jenny Chick, Birchfields Primary
- Charlotte Harrison, Primrose Lane Primary School
- Nicola Osborne, English lead, Windmill Hill Academy
- Nikki Davies, St Johns C of E
Literary Libraries
Literary Libraries are a free lending service to Literacy Tree member schools so they can borrow sets of Literary Leaf books. We are focussed on building collections of the novels for our Literary Leaves, making these more accessible to schools across the UK. Each host school has a set of 15 of each titles. (Note, Bilton Infants only stock books listed within Y2).
Please get in touch with the Lending Library School directly below if you have a request.
If you'd like to enquire about becoming a lending library, please reach out to libraries@literacytree.com.
Schools will need to make their own arrangements to pick up books (in person please, not by courier) and return them on designated days at the end of a half-term.
We currently have them in the following locations:
Central London
Location: Grange Primary School, Tower Bridge Road.
Contact: Amanda Matheson
amatheson@grange.southwark.sch.uk
North London
Location: St Ignatius, Haringey
Contact: Louisa Demetriou
ldemetriou@st-igs.haringey.sch.uk
South London
Location: Location: Rosendale Primary School, Dulwich
Contact: Jane Boothroyd
janeboothroyd@rosendale.cc
Kent/South-East London
Location: Tubbenden Primary School, Orpington
Contact: Donna Williams
donna.williams@solamat.co.uk
Knowsley, Liverpool
Location: Whiston Primary School
Contact: Karen Smyth
k.smyth@whistonwillis.co.uk
Lincolnshire
Location: Cranwell Primary School
Contact: Fiona Birchenall
fiona.birchenall@cranwell.lincs.sch.uk
Central London
Location: Grange Primary School, Tower Bridge Road.
Contact: Amanda Matheson
amatheson@grange.southwark.sch.uk
County Durham
Location: Woodlea Primary School
Contact: Adele Key
a.key100@woodleaprimary.co.uk
Midlands, Rugby
Location: Bilton Infants School (Y2 novels only)
Contact: Sabrina Gordon
gordon.s3@welearn365.com
Cornwall
Location: An Daras Trust (Central Office)
Contact: Deborah Saunders
dsaunders@andaras.org
Coming soon for 2025/26, Devon and Derbyshire Lending Libraries.
In the future we would love to have some more varied locations so please get in touch if you have been a member school for more than 2 years and would like to host one in your school. This is only for our member schools to use and we fund this entirely and build collections up throughout an academic year. We currently have a waiting list for these but will always prioritise places where there is an area of need. You would need to have a designated member of staff and a space for the books so they are kept for anyone to borrow. Schools that are hosting will have a contract of care for the books whilst they are in their safekeeping.