Knowing Your Reader: Adapting Teaching to Improve Curriculum Access and Outcomes
- Online
- 14 Oct 2026 (15:30 - 17:00)
Understanding why a learner finds reading hard is essential to providing the right support. As reading underpins learning across the curriculum, a deeper understanding of how learners access, process and make meaning from text can help all teachers remove barriers to learning and improve outcomes, particularly for learners with dyslexia and SEND.
This webinar explores how current reading research and an understanding of individual learner profiles can inform effective classroom practice in both primary and secondary settings.
The session will cover:
- Key reading models, including the Simple View of Reading, Scarborough’s Reading Rope, and the Active View of Reading
- Why reading difficulties are not always caused by decoding or language comprehension alone
- The importance of diagnostic assessment in identifying specific barriers to reading and learning
- How dyslexia presents across primary and secondary education
- Common myths and misconceptions about dyslexia
- Understanding individual strengths and needs to tailor support effectively
- Practical, evidence-informed strategies that improve curriculum access and support inclusive classroom practice
Ideal for teachers, SENCOs, support staff and school leaders, this webinar will give you practical insights and strategies to help you better understand learners’ reading profiles, adapt teaching across all subject areas, and create more inclusive classrooms where every learner can access the curriculum and succeed.
Online
Suitable for: SENCO, Teacher, Senior Leader, Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, Head Teacher, Inclusion Manager/Leader
Meet your trainer
Martin Galway
Martin Galway is the Head of Professional Learning and Partnerships at the National Literacy Trust. He is a Fellow of the English Association and previously worked as a teaching and learning advisor for the Herts for Learning Primary English Team. Martin is a former primary school teacher. His interests include early reading development and reading fluency instruction, grammar, literacy difficulties, and oracy. He has a particular research interest in the interactions between reading and writing and associated teaching practices. Martin is a regular speaker at national and international conferences on all aspects of English and literacy.
Meet your trainer
Lynn Lovell
Lynn is the Head of Professional Standards at the British Dyslexia Association, where she promotes high standards in the assessment and support of individuals with specific learning difficulties through guidance, professional development, and evidence-informed practice.
She began her career as a teaching assistant before becoming a specialist teacher across secondary, further and higher education; she has also served as an Acting SENCo. Lynn holds an MA in Specific Learning Difficulties, with research focusing on self-esteem in individuals with dyslexia. She is an experienced assessor of dyslexia and dyscalculia and is passionate about improving outcomes for individuals who face barriers to learning.
