Select committee: Education Committee
Conclusion 32
2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure
Published 17 Jul 2026
Addressed to Department for Education
Education Committee Reading for Pleasure All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Department should introduce ongoing continuing professional development for primary and secondary school teachers on reading for pleasure and monitor take-up to ensure that as many teachers as possible are trained in best practice. As a first step, it should evaluate the effectiveness of the Transforming Schools Reading Culture programme on training teachers to promote reading for pleasure and roll it out across the country if it has been proven to be effective. (Recommendation, Paragraph 122)
From: Education Committee, 2nd Report - Reading for Pleasure (HC 150), 17 July 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 17 September 2026, 45 days ago.