Katharine Young

Deputy Headteacher/Head of School, Elmhurst Primary School, New Vision Trust

Katharine Young is Head of School/Deputy Head Teacher at Elmhurst Primary School, a large, outstanding primary school in Newham, East London. She has over 15 years teaching experience in Primary Education, including nearly 10 years in school leadership. She is a keen advocate for reading for pleasure, having written a reading for pleasure leadership programme for the English Hubs network.

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1 Main programme

Trust case study: Balancing direct teaching and structure with play in the curriculum

Katharine Young, Deputy Headteacher, and Katherine Roberts, Assistant Headteacher of Elmhurst Primary School (of New Vision Trust, a trust of five primary schools) will share the school’s approach to early years education, which has at its heart the goal of an effective balance of direct teaching and formal routines, and intentional play-based learning. They will discuss how they address some of the challenges of working in a significantly disadvantaged area with high numbers of pupils with EAL. They will also share their model for developing early language through meaningful interactions and to successfully embedding reading and maths mastery from an early age.