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Julia is a qualified and experienced Every Child a Reader teacher, who is passionate about bringing families and communities together through shared reading. This website is Julia’s quest for clarity of direction. She is seeking a future where young and old bond through books, where relationships are strengthened through shared reading, where obstacles to literacy are removed, and where reading becomes irresistible.
(Summer, 2003)
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Can the heart of education be set free from the love of money?
I guess there always have been (and always will be) market forces in education. It’s certainly a place for big business now. But where are the money makers driving provision for the children and young people of today? What happens to freedom of inquiry and investigation when research and development is funded by companies pushing…
Keep readingEducation inequality: A heartfelt cry on the rough, steep road to ‘Every child achieving and thriving’
(TRIGGER WARNING: There are some BIG feelings here. No trantrums, but plenty of tears…) In her speech on the schools’ white paper on Monday 23rd February 2026, the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, acknowledged the facts: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/bridget-phillipsons-speech-on-the-schools-white-paper An eye-opening journey to work About 4 years ago, a single morning’s commute opened a window to the lived…
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Read Aloud, Ledbury!
The ✨FREE✨ ‘Read Aloud, Ledbury!‘ group meets at Ledbury Library every Friday from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm (to fit in with the 476 Ledbury-Hereford bus service). Everyone is welcome and there’s no pressure to read aloud.
“Our reading group is a Friday afternoon pleasure.
The diversity of poetry and stories is interesting and mentally stimulating.
You can listen to the reading and relax.”
(A review from a group member)
(Friday 20th June 2025)
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