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• These blots of ink you see before you embody the greatest tool of our modern civilisation. They represent our urge to communicate and our means to do so.
• Around 7.1 million adults in England are functionally illiterate.1 Put simply, imagine lacking the confidence to email your boss or to write a job application. Too many adults and young people are unable to perform these seemingly simple acts of daily writing, or to enjoy the potential benefits they offer. That is the harsh truth of being functiona...
• Meanwhile, too many pupils suffer countless small losses and teachers lack training in the fundamentals of teaching writing, grammar, and more. The sound and fury of media headlines seldom translates into support for teachers to close this writing gap.