"taking the fear out 
of teaching poetry"

Is poetry an important feature of life in your school?
Does it support and enrich the creative curriculum?
Do pupils write it eagerly and read it with enjoyment?
Do teachers approach it with confidence and enthusiasm?

Poetryclass is the solution for teachers wanting to bring poetry alive in the classroom. Our online poetry classroom and unique INSET training provides teachers with a 'nuts and bolts' insight into how poetry works. A training team of poets, all of whom are highly experienced with work in schools and have between them hundreds of tried and tested ideas, is available to work with teachers to overcome their problems and concerns with teaching poetry. 

The Poetry Society has a long and successful history of education work. We find that working with poetry is not only a creative end in itself but also a powerful tool for raising standards in literacy and developing language skills.  It frequently releases untapped potential amongst students who are not confident in traditional narrative or essay writing.  It also offers exciting challenges to targeted groups of students and through subject areas across the curriculum.

Article by Andy Croft
"Going into schools these days is a complicated business. You are expected to be entertaining and funny and accessible. You are often there so that the school can show it has taken steps to address literacy problems identified in the last OFSTED report, and to help the school promote itself in the local paper. You are required to help deliver the national literacy strategy, and more often than not to address issues like bullying, drugs and racism. "...

"Poetryclass is a wonderful initiative, designed to give insight to students, encouragement to teachers, and illumination to all those who want to make poetry part of their lives."  Andrew Motion