Guest Category

Due to it's popularity last year, we're delighted to annouce that our guest category for 2025-26 is remaining Non-fiction texts (aimed at pupils aged 6-12 years).

Introducting our Guest Chair:

Nikki Gamble

Nikki has 40 years of experience in education as a teacher and teacher educator, providing literacy training and resources for schools. She has worked extensively in schools across the UK and internationally. Formerly Head of English Education at Anglia Ruskin University, Nikki has worked as an associate consultant and lecturer at UCL, Institute of Education and the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education. She is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Winchester. She is currently serving on the UKLA International Sub-Committee and has previously served on the Executive Committee of the International Board on Books for Young People.

Nikki is the author of Exploring Children’s Literature (4th edit) (2019) and co-author of Guiding Readers (2016). Nikki has been a KS2 reading advisor, series consultant for Oxford University Press, and content creator for the Oxford School Improvement and Oxford Owl websites. Nikkii’s time is mainly spent supporting schools through training, mentoring, action research and lesson study projects. A new book about Literacy and Curriculum Subjects in the Primary School will be published soon.