About Gill Matthews

Gill Matthews is an independent literacy consultant and writer.

She provides schools with tailor-made support to improve literacy. She also delivers INSET on many aspects of literacy both nationally and internationally. More information on Gill’s tailor-made support packages and INSET days can be found in School Support and Professional Development. For information on Gill’s availability for conference seminars and speeches, please visit Conference Sessions.

Gill has edited numerous literacy programmes for KS1 and KS2, including the acclaimed Literacy World, Writers’ World and Rigby Dimensions, the cross-curricular literacy programme. She has also written a number of other books and teacher resources. For details of all of Gill’s work, including links to publishers’ web sites and Amazon, visit Publications and Products. You can also visit the S.P.O.O.C.S website to find out more about Gill's innovative KS2 English SATs revision unit.

As well as editing and writing, Gill has acted as English Advisor for Nelson Thornes and Collins and Series Consultant for publishers including Hodder & Stoughton, Franklin Watts, Evans and A&C Black. Information on her work in this area is available in Publisher Consultancy. She is also visiting lecturer on the PGCE English course at the University of Manchester.

Before becoming an independent literacy consultant, Gill was an NLS Consultant in Gloucestershire and Portsmouth.

She was involved in the initial development of the National Literacy Strategy, and particularly with the non-fiction element of the NLS Framework for Teachers. She was also a Regional Adviser for Literacy with the Primary National Strategy in the West Midlands.

While working in Gloucestershire, Gill organised the Primary English Conferences for several years. As the prestige of the conference grew, she was able to attract speakers including Michael Morpurgo, Sue Palmer, Pie Corbett, Ian Whybrow, Viv French and Tony Mitton. She has also organised conferences in Sandwell in the West Midlands with speakers inclduing Michael Rosen and Allan Ahlberg. For more information on the services Gill offers in this area, please visit Conference Organisation.