Listening dog helps boost pupils' reading confidence

19 July 2012 Last updated at 09:01 ET Help

A former guide dog has a new role in a school library - helping to boost pupils' confidence at reading.

Vanity, an eight-year-old Labrador retriever cross, will be used at Ormiston Venture Academy in Gorleston, Norfolk to listen to pupils during reading sessions.

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