Whole school book study: David Almond & Levi Pinfold's The Dam

In this blog, Martin Galway shares the most recent work of one newly Outstanding school in developing their whole school Love That Book project as...

Developing Vocabulary: a Pointless activity

Michelle Nicholson shares some practical strategies for developing vocabulary with a particular focus on exploring closely related words.

What do we mean when we talk about reading (and writing) fluency?

Martin Galway shares some of the key messages and content from his recent presentation on fluency at this 2019’s ResearchEd national conference.

Getting forensic with phonics: Ofsted’s focus on the early stages of reading

Common questions emerging from the new Ofsted EIF, and suggested next steps.

Well, buckle my shoe: it’s 32! Analysing the 2019 PSC

Download our free Phonics Screening Check analysis tool for the 2019 PSC words.

Early Reading - both a privilege and a responsibility

Thinking about the skill of reading that we are nurturing, if we pause long enough we could become quite overwhelmed by the responsibility of it all!

Love that Book: The Secret of Black Rock - a whole school study

In this blog, Martin Galway shares how a whole school book study supported collaborative, systematic CPD, subject knowledge development, a sense of...

Let’s all blend together, robot arms ready...

Our latest blog, in which we share how our Early Reading Project project helps to accelerate progress in early reading in order to close gaps.

Early Reading Project: findings from the pilot

Rose Blair explores how this flagship project, run jointly by the HfL Early Years and Primary English teams, has doubled the progress of struggling...

You say potato… a reflection on the Phonics Screening Check 2018

As usual, the Phonics Check has had Kirsten Snook thinking, and chewing over: ‘what are these target words offering us the chance to home in on, and...