A Reading Blog

Reading is an environmentally triggered skill. You have to be taught in order to learn. Children, however are not blank slates. The experiences they...

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.

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!

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...

Writing at ARE might be simpler than you thought!

Whilst working in a school recently and engaging in yet another bout of ITAF tussling, it came to my attention that both the Subject Leader and I were...