Literacy Lab

Resource type: Catch-up intervention

Price band: ££

Key stage: KS1

Region(s): England - Greater London, England - North West, England - East, England - East Midlands, England - West Midlands

Literacy Lab is a phonics-based, multi-sensory programme that provides tailored support for KS1 pupils who are struggling to make progress in the mainstream classroom with their literacy skills.

The programme provides a dedicated specialist tutor who works with children for two x 45-minute sessions every week. Schools can opt for 1:1 and/or 1:3 sessions to best suit the needs of the pupils over the course of the year.

During each session, the tutor will work with the child/children to provide the individual support they need, based on detailed assessments. The sessions target phonics, reading comprehension, writing and reading for pleasure.

Literacy Labs are currently available in London, the North West (Manchester, Liverpool, Cheshire), Staffordshire, the Midlands and Norwich.

Cost: Please contact The Children’s Literacy Charity for more information regarding costings.

About The Children’s Literacy Charity: The Children’s Literacy Charity aims to close the literacy gap for the most disadvantaged in society through the provision of specialist one-to-one and small group tuition.

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The Children’s Literacy Charity provides specialist literacy tutors who are skilled at building relationships with hard-to-reach children and who work closely with the partner school to ensure that each child is supported as effectively as possible.
The programme uses a mix of visual, auditory and kinaesthetic approaches to overcome barriers to learning.
The use of high quality texts with opportunities for book talk during sessions helps develop vocabulary and encourages reading for pleasure.
One-to-one or small group tuition with the same specialist tutor provides a safe and nurturing environment to help build confidence and self-esteem.
Pupils participating in the Literacy Lab intervention make 4.1 months’ progress for every month of tuition and the majority of children graduate from the programme within two to three terms.
Literacy Lab and its partner programme Reading Lab have been rated as ‘gold standard’ literacy interventions by the University of Sheffield.
For partner schools, The Children’s Literacy Charity also runs parental engagement programmes and can provide literacy training for school staff across a range of topics.
As a specialist literacy charity, The Children’s Literacy Charity fundraises extensively to subsidise its programmes and schools contribute only 20-25% of the costs.
A high-impact intervention that provides additional capacity to support those children who need the most help to close their literacy gap.