Reading Lab

Resource type: Catch-up intervention

Price band: ££

Key stage: KS2, KS3

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

Reading Lab is a ten-week, intensive literacy intervention designed to support pupils in Years 3-6 and Years 7-8 who are working towards age-related expectations.

The programme provides a dedicated specialist tutor who supports 15 pupils, working with groups of three pupils at a time for two x 45-minute sessions every week.

The programme targets vocabulary, reading fluency and comprehension and is designed to strengthen pupils’ reading skills, boost reading engagement and enable them to access the wider curriculum.

Reading 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.
Small group tuition with the same specialist tutor provides a safe and nurturing environment to help build confidence and self-esteem.
Reading Lab sessions use a wide range of diverse and inclusive texts and pupils are encouraged to continue reading the books that interest them.
The programme includes a short Reading for Pleasure workshop for parents and carers, with a focus on supporting children at home.
On average, pupils participating in the Reading Lab make seven months’ progress over the 10-week programme.
Reading Lab and its partner programme Literacy Lab have been rated as ‘gold standard’ literacy interventions by the University of Sheffield.
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.