Reading Recovery Programme

Resource type: Catch-up intervention

Price band: ££££

Key stage: KS1

Region(s): All of UK

Reading Recovery is an intensive, teacher-led literacy intervention designed to help the lowest achieving children reach age-expected levels in reading and writing by the end of KS1.

The Reading Recovery programme involves a series of daily one-to-one lessons over a period of 12 to 20 weeks. Sessions last for 30 minutes and are tailored to fit the particular needs and learning journey of each child. Sessions focus on learning how to use letter and word detail fluently, understanding messages in reading, and constructing messages in writing.

The programme can only be delivered by an accredited Reading Recovery teacher who has undergone the requisite training. To find out more about Reading Recovery training click here.

Cost: Contact your local Reading Recovery Centre for more information.

About Reading Recovery Europe: Reading Recovery Europe is a not-for-profit organisation that has responsibility for monitoring and maintaining the quality and integrity of the Reading Recovery programme across Europe.

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Seventeen out of twenty children who complete the Reading Recovery programme catch up with their classroom peers within 20 weeks.
Reading Recovery participants continue to make progress in subsequent years. They are also more than twice as likely than similar children to achieve five or more good GCSEs (TES, 5th December 2018).
Reading Recovery is one of the most widely-researched literacy interventions. See the Research and Evaluation section of the website for a full range of reports.