National Storytelling Week
Event
National Storytelling Week 2025 will take place from 1st - 9th February.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Nessy Reading & Spelling
Online learning and apps
Award-winning online literacy program for children aged 6-11.
£
KS1, KS2
Parent Helper Training
Reading support
Training course for groups of school volunteers to help them deliver successful reading support to primary school pupils in Berkshire.
££
KS1, KS2
PENpal
Lesson plans and teaching aids
Award-winning talking pen that plays multilingual audio files and allows users to make their own audio recordings.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Potential Plus UK CPD Workshops
CPD course
Online workshops to support teachers working with high learning potential pupils.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Potential Plus UK Membership
CPD resource
Potential Plus UK provides an advice line, access to resources and CPD to member schools to support their work with children with high learning potential across the curriculum.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Premier League Reading Stars
Catch-up intervention
A 10-week programme aimed primarily at pupils in Years 5 and 6 to help increase their reading progress levels and engagement with reading.
Free
KS2
Primary Shakespeare Special Schools Project
Projects, programmes and workshops
Bespoke, multi-sensory performance-based arts projects for children with complex disabilities and sensory impairments.
£££
KS1, KS2 ...
read&write
Accessibility and support tools
A suite of accessibility and support tools to help with reading comprehension and writing.
£££
KS1, KS2 ...
Readathon
Sponsored reading event
Promote reading for pleasure while raising money to provide books for children in hospital with a sponsored reading event.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Reader Leader
Reading support
Training and resources for a peer-to-peer reading support programme for primary and secondary schools.
££
KS1, KS2 ...
Reading Champions Challenges: Our Blue Planet
Projects, programmes and workshops
Encourage reading for pleasure with the new Reading Champions Challenge, running from early January to 28th March 2025.
Free
KS2, KS3
Reading Fluency Project
Catch-up intervention, CPD course
An eight-week reading fluency and comprehension intervention for pupils in KS1 and KS2/3 who are failing to meet age-related expectations.
£££
KS1, KS2 ...
Reading Gladiators
Book club
Small group reading resource designed to widen reading repertoires and build reading stamina for pupils in Years 2-6.
£
KS1, KS2
Reading Leaders
Reading support
A training programme for students in Years 9-13 to equip them to deliver one-to-one reading support with younger students.
£££
KS3
Reading Partners
Reading support
Trained reading partners provide tailored one-to-one support to primary pupils in Dorset.
£
KS1, KS2
Reading Recovery Programme
Catch-up intervention
An intensive literacy intervention programme aimed at children who have made little or no progress by the end of their first year at school.
££££
KS1
Reading Recovery Training
CPD course
Training courses to equip teachers to deliver the Reading Recovery programme in schools.
££££
KS1
Refugee Week
Event
An annual celebration of the contribution of refugees, with a focus on culture, the arts and the community. Refugee Week takes place in June.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
School Parent Helper Training
Reading support
Training for parent and community reading volunteers in primary schools in Dorset.
£
KS1, KS2
School Reading List Book Club
Book club
Advice and book recommendations to help primary and secondary schools set up their own book club.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Schoolreaders
Reading support
Schoolreaders recruits and matches local reading volunteers to primary schools across England.
Free
KS1, KS2
Schools of Sanctuary
CPD resource, Projects, programmes and workshops
An accreditation scheme and supporting resources for schools looking to promote a culture of welcome and inclusion for young people seeking sanctuary.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...