OU Reading for Pleasure Website
Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource
Access to the findings of the OU/UKLA Reading for Pleasure Research Project, along with supporting resources.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
OU Reading Schools: Building a Culture of Reading CPD
CPD course
A one-year CPD programme to help schools develop and embed a whole-school reading for pleasure strategy.
££££
KS1, KS2 ...
OU/UKLA Teachers' Reading Groups
CPD course
Local groups of teachers and literacy practitioners that meet to discuss Reading for Pleasure pedagogy and practice.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Picture Book Club
Book club
A fully-resourced programme to enable primary schools to run a peer-led bookclub.
£
KS1, KS2
Poetry by Heart Competition
Competition
A poetry recitation competition that runs from October to March, open to pupils in KS2 through to KS5 in England.
Free
KS2, KS3 ...
Poetry Together
Projects, programmes and workshops
Pupils in schools and care home residents come together to learn and recite poetry through the autumn term.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Power of Pictures
Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource, CPD course
Teaching approaches, lesson plans and author videos designed to help teachers use picture books across the primary curriculum to enhance children's reading and writing.
Free
KS1, KS2
Power of Reading
CPD course, Whole-school scheme
A whole-school literacy programme that uses quality children's literature and creative teaching approaches to develop a high quality literacy curriculum.
££
KS1, KS2
Primary Shakespeare Storytelling
Projects, programmes and workshops
Storytelling workshops designed to bring Shakespeare to life for primary school pupils.
£
KS1, KS2
Readathon
Sponsored reading event
Promote reading for pleasure while raising money to provide books for children in hospital and earning books for your library.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Reading and Writing Scales
Planning, progression and assessment
Assessment and planning tools for reading and writing developed by CLPE in conjunction with other major literacy organisations.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Reading Champions Challenges: Book Talk
Projects, programmes and workshops
Encourage reading for pleasure with the new Reading Champions Challenge, running from 1st May to 27th June 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 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
Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils
CPD course
A network of teachers' reading groups that meet to discuss children's literature and Reading for Pleasure teaching practice.
Free
KS2, KS3
ReadingZone Live
Lesson plans and teaching aids
A bank of free online lesson plans for KS1 and KS2 based on texts by top children's writers with accompanying online author interviews.
Free
KS1, KS2
Ready, Steady, Read
Sponsored reading event
A sponsored reading event that allows schools to earn up to 60% of the value of the money raised in free Usborne books.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Research Schools Network
CPD resource, CPD course
A network of schools appointed to promote the use of an evidence-based approach to teaching and school improvement.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Roald Dahl Story Day
Event
Roald Dahl Day is an annual celebration of the author's life and work that takes place on or around his birthday on 13th September .
Free
KS1, KS2
Rooted in Reading Passports
Projects, programmes and workshops
Reading Passports for primary and secondary pupils to promote reading for pleasure across a range of different genres and text types.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
School Library Association
CPD resource, CPD course
Independent organisation providing training and resources to support and promote libraries and literacy in schools.
£
KS1, KS2 ...