National Writing Day
Event
National Writing Day is an annual event that celebrates the pleasures of creative writing. It takes place on 19th June 2024.
Free
KS2, KS3 ...
Nero Book Awards
Book awards
The Nero Children's Book Award is a new award for an outstanding title written for children aged between 9 and 15. The shortlist is announced in December.
Free
KS2, KS3
Nessy Reading & Spelling
Online learning and apps
Award-winning online literacy program for children aged 6-11.
£
KS1, KS2
NewsWise
CPD course, Projects, programmes and workshops
A free, cross-curricular news literacy project for KS2 pupils developed by The Guardian Foundation, the National Literacy Trust and the PSHE Association.
Free
KS2
NLT Primary Conference
Conference or Trade Show
A one-day, in-person conference for primary teachers, senior leaders and librarians taking place in Bradford on 27th March 2025.
£
KS1, KS2
NLT Secondary School Conference
Conference or Trade Show
One-day literacy conference for secondary practitioners taking place in Birmingham on 7th July 2025.
£
KS3, KS4 ...
No Outsiders
Lesson plans and teaching aids, CPD resource
Set up by Andrew Moffat MBE, the No Outsiders website provides resources to help teachers promote respect for diversity in their schools.
Free
KS1, KS2
Norfolk Children's Book Centre
School book supplier or specialist publisher
Independent bookshop specialising in books for children and teachers.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Oracy Cambridge CPD
CPD course
Bespoke oracy training and consultancy from a team of leading oracy and education experts.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Oracy Cambridge Website
CPD resource
Resources and articles to support oracy teaching curated by leading oracy experts.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Oracy October
Event
Oracy October is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the importance of helping young people develop key oracy skills.
Free
KS1, KS2 ...
Oscar's Book Prize
Book awards
An annual book award for the best picture book for pre-schoolers and young children. The shortlist comes out in April.
Free
KS1, EYFS
OU Reading and Writing for Pleasure Conference
Conference or Trade Show
Conference exploring the pedagogy of reading and writing for pleasure. The next conference is on 29th March and takes place in Doncaster.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
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 ...
Outdoor Classroom Day
Event
An opportunity to celebrate the benefits of outdoor learning and play, Outdoor Classroom Day takes place twice a year on 23rd May and 7th November.
Free
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 ...
Peters
School book supplier or specialist publisher
Specialist school book supplier for EYFS, Primary and Secondary schools.
£
KS1, KS2 ...
Photos for Writing
Lesson plans and teaching aids
Explore ways to use photos and images to inspire different kinds of writing.
Free
KS1, KS2
Picture Book Club
Book club
A fully-resourced programme to enable primary schools to run a peer-led bookclub.
£
KS1, KS2