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Last week, the DfE published the revised reading framework. English Advisor Maddy Barnes has provided her key takeaways to help guide you through it. 

We asked Bali Rai, author of the Green Patrol series from Reading Planet Astro, about his thoughts on diversity in children's reading books, and why children need more than token characters when learning to read.

Discover Reading Planet Rocket Phonics with our free webinars hosted by author and consultant Abigail Steel. 

Find out how you can plan an outstanding lesson with free ideas and resources to support from Year 1 to Year 6 with eduu.school.

As we enter 2022, schools all over the country are preparing for both the KS1 and KS2 assessments. This blog is focussed on preparing year 6 children for the KS2 reading test. However, other KS2 teachers will also find elements of this useful. Whether you are an experienced year 6 teacher or a new-to-year 6 teacher, we hope that these tips will support you over the next two terms.

This summer, for the second year in a row, our primary pupils didn’t sit national tests. And so far, from discussions with the schools I support, it seems that the annual league tables are not missed! However, the SATS aren’t just used by the DfE to rank schools, the outcomes are also used by schools themselves for self-evaluation and school improvement planning, and this aspect of the missing results is more of a problem. However, help is at hand. RS Assessments’ PUMA, PiRA, GAPS and NTS Maths and Reading tests, together with the comprehensive new dashboards in MARK Plus, can help fill in the gaps. Let’s have a look at five ways MARK Plus can help us.

English consultant, Maddy Barnes, shares five simple ways (with a little help from Read in to Writing) to capture pupils’ attention and ignite a love for reading and writing.

We're excited to announce that eduu.school has been shortlisted in 2021 Teach Primary Awards!

It's official!  Our new next-generation Rocket Phonics programme is now a DfE validated SSP programme. In this blog, we answer some of your most frequently asked questions about using Rocket Phonics in your school. 

Back in March we ran a Short Story Competition to celebrate World Book Day and encourage children to share a story.