People, pedagogy and progress

We know our products and services will only work, and enable students to progress in Literacy and English, with input from experts and feedback from you, our teachers.

Skills for Writing

Alongside Professor Debra Myhill, we've developed Skills for Writing to provide an evidence-based approach to accelerating progress in writing at KS3, which:

  • Embeds theÌýprinciples of the Grammar for WritingÌýpedagogy
  • Teaches grammar in aÌýcontextualised way
  • Motivates your students toÌýwrite independently

Bug Club Efficacy

Proven to significantly accelerate children's progress in reading, our primary reading scheme Bug Club has tried-and-tested methodologies at its heart. Learn more in our efficacy reports below.Ìý

Efficacy studies
Teacher Partner Programme
Pedagogy

Recent news and blog posts

  • Primary teacher and boy in classroom

    #LearningFirst: Sharing good practice in a life beyond levels

    #LearningFirst Bath Spa ‘Show & Tell’ 22nd September 2016 was an opportunity for teachers from a variety of settings to come together, to share good practice and their school’s experience of their journey to a life beyond levels.

  • Keeping children safe online

    Keeping children safe online – a new responsibility

    In this guest blog post Vicki Shotbolt, CEO of Parent Zone, writes about the new guidance on digital safeguarding that has come into effect this term, and explores what schools should be doing to ensure children are kept safe online.

  • Primary school child

    The Mastery Muddle

    If you are feeling confused about how you should be teaching for mastery in your school then you are not alone! Many schools are experimenting. And whilst this is exciting, it can be equally daunting … ‘same day intervention’, ‘variation theory’, ‘CPA’, ‘bar modelling’, ‘conceptual fluency’, ‘two part lessons’ … the list goes on.