Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Quote of the week Back Quote of the week 24th July 1998, 1:00am Roy Blatchford Share Quote of the week https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/quote-week-74 Copy Link “The coal or gas ad with the cuddly picture of a father and son reading together by a warm fire does as much for reading as the literacy hour” Roy Blatchford, director of Reading is Fundamental, at a London conference celebrating the charity’s work. Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Neets need to be a national priority again Roy Blatchford • 26th January 2026 In 2026 let’s help pupils reject social media’s selfish mindset Roy Blatchford • 3rd January 2026 7 bold SEND reform ideas the system needs Roy Blatchford • 2nd October 2025 ‘Labour has no clear vision for improving education’ Roy Blatchford • 4th January 2025 Recent Most read Most shared Feeling ‘in control’ helps students make stronger reading progress News 30 January 2026 5 leadership lessons from a year at the top Leadership 30 January 2026 £2m donation boosts Lift Schools’ surplus News 29 January 2026 Why SEND reform depends on the early years Teaching & Learning 28 January 2026 DfE writes to schools to push universal RISE support News 26 January 2026 Are perimenopausal teachers getting enough support in schools? Analysis 21 January 2026 DfE to trial AI tutoring tools in schools this year News 26 January 2026 How can special and mainstream schools work together? News 27 January 2026 GCSE reading lists ‘will take decades’ to reflect UK diversity News 27 January 2026
