Literacy

The latest news, analysis and best practice advice when it comes to literacy, from recent research and how to implement it to new guidance and what it means

Thursday

21st Dec 2023

How to teach letter formation
Learning how to write your name is a crucial first skill, but what is the best way to help children get to grips with it? Helen Pinnington takes a look
ARCHIVE letter formation

Thursday

14th Dec 2023

Gilruth: Querying literacy and numeracy data ‘insults’ teachers
Teachers ‘should be trusted’ on literacy and numeracy attainment – just as they are trusted to set and mark exams, says education secretary
Gilruth: Querying literacy and numeracy data ‘insults’ teachers

Tuesday

12th Dec 2023

Primary literacy and numeracy achievement ‘highest on record’
The new official figures demonstrate ‘a clear rise in standards above pre-pandemic levels’, according to Scottish education secretary Jenny Gilruth
Primary literacy and numeracy achievement ‘highest on record’

Monday

11th Dec 2023

How we’re using school corridors to boost student writing
The introduction of weekly ‘composition’ lessons, coupled with an in-house art project to celebrate beautiful sentences, is making students more motivated to write, says Pete Jones
Boosting writing composition

Saturday

9th Dec 2023

Footballer Ben Davies: Why I want to be a reading role model 
The Tottenham Hotspur defender explains how his father’s love of books has inspired his own reading
Ben Davies

Thursday

7th Dec 2023

What do reading assessments really tell us?
Reading assessments can lead schools to think that an intervention hasn’t worked, but that’s not always the right conclusion, says Jessie Ricketts
What do reading assessments really tell us?

Tuesday

5th Dec 2023

What do the 2022 Pisa rankings really tell us about the UK?
The latest Pisa rankings need to be read carefully to determine the true performance of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, says Christian Bokhove
Pisa: what do the 2022 rankings really tell us about the UK?
UK’s Pisa scores fall in maths, science and reading
The decline in performance should ‘concern us a lot’, says international education figure – but others urge caution when interpreting the results
Teenage girl walking down stairs

Wednesday

22nd Nov 2023

Jeremy Miles: ‘We will use every lever to support schools’
Challenging behaviour, worsening attendance and lower levels of literacy and numeracy must not be allowed to become ‘the new normal’, says Wales’ education minister
Jeremy Miles welsh classroom

Friday

10th Nov 2023

3 principles to engage pupils with poetry
Learning a poem by heart is not just a nice thing for pupils to do – it’s an approach underpinned by some key pedagogical principles, says Julie Blake
3 principles to engage pupils with poetry

Friday

27th Oct 2023

What’s next for KS2 Sats?
The fallout from this year’s tough Sats reading paper means reform is now inevitable. But what should primary assessments look like? Grainne Hallahan explores
KS2 Sats: Is it time to rethink primary assessments?

Friday

20th Oct 2023

3 in 4 Reception teachers find baseline test ‘unhelpful’
Only a tiny minority of teachers think the Reception Baseline Assessment provides accurate information, a poll finds
Nursery class