Reading for pleasure? How about reading for intellect?Research seems to conclude emphatically that ‘reading for pleasure’ has huge literacy-related, social and cultural benefits. It...
Poor reading fluency = no university place.You want your students to go university. Of course you do. That's why you track them so carefully. So what are you tracking? Well,...
Phonics in KS2 - The 'later' catastrophe.The phonics screening check at the end of Year 1 is arguably the most important assessment in primary education. The ability to master...
Why teachers won't teach children to read or...Marx would have taught synthetic phonics.‘Once you learn to read you will be forever free,’ is the quotation by Frederick Douglass (2017, p1) that adorns numerous primary school...
A school-led system will never improve schools.School-led school improvement? Such a catchy title, such an enticing concept: great schools helping failing schools to improve. The...