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Neil O’Rourke, Secondary School English Teacher and Literacy Coordinator, details his thoughts on supporting children through GSCE exam resits, and how to help them get a pass.

Primary school teacher, author and reading for pleasure adviser Scott Evans’ response to the significant decline in children’s reading for pleasure, as outlined in the recent ‘What Kids Are Reading Report 2024’.

This June, all children in Year 1 will be taking the Phonics Screening Check, a 40-word check of a child’s phonic skills and knowledge. Find out how you can help your child feel confident and prepared.

Scholastic Phonics Book Bag Readers are an easy-to-use series of decodable readers designed to help children develop their phonic knowledge and early reading skills at home and in the classroom. Check out our 5 reasons to…

Since 2018/19 the amount of children in home education has risen by 80%* making the need for educational resources for the home more important than ever. 

Check out our top recommendations for home education books and…

World Book Day may be over for another year but keeping your children buzzing about books is essential if they are to build a reading habit. So, what measures can you take to ensure your children are raring to read?

In this guest post, Sophie Lawes, Education Officer at the Royal British Legion reflects on how fiction can be used to support your teaching of remembrance.

In this guest blog post, Maddie Towne, a Year 6 Teacher and English Lead at Fossebrook Primary School reflects on her experiences of the teaching of reading.

Five years ago, Scholastic published the Scholastic Reading Audit, a free tool to support schools in the teaching and leading of reading. Our 2021-2022 summary report is now…

Scholastic launched the Scholastic Reading Audit five years ago, a comprehensive tool designed to support primary school teachers and leaders in teaching children to read. Over the years, we have seen some truly brilliant…

March is an exciting month in the Scholastic calendar. With World Book Day just days away and some fantastic new books coming out this month, we have a lot to celebrate! We’re rounding up just a few of the things you can…

Advice for teachers on the use of fluency to improve pupils’ reading from Professor Tim Rasinski from Kent State University, Ohio.

Advice for teachers on the practice of guided reading, by Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin from the UCL Institute of Education.