Primary

Reconstructing Reading

Reading research is richer than ever. Join us in November for an online conference that will explore the insights shaping the field and how they can support effective classroom practice.

At Reconstructing Reading, we'll bring together international literacy leaders to translate the latest and most robust reading research into teaching strategies that support children in an evolving reading landscape.

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National Year of Reading 2026

As your school engages with the National Year of Reading, we're here to help you embed reading for pleasure into your core language, practice and leadership priorities.

Join us for a year of high-quality, research-led professional learning for you, and exciting and memorable activities and events for your children and young people.

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National Year of Reading Schools and Early Years Settings Offer

Primary literacy professional development and leadership

Through our CPD training, conferences and membership we provide primary educators with innovative, evidence-based strategies and practical ideas to support literacy in the classroom.

Inspiring literacy planning tools, professional knowledge insights and classroom practice resources to support literacy across your school or setting.
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CPD and workshops to help primary teachers and leaders develop provision and improve literacy outcomes.
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Our primary conference celebrates best practice and explores the issues most significant to primary practitioners.
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Primary school support

Our curriculum-linked resources, focused interventions and funded programmes are rooted in robust research evidence to support primary pupils' skills development and enjoyment of literacy.

We have a wealth of curriculum-linked free and premium membership resources available to support literacy planning and teaching in primary schools.
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Highly engaging and evaluated programmes to improve reading, writing, speaking and listening skills in the UK's most disadvantaged communities.
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Each term we run exciting challenges and competitions available to all UK schools to encourage reading for pleasure, develop reading stamina and increase reading diversity.
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CLPE's Power of Reading

Raise children's reading and writing attainment in your school with a supportive literacy CPD programme from the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education.

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