Bug Club Efficacy Report

In the context of this study, conducted at 30 schools for primary school teachers and students using Bug Club to support English (KS1 and KS2), Pearson is able to make the following causal statements about the efficacy of Bug Club:
After 5.5 months, pupils using Bug Club made significantly greater progress in their reading than children in schools not using Bug Club, as measured by the InCAS standardised reading assessment.
After 12 months, pupils using Bug Club continued to make highly statistically significant gains in their reading when compared to pupils not using Bug Club, as measured by the InCAS standardised reading assessment.
After 18 months, pupils using Bug Club made significantly greater progress in their picture vocabulary than children in schools not using Bug Club.
After five terms, pupils in the Bug Club programme were 11 months ahead on their expected age equivalent reading score, relative to their chronological age, as measured by the InCAS standardised reading assessment.
After 5.5 and 12 months, Bug Club made a statistically significant impact on the reading gains of children in receipt of pupil premium, as measured by the InCAS standardised reading assessment.
Hear directly from Bug Club users in schools
Improving attainment
Jill Watson, Head Teacher at Lent Rise found that when using Bug Club, many of the school’s comparative Early Years Foundation Stage e-profile scores showed a noticeable improvement compared to previous years.
“...at this stage it appears that pupils are progressing at a faster rate with their phonic decoding and sight recognition.”
— Jill Watson, Head Teacher at Lent Rise County Combined School, Buckinghamshire, UK
Reading for pleasure
Wendy Jenkins, Literacy Coordinator at Bangor Central Integrated Primary School, found that the quality and wide range of Bug Club books saw her children dramatically improve their attitude to reading.
“Bug Club had children laughing, engaged and begging for more.”
— Wendy Jenkins, Literacy Coordinator at Bangor Central Integrated Primary School, UK