People, pedagogy and progress

We know our products and services will only work, and enable students to progress in Literacy and English, with input from experts and feedback from you, our teachers.

Skills for Writing

Alongside Professor Debra Myhill, we've developed Skills for Writing to provide an evidence-based approach to accelerating progress in writing at KS3, which:

  • Embeds the principles of the Grammar for Writing pedagogy
  • Teaches grammar in a contextualised way
  • Motivates your students to write independently

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Learn about Skills for Writing

Bug Club Efficacy

Proven to significantly accelerate children's progress in reading, our primary reading scheme Bug Club has tried-and-tested methodologies at its heart. Learn more in our efficacy reports below. 

Bug Club efficacy and reviews

Bug Club Phonics efficacy and reviews

Efficacy studies

Teacher Partner Programme

All of our products and services are developed with our educational experts, and have the rigour and attention to detail that we know customers expect of us.

We also recognise that these products need to work in the real world - our customers are using our products each and every day to support their own best practice.

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Teacher Partner Programme

Pedagogy

What makes an excellent teacher? Research shows that a good sense of humour and a conversational style are two of the key ingredients of great teaching.

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At the heart of our literacy resources is the importance of how they are taught. Take a look at how we've worked with Professor Debra Myhill, at The University of Exeter, to embed the Grammar for Writing pedagogy. 

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Pedagogy

Recent news and blog posts

  • New Countdown host, Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, is taking Maths to new levels

    In the most recent episode of The Right Angle podcast, our guest – Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE – discusses forgotten mathematicians and myth-busting gendered attitudes to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). 

    We are excited to hear more from the child prodigy and new Countdown host, who is taking on the role while Rachel Riley is on maternity leave, about her upcoming book She’s in CTRL and her aspirations for the future of maths…

  • Maths Flex and low-stakes assessment

    When it comes to low-stakes assessment, the consensus is that it is assessment which is not pass or fail, does not cause added stress or anxiety for pupils (Bain, 2004) (children can make mistakes without a penalty) and aims to get children to retrieve information. This blog looks at how Maths Flex can be used for low-stakes assessment.

  • Using Power Maths flexibly after lost learning

    On 27 January we held a webinar to share advice from our authors, Tony Staneff and Josh Lury, about how to use Power Maths flexibly in response to the current situation. Many children are not going into each new unit at the usual, expected starting point, and the volume of missed learning is variable. Please watch the webinar if you have time (it’s 1 hour). Otherwise, this blog is designed to sum up some key points.