Pearson Schools Blog

Welcome to our special end of term Primary Update. Here we take a look at Bug Club Phonics DfE revalidation, newly revised Power Maths Reception resources and our free downloadable Summer Fun Activities pack. We also see what the DfE’s new Early Reading Framework document means for you and explore the key challenges and priorities of almost 3,000 teachers. 

On 1 April, the DfE released updated essential core criteria for systematic synthetic phonics (SPP) programmes and announced that they were launching a validation process closing in March 2022. 

As this extraordinary academic year draws to a close, here are five uplifting things we’ve learned from our conversations and work with schools. 

Jess Pentelow, Product Manager at Pearson, reflects on our conversations with educators this year about the use of tech-enabled learning, our key learnings this year and what they may mean for digital education moving forward. 

In this month's news we announce our new Share a Read campaign, look forward to our Maths Festival, explore Development Support for early years, look at the research around Key Primary Challenges and Priorities and introduce a new CPD course about Primary History and Geography.