SecEd’s free 21-page guide to teaching oracy in schools is out: buff.ly/DD8CL5j Ideas & expertise including from: Pete Dudley Geoff Barton Amy Gaunt Yamina B Amanda Moorghen Dr Lyn Dawes🇺🇦 Kathleen McBride @Lfloyer Jessie Ricketts, moving to @rickettslara.bsky bee josephine smith

We're pleased that Sir Kevan Collins will be co-hosting our upcoming DfE Primary Curriculum Roundtable discussion. If you'd like to join this discussion please register your interest here: chartered.pulse.ly/jrqzsitihy

We are really enjoying our Primary English Showcase in Leeds today - with 19 schools joining us, there have been some fabulous discussions, questions & networking! Talking #writing with Lianne De Villiers, #earlylanguage and #rfp with Adam Harris & fluency with Jess GREAT HEIGHTS RESEARCH SCHOOL

The link is here! nature.com/articles/s4153…

A couple of exciting new additions to our pupil-led library this morning 📚 Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Miriam Lord Primary School Miriam Lord Bookshop Teresa Cremin National Literacy Trust #librariesforprimaries

Do you work in Secondary? Or know anyone who does who is on the hunt for some GREAT resources to support reading? Check out the newly published guidance & short courses from Department for Education: gov.uk/government/pub… #reading #secondary

📣We are thrilled to announce the: ⭐️Longlist for The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction 2025⭐️ That’s 13 books for readers aged 0-12 which centre issues of social justice with empathy, urgency and, very often, joy🩵🩷🧡 #LittleRebelsAwardLonglist2025

📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: booktrust.org.uk/about-us/readi… Arts Council England #ACESupported

Parents often ask me about the best way to engage infants in lap reading - noting, at the very earliest stages, that their babies aren’t always real attentive to books. It’s important, first and foremost, to note that infant attention spans are very short. So know that it’s

📢 Meet Host #3: Natalie Wexler is back! Author of Beyond the Science of Reading, she’s diving into how writing boosts thinking + learning. “We’ll take the science of learning beyond reading into writing.” 🎧 Episode 1 drops June 24: knowledgematterscampaign.org/podcast/ #KnowledgeMatters

Read this if you are a parent👇 We’re rolling out Best Start Family Hubs across England through our Plan for Change. Family hubs can help with registering your child’s birth and breastfeeding support to nutrition advice and activities for your little one’s development.

Reading is pupils' passport to the rest of their lives, unlocking all that school has to offer. Our Schools White Paper will ensure children leave school ready for work and ready for life. There's no better place to start than with reading. gov.uk/government/new…

Over 70 children's literature award shortlists to follow in the UK and worldwide. Awards are a great way to find quality new children's and YA books that you might have missed. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/resources/chil… #teaching #readingforpleasure

Just made a few tweaks to my overview for a weekly picturebook assembly which focuses on empathy, inclusion and diversity. Please feel free to use and adapt. The link is on my Padlet, along with lots of other resources: padlet.com/Jon_Biddle/rea… #edutwitter

This week we welcomed our Trust colleagues, Tracy from Great Heights Partner Provision (who brought along some early festive treats!), and Adam from Great Heights English Hub to deliver Monday's Professional Learning Sessions to our trainees. #teachertraining #SCITT #GetIntoTeaching #FutureEducators

The schools and early years offer for the National Year of Reading has been released. The links to the National Literacy Trust videos are below. EYFS: youtube.com/watch?v=x8YH4B… Primary: youtube.com/watch?v=Kw8XD6… Secondary: youtube.com/watch?v=VpLQQ0… Please share widely.

Your baby understands more than you might think. And this is especially true when it comes to language. I’ve written extensively over the years about the gulf between receptive language (that which we understand) and expressive language (that which we can speak), but I’m not

Enacting an effective disadvantage strategy:

A good read of some of the most interesting educational research (mainly US based) from 2025 from edutopia: ‘The 10 most significant education studies of 2025’ edutopia.org/visual-essay/t…

Who's ready to #GoAllIn2026 and see how reading in all its forms can unlock more of what you love? As lead delivery partner for the National Year of Reading, we’re calling on you – your communities and schools, businesses, authors and friends - to join us! goallin.org.uk