News

We’ve teamed up with Bupa Foundation to gift 15,000 paperback copies of The Book of Hopes (Bloomsbury Publishing) to thousands of primary schools across the country

Today, we published a comprehensive review of literature looking at the impact of COVID-19 on families’ wellbeing and how this impacts the home learning environment.

We are launching a new initiative called Connecting Stories across our 14 Hub areas thanks to funding from Arts Council England

Our Chief Executive Jonathan Douglas CBE gave evidence to the Education Select Committee as part of their inquiry into the educational underachievement of pupils from disadvantaged...

Pippi Longstocking burst into children’s lives 75 years ago and has inspired generation after generation to seek adventures and follow their dreams.

We launch a brand new children’s radio and podcast series Story Explorers, all about stories for 7 to 11-year-olds, available on Fun Kids.

Last week, we launched the Local Literacy Leaders’ Network, a national network for local leaders.

Sale of 5 commemorative prints to celebrate 85 years of Penguin’s design and illustration heritage, now extended!

Our new research shows that podcasts can be used to support children’s learning, giving them greater access to a whole world of topics inside and outside of the classroom.

Author and illustrator Liz Pichon is leading an auction to raise money for our charity

We have launched our first national Christmas card design competition free for all primary school pupils aged 5-11 in the UK to enter

Our Chief Executive, Jonathan Douglas, has been recognised with a CBE for services to education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020.

This year’s Happy Readers author is Tom Fletcher who has written an exclusive range of story books available for families to collect in McDonald’s Happy Meals™

We are launching a series of Reading Challenges to support whole-school literacy and help teachers encourage a culture of reading for pleasure in their classrooms

In partnership with The Royal British Legion, we have launched a range of teaching resources for children in Key Stages 1-4, designed to help them explore their shared heritage of...

As part of our Game Changers programme we launch Game Changers: True Stories, an interview series with inspiring role models talking about their experiences of exclusion and...

As part of the Instant Libraries project with KPMG, we're delighted to be able to provide 100 primary school libraries with new books to support their pupils’ learning now they...

In partnership with the Bupa Foundation, Cheltenham Festivals and Mind, we launch a new creative writing project in the lead up to World Mental Health Day.

We launch new Virtual School Library for primary schools and Words for Life website for parents which aim to improve literacy of children hit hardest by COVID-19.