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Primary

We offer resources, research, best practice, CPD, programmes and news to help you deliver outstanding literacy provision at primary school stage.
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Annual Literacy Survey 2025

Would you like to know what your pupils think about reading, writing, speaking and listening? Take part in our survey that explores children and young people’s literacy behaviours, attitudes and enjoyment. Participating schools receive a personalised school report outlining their findings.

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Primary resources

We have a wealth of free and premium membership resources available to support literacy teaching in primary school, including online classroom events.

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Primary professional development

We offer primary CPD and training courses designed to give teachers innovative strategies and practical ideas to support literacy in the classroom.

Through our primary conferences we celebrate best practice and explore the issues most significant to primary practitioners.

Featured courses and events

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Upcoming primary training

Find upcoming training dates on our events page.

Primary programmes

Our primary programmes help children to read for pleasure, use sport to inspire pupils and support primary school libraries.

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Reading Champions Challenges

We run exciting reading challenges every term to inspire young people and help to build a reading for pleasure culture in schools, as well as developing reading stamina and increasing reading diversity.

See our current Reading Champions Challenge.
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