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Education Secretary confirms all pupils will sit a mandatory reading test at age 13 to drive up reading standards.
Website of Reading Borough Council
Education Secretary urges parents to swap scrolling with reading as she launches a National Year of Reading for 2026 to boost kids’ literacy and life chances.
Guidance for primary and secondary schools to meet existing expectations for teaching reading.
Thousands of pupils set to benefit from a £2 million investment in reading and writing, breaking down the barriers to opportunity.
Research into how and why children read for pleasure and evidence for how to promote it.
Survey of primary schools showing how the best schools in England teach virtually every child to read.
New writing framework published to build a nation of confident writers as part of the government’s Plan for Change.
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