Boost Year 8 Reading Scores with High-Impact Tutor Time Books

Boost Year 8 Reading Scores with High-Impact Tutor Time Books With the upcoming introduction of Year 8 reading assessments, schools face a clear challenge: how to rapidly improve reading fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary across Key Stage 3—without adding pressure to already stretched timetables. Tutor time reading is the answer—but only with the right resources. Our … Read more

Tutor Time Reading Case Study: Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership

Megan Nee is a Literacy Coordinator and English teacher at St Anslem’s Catholic School, one of five secondary and 14 primary schools within Kent Catholic Schools’ Partnership, who she joined in February 2020. Since the start of the 2021-22 academic year, however, Megan has also taken on a Trust-wide role, working across all secondary schools … Read more

Which books can best help secondary schools to engage reluctant readers?

Today we are delighted to launch MBE Books’ second insight report into reading initiatives and reading for pleasure at Key Stages 3 and 4.   Our comprehensive survey of SLT, Heads of English, English teachers, literacy leads/co-ordinators and librarians finds that 55.5% of respondents are ‘concerned’ or ‘very concerned’ about the reading ability of Year … Read more