Reading Plus is an adaptive online reading development programme that enhances fluency, vocabulary and comprehension skills.
Reading Plus serves the needs of a wide range of pupils. Guided by the most prominent reading and pedagogical research from the last 30 years, Reading Plus helps pupils become better readers. It has a readability range from Year 2 to beyond GCSE.
Those eligible for pupil premium, EAL, and SEND pupils benefit significantly from the programme’s personalised scaffolding, adaptive technology, and varied informative and cultural texts.
Improve KS2 SATs results with an adaptive online reading programme.
Reading Solutions UK provides evidence-based edtech solutions that improve outcomes for schools, educators and young learners.
As the sole provider of the award-winning reading programme DreamBox Reading Plus in the UK, we support over 1,400 schools with their reading development needs and expanded opportunities for over 145,000 pupils last year alone.
“Our current Year 6s are better prepared for SATs since using Reading Plus. It specifically supports their reading speed and comprehension skills, which are fundamental for completing and passing the reading SATs.”
Lyndsey Curbishley, Curriculum Lead, Whitefield Primary School
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How does it work?
With Reading Plus, each pupil is placed on a personalised learning path. When starting the programme, pupils will complete the diagnostic InSight Assessment, which measures their individual strengths and skills gaps.
Using these baseline results alongside ongoing formative and summative assessments, Reading Plus adapts its content to target each individual’s specific needs – ensuring every pupil is appropriately challenged to maximise their progress.
Reading Plus can be implemented as a whole-class reading strategy or for smaller intervention groups, depending on your needs.
Creating proficient readers
Reading fluency is an essential skill for pupils to comfortably finish the SATs papers, and Reading Plus is the only literacy tool that addresses the hidden hurdle of silent reading fluency.
The patented Guided Window guides the reader's eyes left-to-right across a page of text at a bespoke speed, utilising a moving box. As each pupil’s reading improves, the speed of the box will increase.
The Guided Window keeps pupils focused on reading the relevant material while developing fluency, comprehension, and independent reading at a year-appropriate rate.
Reading Plus aligns with the national curriculum as:
The wide range of complex and engaging texts ensures pupils are frequently made aware of connectedness within the curriculum and the relevance of reading across subject areas.
Pupils are exposed to unfamiliar texts from topics outside their cultural context, with more challenging vocabulary.
The programme also includes visual-perceptual skill-building and vocabulary development components encouraging pupils to build knowledge and mastery of general academic vocabulary.
Foster academic success
Helping prepare teachers for the Year 6 curriculum and end of year SATs, Reading Plus provides educators with quick access to comprehensive reports detailing pupil, class, school and trust data.
Teachers can swiftly pinpoint pupils in need of extra support or challenge and identify specific skill areas, thereby saving valuable time and resources. This ensures that any gaps in knowledge are identified and remedied long before SATs come around.
Teachers also receive the KS2 Question Level Analysis Report, which specifically measures pupils against the KS2 reading domains (such as inference and retrieval) that are essential for SATs success. Here, you can measure each pupil's progress and be provided with relevant intervention materials for struggling readers.
An evidence-based programme
Reading Solutions UK partnered with Derby Research School and Spencer Academies Trust to determine the efficacy of Reading Plus. The results showed that on average:
Those eligible for pupil premium using Reading Plus made 97% more progress than eligible pupils in the control schools.
Boys who used Reading Plus made 45% more progress than boys with no access.
The study also found that EAL and SEND pupils using Reading Plus made significantly more progress than those pupils of the same demographic who didn’t have access.
Reading Solutions UK will work closely with you to maximise the success of your Reading Plus journey with support from dedicated professionals. Our Customer Support is free to use as often as you need during your Reading Plus licence and will support with implementation, regular monitoring and online training.
“We would highly recommend Reading Plus to other schools as it has had an impact on our Key Stage 2 reading results. Our current year 6 cohort have been using Reading Plus since they were in year 2. and we are delighted with their results. 89% of children achieving expected+, with 41% achieving greater depth.”
Nichola Lamble, Deputy Head and Key Stage 2 SENCo at Holy Spirit
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When used as recommended, we expect students will:
Make six months' progress in comprehension-based text complexity.
Increase their reading speed by 20 words per minute.
