Improve reading outcomes for secondary students with reading intervention
Unlock the potential of your students with Reading Plus, a powerful secondary reading intervention programme. Designed to address common challenges in accessing the KS3/4 curriculum, Reading Plus equips students with the necessary skills to thrive academically.
Are you concerned your students don’t have the vocabulary knowledge to access the KS3/4 curriculum?
You’re not alone. Many of our customers approach us because they’re challenged with:
- Concerns that students reading below level on entry to secondary school will be unable to catch up.
- Closing the reading gap with disadvantaged students.
- Students who cannot comprehend complex language used in the KS3/KS4 texts.
- Students who don’t have the vocabulary knowledge to be able to focus on comprehension.
- A high proportion of EAL students who struggle to access the curriculum.
- Understanding and differentiating instruction for each student’s reading ability (a cross-curricular issue).
- Older students who have low levels of engagement.
Secondary reading intervention, like Reading Plus, addresses these concerns effectively.
How does Reading Plus match the curriculum?
Our reading intervention programme supports the English programmes of study for students to:
- Read easily, fluently and with a good understanding.
- Develop the habit of reading widely and often – for pleasure and information.
- Acquire a wide vocabulary.
- Appreciate our rich and varied literary heritage.
Improving students' fluency
Reading Plus uses the patented Reading Plus Guided Window to support the development of reading fluency. This scaffolds the reading experience by guiding the reader's eyes left-to-right across a page, utilising a moving box. The speed is specific to each student and increases when the student demonstrates mastery.
This scaffold changes how students approach the text while gradually and effectively increasing the rate at which they can read it with good comprehension and stamina.
This feature helps secondary students with the transition to increased text complexity from KS2 to KS3/4, where language and vocabulary are more complex.
Informing strategies
Reading Plus offers a wealth of easy-to-access data-driven reports, including Skills Reports and Periodic Progress Monitoring. These reports equip leaders and teachers with invaluable insights into student performance and progress in secondary reading intervention.
With this information at hand, educators can make informed decisions, effectively plan instruction, group students, and monitor reading growth, ensuring targeted support where needed.
Our Customer Support Team provides additional free reports to support schools, making it easier to evidence impact and inform strategies. These include:
- Skills Reports.
- Periodic Progress Monitoring.
