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Our Impact

 

School Survey Results July 2026

Improvement as a result of DRP support (teacher assessment)

 

Attitude to reading

83% reported children enjoy reading a lot more

 

Reading confidence

91% reported children are a lot more confident in reading

What teachers say

"The children said the sessions introduced them to new genres they hadn't tried. Reading was fun...not work!"

 

"The books and activities engage the children brilliantly and they look forward to their weekly session."

 

"Tn all of the children their confidence to read aloud to peers has massively improved."

 

"Thank you for providing this invaluable service and we look forward to it continuing next year."

 

What do children say...

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“It’s my favourite bit in the week, we talk and read books and it’s not like work and it’s fun really.”

 

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“I like the books and you get to choose, and I like playing games at the end. I think I like all of it!”

 

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“We read lots of books and my reading has got better since we started. I like reading now.”

 

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“I get to choose what we read so it’s not boring like some books. It has made me like reading.”

 

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” I didn’t really like reading but now it’s OK . I’ve read lots of books and I’m going to keep on reading.”