Thinking Reading
@thinkreadhq.bsky.social
We partner with secondary schools to ensure that struggling readers catch up rapidly and completely.
Poor reading is a teaching problem. We change the teaching. #UKTeaching #EduSky #UKEd
Web: https://thinkingreading.com
Poor reading is a teaching problem. We change the teaching. #UKTeaching #EduSky #UKEd
Web: https://thinkingreading.com
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Thinking Reading
@thinkreadhq.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Reading problems in secondary school create a complex web of consequences for mental health, confidence and self-esteem – as well as limiting academic progress. Read more in our book.
Link to our book: (Amazon): ow.ly/lyeX50R2ol9
#EduSky
Link to our book: (Amazon): ow.ly/lyeX50R2ol9
#EduSky
This is Alice, a trainer at Thinking Reading 📚
September 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is Alice, a trainer at Thinking Reading 📚
We can also be found on LinkedIn - if you're over do come and say hello! We'd love to connect with the reading and education community over there too. #UKEd #EduBlogUK
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
We can also be found on LinkedIn - if you're over do come and say hello! We'd love to connect with the reading and education community over there too. #UKEd #EduBlogUK
One of our Directors of Training shares why she works at Thinking Reading 📚
September 7, 2025 at 6:42 AM
One of our Directors of Training shares why she works at Thinking Reading 📚
❓Why are both our organisation, and our teaching programme, called ‘Thinking Reading?’ Glad you asked!
September 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
❓Why are both our organisation, and our teaching programme, called ‘Thinking Reading?’ Glad you asked!
Being more efficient relies on the quality and scope of our data.
Read more in our blog ‘Can We Do More With Less?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-z9 (4 min read).
#EduBlog #UKEd #EduSky
Read more in our blog ‘Can We Do More With Less?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-z9 (4 min read).
#EduBlog #UKEd #EduSky
July 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Being more efficient relies on the quality and scope of our data.
Read more in our blog ‘Can We Do More With Less?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-z9 (4 min read).
#EduBlog #UKEd #EduSky
Read more in our blog ‘Can We Do More With Less?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-z9 (4 min read).
#EduBlog #UKEd #EduSky
We partnered with an 11-18 secondary school in Kent who were determined to eliminate adolescent illiteracy.
📚24 of their students have now graduated from the programme.
📚The students gained between 2.5 years to 8 years in their reading.
📚The average gain was 5 years in 33 half-hour lessons.
📚24 of their students have now graduated from the programme.
📚The students gained between 2.5 years to 8 years in their reading.
📚The average gain was 5 years in 33 half-hour lessons.
July 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We partnered with an 11-18 secondary school in Kent who were determined to eliminate adolescent illiteracy.
📚24 of their students have now graduated from the programme.
📚The students gained between 2.5 years to 8 years in their reading.
📚The average gain was 5 years in 33 half-hour lessons.
📚24 of their students have now graduated from the programme.
📚The students gained between 2.5 years to 8 years in their reading.
📚The average gain was 5 years in 33 half-hour lessons.
1. More great news from one of our partner schools. The proof is in the pudding, & here is the pudding 😁 A partner school in north Kent has now almost eliminated the problem of poor reading in their students.
July 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
1. More great news from one of our partner schools. The proof is in the pudding, & here is the pudding 😁 A partner school in north Kent has now almost eliminated the problem of poor reading in their students.
"Children who are now joining Year 7, at the age of 11, lost large chunks of learning during Covid and some have never caught up"
We are very proud to part of this 'catch up' drive in literacy. #UKEd #EduSky
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We are very proud to part of this 'catch up' drive in literacy. #UKEd #EduSky
www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
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July 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"Children who are now joining Year 7, at the age of 11, lost large chunks of learning during Covid and some have never caught up"
We are very proud to part of this 'catch up' drive in literacy. #UKEd #EduSky
www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
We are very proud to part of this 'catch up' drive in literacy. #UKEd #EduSky
www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
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Nice to see this work getting noticed. Lots of teachers and students quietly doing amazing stuff around the country.
We are delighted our literacy programme is featured on ITV Meridian. Congratulations to all the pupils for the progress they have made with their reading & to their teachers who have worked tirelessly to support them.
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
www.itv.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Nice to see this work getting noticed. Lots of teachers and students quietly doing amazing stuff around the country.
We are delighted our literacy programme is featured on ITV Meridian. Congratulations to all the pupils for the progress they have made with their reading & to their teachers who have worked tirelessly to support them.
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
www.itv.com
July 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are delighted our literacy programme is featured on ITV Meridian. Congratulations to all the pupils for the progress they have made with their reading & to their teachers who have worked tirelessly to support them.
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
Watch here: www.itv.com/watch/news/s...
#UKEd @itvnews.bsky.social
Addressing serious reading problems creates new horizons for students - and schools.
Read more in our blog ‘New Horizons for Struggling Readers at Secondary School’ wp.me/p4hKgx-D1 (3 min read).
#EduSky #EdUK #EduBlog
Read more in our blog ‘New Horizons for Struggling Readers at Secondary School’ wp.me/p4hKgx-D1 (3 min read).
#EduSky #EdUK #EduBlog
July 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Addressing serious reading problems creates new horizons for students - and schools.
Read more in our blog ‘New Horizons for Struggling Readers at Secondary School’ wp.me/p4hKgx-D1 (3 min read).
#EduSky #EdUK #EduBlog
Read more in our blog ‘New Horizons for Struggling Readers at Secondary School’ wp.me/p4hKgx-D1 (3 min read).
#EduSky #EdUK #EduBlog
While every organisation needs finance for operational costs, including paying their staff, our focus is on successful implementation to achieve our mission.
We wrote this for anyone thinking about working with us : ‘Finding the Right Partner’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8au (2 min read).
#EduBlogUk #UKEd
We wrote this for anyone thinking about working with us : ‘Finding the Right Partner’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8au (2 min read).
#EduBlogUk #UKEd
June 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
While every organisation needs finance for operational costs, including paying their staff, our focus is on successful implementation to achieve our mission.
We wrote this for anyone thinking about working with us : ‘Finding the Right Partner’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8au (2 min read).
#EduBlogUk #UKEd
We wrote this for anyone thinking about working with us : ‘Finding the Right Partner’ wp.me/p4hKgx-8au (2 min read).
#EduBlogUk #UKEd
We shouldn't wait for early readers to fail. Systematic teaching is best.
Read more in our blog ‘Looking Past the Masks’ wp.me/p4hKgx-qW (5 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK
Read more in our blog ‘Looking Past the Masks’ wp.me/p4hKgx-qW (5 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK
June 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We shouldn't wait for early readers to fail. Systematic teaching is best.
Read more in our blog ‘Looking Past the Masks’ wp.me/p4hKgx-qW (5 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK
Read more in our blog ‘Looking Past the Masks’ wp.me/p4hKgx-qW (5 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK
We believe that fixing inequality in society begins with fixing inequality in education. Our book explains.
Thinking Reading - what every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
Link to our book: ow.ly/XPiV50VA9rl
#EduSky #UKEd
Thinking Reading - what every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
Link to our book: ow.ly/XPiV50VA9rl
#EduSky #UKEd
June 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We believe that fixing inequality in society begins with fixing inequality in education. Our book explains.
Thinking Reading - what every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
Link to our book: ow.ly/XPiV50VA9rl
#EduSky #UKEd
Thinking Reading - what every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
Link to our book: ow.ly/XPiV50VA9rl
#EduSky #UKEd
Is your school dealing with reading effectively? We have created a handy 7 point check list. Let us know what you think: ‘7 ways to tell if your school is addressing reading effectively’ wp.me/p4hKgx-We (3 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK #UKEd
#EduSky #EduBlogUK #UKEd
June 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Is your school dealing with reading effectively? We have created a handy 7 point check list. Let us know what you think: ‘7 ways to tell if your school is addressing reading effectively’ wp.me/p4hKgx-We (3 min read).
#EduSky #EduBlogUK #UKEd
#EduSky #EduBlogUK #UKEd
Recall is not 'lower order thinking'. It is foundational.
Read more in our blog ‘Seven Steps to Improving Reading Comprehension’ wp.me/p4hKgx-oi (7 min read).
#EduSky #UKEd #EdublogUK
Read more in our blog ‘Seven Steps to Improving Reading Comprehension’ wp.me/p4hKgx-oi (7 min read).
#EduSky #UKEd #EdublogUK
June 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Recall is not 'lower order thinking'. It is foundational.
Read more in our blog ‘Seven Steps to Improving Reading Comprehension’ wp.me/p4hKgx-oi (7 min read).
#EduSky #UKEd #EdublogUK
Read more in our blog ‘Seven Steps to Improving Reading Comprehension’ wp.me/p4hKgx-oi (7 min read).
#EduSky #UKEd #EdublogUK
It's this kind of impact that all the work has been for. There is so much that can be done to resolve literacy problems - and we are privileged to help schools to do it. Thank you for sharing your results.
ow.ly/QLaP50VRRUc
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Particularly proud of this aspect of our Ofsted inspection report: ‘The school has considerably strengthened its support for pupils who are learning to read. | Gary Hammonds
Particularly proud of this aspect of our Ofsted inspection report: ‘The school has considerably strengthened its support for pupils who are learning to read. Pupils who need additional help, including...
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June 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It's this kind of impact that all the work has been for. There is so much that can be done to resolve literacy problems - and we are privileged to help schools to do it. Thank you for sharing your results.
ow.ly/QLaP50VRRUc
ow.ly/QLaP50VRRUc
🥳 The ‘holy grail’ of reading inventions that was birthed in NZ & exported to the world has finally been dumped. Now the way is clear for children to receive scientifically-based instruction & stop being instructional casualties. H/T @kathyrastle.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
AJLD EMINENT RESEARCHER AWARD WINNER 2024 Professor James Chapman: The rise and demise of reading recovery in New Zealand
Reading Recovery (RR) was introduced throughout New Zealand during the 1980s, for children struggling the most with learning to read after 1 year of formal schooling. In May 2024, the Minister of E...
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June 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
🥳 The ‘holy grail’ of reading inventions that was birthed in NZ & exported to the world has finally been dumped. Now the way is clear for children to receive scientifically-based instruction & stop being instructional casualties. H/T @kathyrastle.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A common assumption is that reading is easy to teach. If that is so, why do 20% arrive at secondary school reading well behind their age?
Read more in our blog ‘Whose Responsibility?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-82z (4 min read) & let us know what you think.
#EduBlogUK #EduSky
Read more in our blog ‘Whose Responsibility?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-82z (4 min read) & let us know what you think.
#EduBlogUK #EduSky
Whose Responsibility?
It came as a shock to see a letter in the Sunday Times demanding that parents be held to account if their children do not learn to read at school. I had thought that we were making progress on such…
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June 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A common assumption is that reading is easy to teach. If that is so, why do 20% arrive at secondary school reading well behind their age?
Read more in our blog ‘Whose Responsibility?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-82z (4 min read) & let us know what you think.
#EduBlogUK #EduSky
Read more in our blog ‘Whose Responsibility?’ wp.me/p4hKgx-82z (4 min read) & let us know what you think.
#EduBlogUK #EduSky
In case you missed it... this is what Thinking Reading was designed to do - identifying the children who have been missed and teaching them to read. ⬇️ 🧵 #EduSky #UKEd
🧵 📚 Tom's story. Learning to read changes lives. Learning to read is more than an academic milestone — it shapes how a child engages with the world, and the adult they grow up to be.
May 31, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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This!
It's this kind of impact that all the work has been for. There is so much that can be done and we are privileged to help schools to do it.
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
May 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This!
We always love hearing the stories of students making such amazing progress. That’s what Thinking Reading is designed to do. Congratulations to the young man and wishing him every success in his GCSEs 📚 #EduSky
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Invited to another Year 10 graduation read on our Thinking Reading… | Jonathan Sands
Invited to another Year 10 graduation read on our Thinking Reading programme this week. A reading age of 8.5 years in November. Now 15.5 years and GCSE ready! HUGE impact for our students and their li...
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May 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We always love hearing the stories of students making such amazing progress. That’s what Thinking Reading is designed to do. Congratulations to the young man and wishing him every success in his GCSEs 📚 #EduSky
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
www.linkedin.com/posts/jonath...
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Hi! I'm a final year speech and language therapy student at Birmingham City University and am new to Bluesky 🩵 Looking to make some connections and keep up to date with the world of SLT! Any suggestions of who to follow would be greatly appreciated ☺️ #slt #speechandlanguagetherapy
May 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Hi! I'm a final year speech and language therapy student at Birmingham City University and am new to Bluesky 🩵 Looking to make some connections and keep up to date with the world of SLT! Any suggestions of who to follow would be greatly appreciated ☺️ #slt #speechandlanguagetherapy
It's this kind of impact that all the work has been for. There is so much that can be done and we are privileged to help schools to do it.
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
May 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It's this kind of impact that all the work has been for. There is so much that can be done and we are privileged to help schools to do it.
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
#UKEd #EduBlogUK #EduSky
🧵 📚 Tom's story. Learning to read changes lives. Learning to read is more than an academic milestone — it shapes how a child engages with the world, and the adult they grow up to be.
May 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🧵 📚 Tom's story. Learning to read changes lives. Learning to read is more than an academic milestone — it shapes how a child engages with the world, and the adult they grow up to be.