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KS2: Read to Succeed (for KS2 reading leaders and teachers)

Ensuring progress of all KS2 pupils through effective small group reading

Summary

These sessions provide an opportunity for Reading Leaders to work collaboratively alongside KS2 teachers to refine their teaching of reading through the delivery of purposeful small-group guided reading sessions, to ensure all pupils make progress. The training will explore, in depth, what makes guided reading effective, looking closely at each key element. Teachers will be supported in identifying and responding to the specific needs of their readers, enabling them to adapt their teaching accordingly. Throughout the programme, Reading Leaders will continue to develop their own understanding of high-quality guided reading, whilst also playing a key role in supporting their colleagues’ practice. Experienced Reading Leaders will facilitate tables and share expertise with colleagues. Each session will also feature high-quality fiction, non-fiction, and poetry texts introduced by Creative Learning Services (CLS), helping to inspire children’s motivation and love of reading.

Below is a summary of the content, we aim to cover in each session:

Session 1:

Exploring the purpose of guided reading in ensuring all learners make progress, with a focus on effective pedagogy and subject knowledge in key reading and fluency strategies. The session will clarify how to model essential reading skills purposefully. Participants will observe new examples of good practice and engage in planning guided reading sessions using their own texts. The use of AI tools to adapt text levels, reduce cognitive overload for pupils, and ease teacher workload will also be introduced. We will also focus on engaging parents, supporting reading at home, selecting appropriate texts, and making effective use of Accelerated Reader (AR) as part of our discussions.

Gap task: Record a video of a small-group guided reading session to bring to Session 2.

Session 2:

This session focuses on refining guided reading practice by helping teachers recognise and interpret pupils’ reading skills. Participants will use this insight to adapt their planning and teaching to better support pupil progress. Consolidation of subject knowledge in reading strategies will continue and we explore elements of diagnostic assessment of reading.

Gap task: Record a video of a small-group guided reading session to bring to Session 3.

Session 3:

Further refinement of guided reading, with an emphasis on the intentional teaching of vocabulary. Delegates will continue to deepen their understanding of reading strategies and build confidence in adapting guided reading sessions to meet the specific needs of their pupils.

Please note:

Participating schools will be required to attend all sessions as outlined below and to engage with the gap tasks.
This programme is replacing the ‘Reading Leaders’ Network’ for one year. By working together, this programme aims to simultaneously support and develop Reading Leaders and KS2 classroom staff.

Sessions will take place on the following dates:

Session 1: Thursday 30^th October 2025, 9am-3pm

Session 2: Thursday 4^th December 2025, 9am-12pm

Session 3: Thursday 5^th February 2026, 9am-12pm

When completing this booking form, you will be booked onto all three dates. (The booking confirmation will only show the date for session 1)

Recommended for

Reading Leader plus one KS2 teacher from each school (recommended to attend together for the greatest impact), wishing to develop practice around teaching reading in small groups and how to support children’s love of reading.

One additional member of KS2 staff can added to the waiting list and will be invited to attend depending on uptake.

***PLEASE REGISTER ONE DELEGATE PER FORM***

Venue

NSPCC Training Centre, 3 Gilmour Close, Leicester, LE4 1EZ

Cost

Free for Leicester City maintained schools.

£435 per school for non-maintained city schools and all Leicestershire schools to attend in pairs. (First delegate is full price (£290), second delegate is half price (£145))

Further Information

Gap tasks will be provided after each session. Delegates will be asked to record a video of themselves teaching a guided reading session to bring to Session 2 and Session 3.

This programme is in place of the Reading Leaders' Network during 2025-26.

Session 1 is a full day and lunch will not be provided.

Any questions, please contact hayley.carter@sdsa.net

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Your school's commitment to this booking

Involvement in this booking will require substantial commitment and we do need to emphasise this. Expectations between projects will vary slightly, but by signing up you and your school are agreeing to:

Release the named staff to attend all events within the programme.
Give staff the necessary support to undertake school-based activities, gap tasks and improvement work.
Engage well with the opportunities in the programme and, if invited, school-based support.
Give at least 48 hour’s notice if you are no longer able to attend a session you have booked. Failure to notify or cancellation within a 48 hour window of the training date will result in a 100% charge of the course fee. If you are a maintained Leicester City primary school, and accessing the course free of charge, the cancellation cost will be the charge advertised for non-maintained/Leicestershire schools. For non-maintained/Leicestershire schools the advertised charge will apply.

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