We know lots of the members of our IQM family love to read. To mark World Book Day we’ve put together some suggestions for you to enjoy. Read, relax and and enter a world of ‘pure imagination’… YEAR ONE – Smile Out Loud by Joseph Coelho Twenty original poems designed to be read aloud to […]
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Lambs Lane PS Achieves Flagship Status
Lambs Lane Primary School has achieved the Inclusive School Award with Flagship status. Good Progress Has Been Made Lambs Lane Primary School is a 1 form entry school serving Spencers Wood in Reading. Currently there are 212 pupils on roll, 58 of whom are classified as disadvantaged. There are 7 pupils with additional needs who […]
For The Love Of Reading…

We know lots of the members of our IQM family love, love, love reading. So to mark World Book Day we’ve put together some suggestions for you to savor over the next few days. Now get to the library quickly if you want to take home one of these brilliant books. Read, relax and enjoy… […]
Concern over education for prisoners with learning difficulties

Ofsted are currently conducting a year long focus on the quality of education in prisons. This week they provided an update on their findings. […]
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The impact of parenting on children’s outcomes

This article from the Social Mobility Commission explains what parents can do to help their children in their early years. Parents and carers serve as children’s first educators and teachers. This is something most people can agree on, yet offering parents advice on how they can best perform these important roles is something of a […]
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‘Reading should be explicitly taught in secondary schools’ – Ofsted

Ofsted has published a research report today looking at how high-performing secondary schools provide targeted support for struggling readers. Reading is essential to every subject and children who cannot read well will find it difficult to keep up with the demands of secondary school. Each year around one quarter of 11-year-olds do not meet the […]
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Bumper £24 million to boost children’s literacy

Thousands of primary school pupils will benefit from high quality phonics and expert literacy teaching as part of funding announced this week by the Department for Education. Over £24 million is set to be invested in building children’s literacy skills as the government continues to support pupils’ recovery from the pandemic and work towards the […]
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