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How ten weeks transformed children's reading confidence (and their futures)

How ten weeks transformed children's reading confidence (and their futures)By: Dr Marion Long Published on: 25/07/2025

In just ten weeks, a group of KS2 children made up to two and a half years of progress in reading comprehension — but the biggest change wasn’t in the test scores.

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How ten weeks transformed children's reading confidence (and their futures)

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“It’s only an hour that they have with you over the time that you come in over the six weeks and for it to be able to make, for a lot of them, up to a year’s difference in their reading ability is quite amazing really.”

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