Literacy support for primary schools
Looking for additional literacy support for your school? We partner with primary schools across England to support a whole-school reading culture through our range of programmes. We want to ensure the right resources, support and investment go to the children who need us most.
How Bookmark can support your school
We partner with schools to deliver a range of literacy programmes. From donating high-quality and diverse reading materials and providing funding for reading spaces and teacher training, to delivering our one-to-one reading support sessions with dedicated reading volunteers, we work with schools to strengthen literacy outcomes, boost reading confidence and inspire a lifelong love of reading.
Why schools choose Bookmark
We support schools to achieve their literacy goals such as: improving reading attainment, boosting the school library or creating more opportunities to for their pupils to read regularly. All our programmes are designed to encourage a culture of reading for pleasure, without increasing staff workload.
Explore our programmes
Whether you’re working to improve reading attainment or create more opportunities for reading for pleasure, our programmes are tailored to fit around your literacy goals.
How are we making a difference in schools?
Through partnering with us, schools can help pupils build positive reading habits, increase reading skills and boost confidence.
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93%
of teachers say their pupils enjoy reading more
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94%
of teachers saw an increase in children’s reading confidence
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75%
of teachers saw an increase in reading skills
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671,599
books and resources given in total
Our core eligibility criteria
To maximise our impact, we have developed a clear eligibility criteria to identify schools most in need of our support:
1. Lower than average Key Stage 2 reading attainment
2. Higher than average proportion of children eligible for pupil premium
2. Higher than average proportion of children eligible for pupil premium
Testimonials
Hear from some of the teachers in our partner schools
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Even with a short programme, I have noticed that the children's willingness to read is huge. I can see they are picking up more books to read at the library during their reading time and choosing which authors they want, being more interactive and willing to read aloud to their teacher, and children that were reluctant readers reading extracts to whole classes/small groups.
Teacher at a Bookmark partner school 
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Reading for pleasure is such an important priority for us as a school, but we really wanted to promote the love of reading. Our outdoor reading space will be amazing for our children to actually enjoy reading with their friends outside. They were so excited to get all the new books and find their comfy spot to sit and read!
Claire du Toit, Deputy Headteacher 
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Many of our pupils don't have books or magazines at home so they were very happy when they heard they could keep The Story Corner magazine!
Teacher at a Bookmark partner school 
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I'm so glad we found Bookmark. It's practical, it's easy and it's genuinely impactful for our children and the children they work with.
Kathy, Director of Partnerships at Sevenoaks School 
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The most important difference I have noted is wanting to read! The children are wanting to read and enjoying it, which wasn’t the case before. So, thank you.
Teacher at a Bookmark partner school 
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The Literacy Partner Programme has supported the development of our whole-school reading culture in several meaningful ways… Together, these elements have created a more positive, engaging, and consistent reading culture across the school.
Teacher from a Bookmark partner school 
Helpful links for our Bookmark partner school teachers
As a partner school, you can access a range of different programmes and resources.
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