Nearly a third of primary children who start their education behind their peers never catch up and the gap simply widens, according to the latest Department for Education statistics (DfE, 2020).
One way to help close the gap is to encourage children to curl up with a good book. Among many interesting statistics compiled by the Reading Agency (2020), we are told that children who read books often at age 10, and more than once a week at age 16, gain higher results in maths, vocabulary and spelling tests at age 16 than those who read less regularly (OECD, 2010).
Encouraging a love of reading is hugely beneficial for all pupils, including those with SEND. But it requires the space and the time to focus on books and, in a busy school environment, it is not always easy to achieve this.
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