• Access these and many more on our Primary English Pinterest page here

• Primary English teaching resources from the TES. A wealth of resources written by teachers for teachers.

• BBC Bitsesize primary English.  Lots of videos for lesson starters.

  • For Key Stage one

  • For Key Stage two

• Free primary English teaching resources from the CLPE.  Includes reading and writing scales and teaching sequences:

• Resources and further reading and inspiration from Teach Primary’s ‘Teach Reading and Writing’.  Includes pieces from top authors sharing their passion for words.

• Rsources, learning and inspiration from Book Trust – the UK’s largest children’s reading charity:

• The National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) offers advice, guidance and resources. Some are free to download.

• The Literacy Shed – a wealth of visual resources for primary English teaching

• The Education Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and learning toolkit: Phonics

• A 2010 list from the Telegraph of the ’20 greatest children’s books ever’

• Pobble.com allows children’s work to be posted by their teachers for the whole world to see!  A sure fire way to inspire some writing!

• More ideas and resources for teaching primary English from the author, David Wray, can be found at

• Year 1 phonics screening check training video from the Department for Education

Some useful websites to help you keep up-to-date with high quality children’s book and ideas for using them:

• www.wordsforlife.literacytrust.org.uk

• www.lovereading4kids.co.uk

• www.booksforkeeps.co.uk

• www.readingrevolution.co.uk

• http://readinggroups.org/chatterbooks/