Free Literacy Events for Primary Schools

Join our free in-person events and info webinars, designed to support UK and international primary school and MAT leaders. These expert-led sessions offer professional development in writing, reading, oracy and curriculum planning across EYFS, KS1 and KS2.

Whether you're looking for practical teaching strategies or exploring our award-winning Ready Steady Literacy resources, these events and webinars are packed with proven approaches and real classroom examples. For school and trust leaders, they also provide invaluable opportunities to reflect on the implementation of literacy within your setting and consider what consistent, high-quality provision could look like across your school or MAT. Explore below to find your solution.

  • Ready Steady Write logo promoting free information webinars for school and MAT leaders to explore the complete writing curriculum for EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 designed to raise standards in reading and writing.

    Find Out More Webinar

    Find your writing solution:
    - Introduction to Ready Steady Write
    - How it would look in your school
    - EYFS - Year 6 whole school consistency
    - FREE sample access to the resource
    - Q&A session with our expert consultant

  • Ready Steady Spell logo promoting free information webinars for school and MAT leaders to learn how the progressive spelling programme for Years 2 to 6 builds confident, accurate spellers through engaging strategies and assessment.

    Find Out More Webinar

    Find Your Spelling Solution:
    - Introduction to Ready Steady Spell
    - How it would look in your school
    - FREE sample access to the resource
    - Learn about the Ready Steady Go Intervention included
    - Q&A session with our expert consultant

  • Ready Steady Read Together logo promoting free information webinars for school and MAT leaders to discover the whole-class shared reading resource for Years 2 to 6 that develops comprehension, fluency and a love of reading.

    Find Out More Webinar

    Find Your Reading Solution:
    - Introduction to Ready Steady Read Together
    - How it would look in your school
    - EYFS - Year 6 whole school consistency
    - FREE sample units
    - Q&A session with our expert consultant

  • Ready Steady Phonics logo promoting free information webinars for school and MAT leaders to discover the validated systematic synthetic phonics programme that supports early reading and writing success in EYFS and Key Stage 1.

    Find Out More Webinar

    Find Your Phonics Solution:
    - Introduction to Ready Steady Phonics
    - How it would look in your school
    - FREE sample access to the resource
    - Q&A session with our expert consultan

  • Promotional image for the Literacy Counts Find Out More event in Chester, where school and MAT leaders can discover the impact of Ready Steady Write across EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 to improve outcomes in reading and writing.

    Chester Find Out More: 19.11.25 In-Person Event

    Do you want to build a culture where every child feels excited to write, every teacher feels confident in their adaptions to support all learners, leaders are assured in the delivery of writing and writing outcomes consistently improve across the school?

    This FREE in-person event at JH Godwin Primary School, Chester, will show you how Ready Steady Write makes that vision a reality.

  • Promotional image for the Literacy Counts Find Out More event in Aylesbury, where school and MAT leaders can discover the impact of Ready Steady Write across EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 to improve outcomes in reading and writing.

    Aylesbury Find Out More: 13.01.26 In-Person Event

    Do you want to build a culture where every child feels excited to write, every teacher feels confident in their adaptions to support all learners, leaders are assured in the delivery of writing and writing outcomes consistently improve across the school?

    This FREE in-person event at Oak Green School, Aylesbury, will show you how Ready Steady Write makes that vision a reality.

  • Promotional image for the Literacy Counts Find Out More event in Liverpool, where school and MAT leaders can discover the impact of Ready Steady Write across EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 to improve outcomes in reading and writing.

    Liverpool Find Out More: 27.01.26

    Do you want to build a culture where every child feels excited to write, every teacher feels confident in their adaptions to support all learners, leaders are assured in the delivery of writing and writing outcomes consistently improve across the school?

    This FREE in-person event at St Anthony of Padua Catholic Primary, Liverpool, will show you how Ready Steady Write makes that vision a reality.

See the Impact in Schools & MATs

  • Multi-academy trust leaders improving literacy through whole MAT reading, writing, spelling and phonics programmes.

    Ready Steady Write, Read Together, Phonics & Spell, Weaver Trust, Cheshire

    We spoke with Ali Lawson, Director of Education for Weaver Trust, a MAT of six primary schools in Cheshire, to explore how their partnership with Literacy Counts is driving improvement across all aspects of literacy.

  • The best writing scheme for primary schools with mixed-age classes, Ready Steady Write.

    Mixed-age classes, Ready Steady Write, Elton Primary School, Bury

    Elton Primary School in Bury, part of The Keep Learning Trust, has achieved remarkable writing outcomes in its mixed-age classes through Ready Steady Write. Since adopting the programme, the school has seen 27% of Year 6 pupils working at Greater Depth.

  • Best spelling programme for English curriculum schools in the UK

    Ready Steady Spell, Grange Community Nursery and Primary School, Cheshire

    Grange Community Nursery and Primary School in Cheshire has transformed its spelling provision using Ready Steady Spell. Leadership report whole-school consistency in literacy teaching, confident staff and impressive pupil engagement.

  • Best writing programme for English curriculum schools supporting EYFS to Year 6

    Ready Steady Write, Feniscowles Primary School, Blackburn

    At Feniscowles Primary School in Blackburn, the EYFS Sisters—Bex and Colette—are creating magic in early writing through Ready Steady Write. With Story Songs, Story Friends and the programme’s clear structure, children are developing confidence, motivation and strong routines from the very start.

  • Teachers using Ready Steady Phonics to deliver consistent whole-class phonics teaching

    Ready Steady Phonics, Newhampton Federation

    At Welshampton and Newtown CE Primary Schools in Shropshire (the Newhampton Federation), embedding Ready Steady Literacy—especially Ready Steady Phonics—has enabled a high-impact, whole-class phonics approach across mixed-age EYFS and Key Stage 1 classes.

  • English writing scheme providing consistency across MATs and individual schools

    Ready Steady Write, Arden Primary School, Stockport

    Arden Primary School in Stockport has significantly boosted writing standards through Ready Steady Write. From 2022 to the external moderation in June 2024, the proportion of pupils meeting the expected writing standard rose from 52% to 80%.

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