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Starting school: Getting ready for primary school

Read our top five tips for getting your child school-ready, including how to boost their independence and practise social skills.

Starting school: Activities to help your child get ready to learn at school

A collection of our favourite free activities to help get your child school-ready, including fun maths games and printable activity sheets.

Starting school: Books about starting school

A collection of books about starting school, including classics like Biff, Chip and Kipper. Ideal for introducing the idea of school to your child.

Starting school: Activity books for primary school

Give your child the best start at school with these fun activity books from Read with Oxford, Read Write Inc. and more.

Starting school: Helping your child settle in at primary school

Our top five tips for helping your child get used to their busy new school routine.

Starting school: Choosing and applying for secondary school

Find out what to consider when picking a secondary school with your child.

Starting school: Getting ready for secondary school

Read all about how to prepare your child for secondary school, including practical worries and boosting confidence.

Starting school: Starting secondary school checklist

Not sure what to do over the summer to help your child get ready for secondary school? Download our 'starting secondary school checklist' for a handy school readiness guide.

Starting school: Essential books for starting secondary school

Help your child prepare for secondary school with our recommended workbooks and dictionaries, designed to improve key maths and English skills.

Starting school: Helping your child settle in at secondary school

Our top tips for helping your child get used to their busy new secondary school routine.

Starting school: What to expect on the first day at primary school

Top tips on how to prepare for the first day of school, including what to take and how to talk about it with your child.

Starting school: What to expect in the first year at secondary school

Find out how to make the most of Year 7, from managing homework to your relationship with the school.

Starting school: Supporting your child's learning at home

Find out how to support your child's literacy, maths and phonics development in Reception.

Roald Dahl

From snozzcumbers to frobscottle, have fun exploring Roald Dahl's creativity with words and language with our free quiz, activity sheets and competition!

Roald Dahl books

Frobscottle, delumptious, Oompa-Loompa – you might recognise these words from many a bedtime reading of Roald Dahl, but did you know that they’re all examples of gobblefunk? That’s the name Roald Dahl gave to the words he invented and used in his phizz-whizzing stories. Explore the marvellous world of Dahl's language with these books from Oxford University Press.

Roald Dahl activities

From ringbelling rhymes to gloriumptious gobblefunk, children can set off on a language adventure of their own with a range of fun word-based activities from the creators of the Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary.

Numicon guide for parents

Find out what Numicon is and how you can help at home. Download free Numicon activity sheets and watch Numicon video tutorials.

Comprehension at primary school

Find out how reading comprehension is taught throughout primary school, and take a look at our books, advice, and free activities to help at home.

What is letters and sounds

Letters and Sounds is a systematic approach for teaching children to read using phonics. Find out about the phases and how to help at home.