95%
are extremely likely to recommend The Literacy Company to a friend or colleague
Pathways Literacy
Inspire pupils and teachers alike with our award-winning, high-quality programmes for reading and writing.
A unique and innovative portfolio of programmes that ease staff workload
Now in over 1250 schools nationally and internationally, Pathways Literacy comprises the award-winning Pathways to Write, Pathways to Read, Pathways to Progress, Pathways to Spell and Pathways to Poetry.
These English programmes have been crafted by knowledgeable English consultants and have won prestigious awards from the Education Resources Awards, Teach Primary Awards and the North West Prestige Awards.
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satisfaction with Pathways to Write and Read
94%
have found our training to be very or extremely helpful
Supporting whole-school development of English
Supporting Development
Pathways Literacy products are English programmes for schools to support whole-school development of English. Unlike many other schemes, Pathways Literacy resources are designed to be flexible to fit around your existing curriculum while ensuring a progressive approach to teaching English.
Every programme has undergone meticulous research to guarantee alignment with national curriculum standards and Education Endowment Foundation findings. As a result, the lessons and provided planning effectively meet the objectives set. These thoroughly designed lessons serve as a blueprint for empowering your teachers with the confidence to teach English and keeping pupils engaged in English throughout their school journey.
Developing Cultural Capital
Pathways to Write and Pathways to Read, have been developed to inspire pupils through the texts that are shared with them. The texts chosen cover a wide range of curriculum themes as well as creating windows (for pupils to see the wider world) and mirrors (for pupils to see themselves). Texts and units are updated regularly with themes to reflect what is happening in the world, such as looking at the effect plastic has on our natural world or celebrating the opening of Shakespeare North Playhouse.
Pathways to Spell has provided staff with a multi sensory approach to the teaching of spelling. The range of independent spelling strategies has given our pupils a new found confidence in their application of spelling across the curriculum… Insightful and inspiring as always.
One of our core school values is flourish and we have noticed that Pathways to Progress has allowed our children to see the progress which they are making in a small group setting. The children feel more prepared for the next English lesson and are participating more in whole class teaching sessions. The initial impact which we have seen is the engagement and attitude to learning of our children through using these materials.
I love the range of texts chosen [for Pathways to Read], the comprehensive planning and how all the key skills are covered and repeated to ensure progress - fantastic!
Pathways to Write has completely transformed English at Farnworth. Staff love teaching the units, which are very easy to follow yet so full of amazing opportunities to develop children’s skills progressively. This approach enables us to foster a love of literature through memorable experiences that are accessible to all. Children are so engaged and enthusiastic, and staff feel renewed by such a fun, creative approach to teaching.
We use as many Pathways resources as we can, because we know that they have been produced by very skilled practitioners, who listen and adapt to the constantly changing environment that is education. Based on challenging and adaptable texts, these resources provide an off-the-shelf or very flexible approach to delivering high quality lessons in a consistent way to support all abilities of learner.
The suite of resources we use from The Literacy Company has transformed the delivery of our English Curriculum. We know they have been written by experts in the field who are passionate about exposing children to really good picture books and about helping schools to implement a mastery curriculum for all children. The standard of our writing was noted by Ofsted in February 2020, as was the well mapped out and well sequenced curriculum.
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Choose the Pathway that is right for you
Our Pathways Literacy programmes can all be used independently of each other but are linked by themes and the Pathways methodology, making them ideal for a whole-school mastery approach to literacy.
