Really Great Reading
Description
Really Great Reading is an educational publisher and professional development provider that offers phonics-based reading instruction programmes, decoding assessments, and teacher training resources for primary and secondary school educators.
The company's curriculum products include structured literacy programmes designed around phonics, phonemic awareness, and decoding skills. Programmes such as Countdown, Blast Foundations, HD Word, and Word Mapping target different stages of reading development, from early years phonics instruction through to intervention for older struggling readers.
The materials follow a structured literacy approach aligned with the science of reading, providing teachers with sequenced lessons, manipulatives, and student workbooks. In addition to curriculum resources, Really Great Reading provides diagnostic assessment tools, including the Diagnostic Decoding Surveys, which allow educators to identify specific decoding gaps in individual pupils.
The organisation also delivers professional development through workshops, webinars, and online courses for teachers, reading specialists, and school leaders. Training covers topics such as phonological awareness, orthographic mapping, and intervention strategies for pupils with reading difficulties, including dyslexia.
The resources are used by classroom teachers, intervention specialists, and home educators across primary and secondary settings.
