Our pre-recorded training offers the same expert-led, high-quality training you’d expect from SIL, but with added flexibility.
Each recording offers whole-staff access, so it’s perfect for supporting staff meetings, staff development, or providing additional flexible CPD options.
Whether you’re a classroom teacher, teaching assistant, or school leader, these recordings provide evidence-based strategies for developing reading fluency, strengthening practice, and leading whole-school improvement with confidence.
Teachers
Designed for classroom teachers and English leads, the recording explores how to develop fluency both during and after the decoding phase.
It draws on recommendations from the DfE’s Reading Framework and the Education Endowment Foundation and includes strategies for teaching accuracy, automaticity, and prosody across fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
- Fluent reading is essential for comprehension and enjoyment, yet it’s often under-emphasised in classroom practice.
- Understand the components of fluency and how they develop.
- Confidently structure reading lessons to support fluency at every stage.
- Use evidence-based techniques to improve pupils’ reading outcomes.
- Embed active reading into daily teaching routines.
What will it cover?
- The three pillars of fluency are accuracy, automaticity, and prosody.
- How to develop fluency while teaching decoding, and how to teach fluency once decoding is secure.
- Techniques, including guided oral reading, assisted reading, repeated readings, including echo reading and choral reading.
- The importance of active reading and how to integrate it into lessons.
- Application across fiction, non-fiction, and poetry texts.
Teaching Assistants
Teaching assistants play a vital role in helping pupils close gaps in reading.
Drawing on the DfE’s Reading Framework and guidance from the Education Endowment Foundation, this training equips TAs with the tools to make a meaningful impact in small group and 1:1 reading sessions.
- Understand the key components of reading fluency: accuracy, automaticity, and prosody.
- Support pupils effectively at different stages of reading development.
- Using proven techniques to boost fluency and confidence in reading.
- Structure short, focused reading sessions that maximise progress.
- Encourage active reading and engagement with a range of texts.
What will it cover?
- How fluency develops during and after decoding.
- Techniques include guided oral reading, assisted reading, repeated readings, echo reading, and choral reading.
School Leaders
Senior leaders play a crucial role in shaping reading provision and ensuring high standards of teaching and learning.
This recording offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of effective reading instruction, with a focus on high-quality comprehension, fluency, and how to observe and evaluate reading lessons.
Grounded in the DfE’s Reading Framework, the Education Endowment Foundation guidance, and Ofsted’s Strong Foundations document, this recording supports leaders in driving consistent, evidence-informed practice across their school.
- Deepen your understanding of what effective reading instruction looks like.
- Know what to look for when observing reading lessons.
- Support staff in delivering high-quality comprehension and fluency teaching.
- Strengthen whole-school approaches to reading through informed leadership.
What will it cover?
- The recommended structure of a reading lesson.
- The components of fluency: accuracy, automaticity, and prosody.
- The importance of active reading and how it supports comprehension.
- Factors that influence comprehension, questioning and effective feedback.
- Current thinking on evidence-based reading in schools.
- How to observe and evaluate reading instruction effectively
Things to consider
- Recordings last between 10 and 30 minutes and include short breaks for tasks or reflection.
- To maximise the learning experience, we recommend delivering each recording as part of a one-hour CPD session, or a staff meeting.
- All recordings will remain available until 31 August 2026 and can be revisited as often as you wish.
- All sessions can also be delivered face to face or combined to provide a half /full day training opportunity for staff in your school, Network, Trust or LA. Get in touch if you would like to explore options.
