Primary EYFS, KS1 & KS2 Writing & Literacy Schemes of Work
This page lists both prescription schemes for writing as well as general approaches to teaching writing at primary level. We also list schemes of work for other parts of the English Curriculum, including reading, spelling, comprehension and grammar. We also have a page for separate primary writing assessment tools.
Scheme Support is also a member of the Amazon Associate programme. We receive a small affiliate revenue from any Amazon product link you purchase from below. This revenue goes towards supporting the site.
Pathways to Write
The Literacy Company
Pathways to Write is an award-winning proven methodology built around units of work which develop vocabulary, reading, and writing skills through the mastery approach. Each unit focuses on new age-related skills for pupils to work on and master through a variety of activities and writing opportunities. To support this approach, clear, detailed lesson plans and classroom resources are linked to high-quality texts to ensure engaging and purposeful English lessons. Pathways to Write accommodates a variety of class structures: a whole-school bespoke curriculum can be created from over 80 diverse, representative and thematic texts and mixed-age planning is available. Download a sample pack here.
For Years EYFS – Y7 (with mixed-age planning available)
Features
Our Primary School package includes units of work from EYFS to Y6 covering a range of content from the national curriculum including:
Six detailed units of work for each year group from EYFS to Y6 linked to engaging and diverse texts as well as to the wider curriculum
Fully resourced sessions including teaching PowerPoints (for Y1-Y6) to ease teachers’ workload
Introductory online training video and methodology to support implementation as well as clear modelled and shared writing examples
Progressive development of vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, reading, and writing skills through the mastery approach
Opportunities to challenge greater depth writers and guidance for pupils working below
Key Document Pack Includes:
Year group overview grids
Tracking document to support pupils working below
Feature keys and progression document
Spoken language and reading tracking
Opportunities for the application of grammar and punctuation
Wider curriculum map
Writing assessment grids
A full set (Y1-Y6) of expected standard exemplification materials to support with the assessment of writing.
Staff Training & Support
The Literacy Company offer a range of training and support delivered face to face (distance dependent), online or via downloadable training modules.
We have a range of Pathways Literacy programmes supporting reading, intervention, spelling and poetry. Find out more here.
Cost
Pathways to Write prices start at £315(+VAT) for a single year group and range to £1975(+VAT) for the whole school programme. We offer discounts on full package purchases to small schools – please get in touch to enquire about this. Please note this is a one-time payment and not a subscription model. The supporting texts are available at up to 30% off from our partners at Peters, visit our page on their website here.
Click here to read about the impact that Pathways to Write has had in schools.
If you have any questions, please contact us at pathways@theliteracycompany.co.uk · 01244 445050 · Visit Website
Literacy Tree
The Literacy Tree
Created in 2012, the award-winning Literacy Tree is used by over 50,000 teachers across the UK and schools worldwide to ‘Teach Through a Text’. It is a complete book-based approach to the teaching of primary English that can be used as a complete Scheme of Work or can be adapted by schools to fit with their existing curriculum provision. With over 500 book-based resources including Writing Roots for writing, Literary Leaves for reading, and Spelling Seeds to support spelling and vocabulary acquisition, this comprehensive resource supports schools with creating a community where children develop into critical readers and informed writers.
Literacy Tree won in the English category of the Teach Primary Awards in 2019 and 2020 and was the winner overall in 2022. It won the BETT award for Teaching and Learning in 2022.
For Years EYFS - 7
Features
Written by teachers, for teachers, Literacy Tree has complete coverage of all National Curriculum expectations for writing composition, grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, and reading comprehension. The plans for writing (Writing Roots) guide teachers through using a text starting with discovery points that lead to purposeful writing opportunities with a range of genres. The Literary Leaves teach Reading Comprehension and are written for Y2-Y6.
Deliberately designed 'Teach Through a Text' pedagogy for planning – designed to immerse, engage but also cover objectives.
Anyone can access whole-school curriculum maps which schools can use to adopt or adapt ( see our ‘How it Works’ page). Other features for members include an interactive assessment tool and a writing sharing platform.
Our App is free to download for all teachers and can be used by anyone with a Free, Individual or School Membership. Our App enables teachers to annotate plans, capture work samples and assess pupils’ Writing and Reading using our assessment system, RATE.
All members have access to the hundreds of work samples that appear on the site.
Curriculum maps, progression and coverage documents and overviews are included.
All plans are written with a consistent and cohesive approach that is used across a school from Reception to Y6 transition.
Resources included for Writing, Reading Comprehension and Spelling all link together under literary themes to support deepening knowledge around quality texts.
English Subject knowledge for teachers is embedded within resources. Examples of modelled writing and questioning as well as how to use grammar is detailed at the point of application.
All teachers have access to Toolkits (Classroom and Subject Leader) which include editable documents such as coverage maps and progression documents.
Staff Training & Support
Our INSET and consultancy supports teachers to adopt and adapt the Teach Through a Text approach and embed the Literary Tree at their schools. Get in touch at info@literacytree.com to find out about how we can support you to develop a book-based curriculum. Our online programme of training can be booked here.
Any new teacher can book onto our New Member Induction’ which takes place online fortnightly.’ Can we also add that members have access to free half-day training online on Literary Leaves, Spelling Seeds and Teaching Shared Writing using Writing Roots.’
School members have access to a free termly subject leader meeting and free half-termly planning surgeries with a consultant as part of their membership.
Cost
Become an individual member for £3.99 a month to receive a token to use for any resource. The whole school membership is dependent on school size. A one form entry school (up to 10 users) is £595 plus vat for access to everything. Schools smaller than this can contact us directly for a discount.
info@literacytree.com · 020 3196 0140 · Case Studies · Visit Website
Ready Steady Write
Literacy Counts
Ready Steady Write (new and improved Read to Write) is comprehensive and evidence-based. It provides a sequenced, ambitious curriculum, that places quality literature at its core. Our units have been carefully mapped out to match the entire statutory curriculum for writing.
Ready Steady Write enables high-quality teaching through evidence-based approaches and places engaging, vocabulary-rich children’s literature at its core. Ready Steady Write is an online membership with everything a teacher and leader needs to a deliver dynamic and effective writing curriculum, available at the click of a button.
For Years Reception - 6
Features
For Teachers:
Over 1650 IWB slides with soundscapes and interactive features, daily lesson plans & Daily Sentence Accuracy included
Full colour image galleries
More Incidental Writes and accompanying word banks
Completed teacher plans and all spelling words linked to units…and much more
For Leaders:
Steps to Successful Implementation guidance with Ready Steady Write Non-Negotiables
Glossary of Terms, Mixed Age Planning Support, Assessment Support
Children’s Book Audits and Monitoring and Evaluation Cycle
Editable Policy…and much more
Staff Training & Support
We provide a wealth of consultancy support to ensure the impact of this resource is maximised. This incorporates support for online resources, phone conferences, webinars and inset days.
In-school support is available for book looks against national standards, work scrutiny, environmental audits, leadership support and helping schools establish systems for monitoring and evaluation.
Cost
Ready Steady Write is a whole school membership to an entire writing curriculum. Contact hello@literacycounts.co.uk for a bespoke quote for your school.
hello@literacycounts.co.uk · 07522 514 759 · Visit Website
Focus English
Focus Education
Years 1 - 6
FREE 14 day trial with Pango - the home of primary schemes of work
The curriculum is based on the use of high-quality texts which provide the driver for the unit. Across each year group, texts from classic to current authors have been selected to ensure that pupils experience a wide and rich reading curriculum to promote a life-long love of reading. Similarly, a range of poetry is fully integrated [read more].
Teacher of Primary English
Teacher of Primary
Years EYFS - 6
FREE 14 day trial with Pango - the home of primary schemes of work
At Teacher-of-Primary we know that teaching isn't easy. That's why we’ve created a website crammed with fantastic teaching resources - to help teachers deliver engaging lessons and to reduce the burden of planning [read more].
The Write Stuff
Jane Considine Education
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
The Write Stuff Edition 2, created by Jane Considine, is a system that will sharpen the teaching and learning of writing within your classroom. This best-selling book outlines a clear and systematic approach to the teaching of writing, providing a step-by-step framework to convert struggling writers into successful writers [read more].
Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills
Cambridge University Press
Years 1 - 6 +
One-off Purchase
Develop your learners' skills in creative writing and writing for a purpose [read more].
English Units of Work
Teaching From Text
Years 3 - 6
One-off Purchase
Our teacher-created resources are written with teachers' time in mind. Each scheme of work contains detailed English lesson plans, whiteboard resources, differentiated activities for the children, Working Wall resources, word mats to support high quality vocabulary and language development, hand drawn images and bespoke educational videos.
Focus English: At the Heart of the Curriculum
Focus Education
Years 1 -6
Subscription
Focus English is a literature-based English curriculum from Focus Education. Its aim is to support teachers and leaders with planning to guarantee there is continuity and progression in the teaching of English and to support pupils in mastering and deepening learning.
Hamilton Brookes English
Hamilton Brookes
Years EYFS - 6
Annual Subscription
Hamilton’s flexible English blocks offer fully-integrated plans and resources for Reception to Year 6. Our themed blocks centre around quality key texts and a corresponding genre. The units within each block complement each other and build progressively towards an extended piece of writing.
I am a Clever Writer
I am a Clever Writer
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
In a packed, usually topic-based curriculum, the skill of teaching writing has been lost. A child will not just ‘become’ a writer. However, all children have the potential to be empowered, confident independent writers who can write in grammatically correct sentences.
Literacy Shed +
Education Shed
Years EYFS - 6
Subscription
Fully resourced unit plans based on Literacy Shed films, Non-Fiction reading revision resources, ‘VIPERS’ reading resources, Classic Text VIPERS comprehensions, Novel study guides for teachers and student task booklets, Resources to aid the scaffolding of writing through DADWAVERS.
Mighty Writer
MIghty Writer
Years EYFS - 2
Monthly Subscription or One-off Purchase
Winner of the Education Resources Awards, Teach Primary Awards 2020, Teach Early Years Awards 2021 for Best Primary Resource in the UK and in 50 countries. Mighty Writer transforms children’s literacy almost overnight, guaranteed or your money back! It’s tactile, for all abilities in EYFS and KS1, with intervention in KS2.
Power English: Writing
Pearson
Years 3 - 6
Annual Subscription or One-off Purchase
The creative writing approach to help your children grow as writers, write for pleasure and meet age-related expectations. Power English: Writing is a new, dynamic KS2 writing approach, which is genre-focused and encourages children to develop writing using their own interests and ideas.
The Primary Knowledge Curriculum: English
The Primary Knowledge Curriculum
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription
Our knowledge-rich English curriculum empowers children to utilise a rich-reading vocabulary and to apply background knowledge to enhance their writing. Through promoting a love of reading and writing, our children leave with the knowledge and skills needed to express themselves effectively.
Twinkl PlanIt Writing
Twinkl
Years 1 - 6
Subscription
Excite and engage children with our award-winning scheme of work. Our fully progressive units provide solid building blocks to develop knowledge, skills and concepts. Featuring a wide range of activities created by subject specialists, PlanIt is easy to adapt and well researched so you can teach with confidence.
Wordsmith
Pearson
Years 1 - 6
Annual Subscription or One-off Purchase
Wordsmith is a fully-integrated programme for reading comprehension, speaking and listening, grammar and writing, designed to ensure progress for every child. Wordsmith provides you with a consistent approach to teaching with detailed planning to help you improve results in English.
