Success Stories about Accelerated Reader Advantage
South West Region

School Case Study
North Petherton Junior School
Bridgwater

It shows us how the pupils are reading

"It's a great motivator and our teaching assistants are particularly pleased with it. The pupils really like doing the quizzes, without them being too easy. The quiz results are helpful to us in terms of showing progress. What we really like about AR is that it shows us how the pupils are reading. The pupils like the range of books and quizzes and the feedback they get." Louise Chamberlain, Head Teacher
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Stoberry Park Primary School
Wells

Biggest help is easily determing where pupils are having problems

"Its biggest help to us is in showing up problems where pupils can read the words but don't understand what they're reading."
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Ysgol Gynradd Bro Cernyw Primary School
Conwy

Caters for everyone from reluctant readers to stronger readers

According to Deputy Head Teacher Rhodri Evans, the system is powerful because it lets pupils all work at their own level, caters for everyone from reluctant readers to stronger readers, allows each pupil to achieve some success and so steadily raise their confidence with no loss of face among peers.
Parent Involvement
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The Colleton Primary School
Twyford

Very successful with special needs children

"They enjoy being able to choose their own books - we mark the appropriate range in the library with a gold band - and doing the quizzes, but most of all they like being able to do the same work as everyone else. It has definitely helped their reading." Shirley Gibson, Deputy Head
Special Needs
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The Meadows Primary School
Ostwestry

Able to measure and keep track more closely

"Setting challenges has been very useful for assessment, showing us there's been a real boom in reading in the lower KS2 classes, which have particularly improved. This gave us the confidence to focus later in the year on average comprehension accuracy of 85% across the school." Di Rogers, Deputy Head
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