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Money Skills in action: Teaching financial literacy in partnership with parents
Recently we caught up with Cat Mellersh, SLT and Year 2 teacher at one of our partner schools, Meadowside Primary, to hear her reflections on delivering the Money Skills programme…

2025 Survey: What teachers say about Learning with Parents
At the end of the 24/25 academic year, we surveyed teachers using both our Digital Reading Log and our Maths/English home-learning Programme.
Here is what we found out…

Poetry for pleasure: How poetry aids literacy and oracy
It’s no coincidence that most nursery rhymes and many of the best children’s stories are written in verse. The same goes for much of classical literature and the writings of some of our greatest writers, such as Shakespeare and Chaucer. Put simply – poetry rocks (that’s why rockstars are partial to it too!)

Celebrating five years of Learning with Parents
Five years ago, we founded Learning with Parents on the premise that parents are uniquely placed to help their child learn because no one knows or loves their child like they do.

Transforming Parental Engagement with Holy Rosary RC Primary
At Holy Rosary RC Primary School in Oldham, Headteacher Tracy Cavanagh has been searching for innovative ways to support families at home…

Supporting parental engagement at the start of term
Welcome to a new school year! In this blog, we share top tips on how primary schools can boost parental engagement at the start of term.

Top tips to encourage reading for pleasure
Reading for pleasure is vitally important in improving children’s literacy levels, but there are other benefits too. Children who read for fun have improved cognition, self-confidence, and empathy, all of which contribute to their all-round wellbeing.

Fun at home with maths: Five household items that help children learn
Helping your child with maths doesn’t need to involve sitting down with a worksheet or a times table chart. Leaving some common household items out to be explored can support children’s mathematical understanding in a practical and playful way.

Paxton Academy: Transforming reading culture
Paxton Academy is a primary school in Croydon, London. 63% of families are in receipt of Pupil Premium funding and in the two months of using our Digital Reading Log they have seen 81% of these families record reading at home. We spoke to the Headteacher, Theresa Moses, about why they think it has been such a success.

A community of readers at Gainsborough Parish Primary
At The Gainsborough Parish Primary School, reading has been a key focus this year, and the team are working creatively to create a ‘community of readers.’

Walking to school – Learning along the way!
Learning doesn’t just happen in the classroom or at home – it happens in between too! Inspired by Walk to School Week, we decided to share our top tips and some of the fab activities from our maths and English programmes that can be incorporated into your school run.

Introducing Ready Teddy: Our new school readiness programme
School readiness is an issue which has steadily been gaining attention as increasing numbers of children appear to be starting school with key developmental gaps… In response to this critical challenge, we are launching our school readiness pilot programme, Ready Teddy.

Top tips for taking learning outdoors
Learning at home doesn’t mean staying at home – there is plenty of family learning to be done outdoors.

Reaching the Unseen Children: nine strategies for effective parental engagement
Jean Gross, author and education expert, shares her nine secrets for effective parental engagement and discusses the importance of putting ourselves in parents’ shoes.

Petronela’s Story
Petronela is a parent of three children, all of whom attend one of our partner primary schools in Hertfordshire. We asked her some questions about her experience using Learning with Parents…

Top tips for encouraging parental engagement
At this point in the school year, it is very normal for that initial excitement and enthusiasm from families that was there at the start

Meet our fundraising team
Now that our new fundraising team have been onboard for six months, we thought we’d take the opportunity to get to know them a bit better! Here we ask them a few questions about working at Learning with Parents…

Emilia and Andrew’s Story
Emilia and Andrew are the parents of two children who attend one of our partner schools in Lincolnshire and use our digital reading log. We spoke to Emilia and Andrew about their experience of using Learning with Parents with their children.

Telling the time – the perfect opportunity for parent-school partnerships
Teaching a child to tell the time is a perfect opportunity for schools and parents to work together in partnership. It can be a challenging topic in the classroom as children of the same age can be at really different stages in their understanding.

Books from the vending machine – how one primary school is boosting reading engagement
We love to hear all the wonderful ways our schools are celebrating and promoting reading, with the support of our digital reading log. We were especially impressed when we caught up recently with Miss Whitehead from Heron Cross Primary School and heard all about their new reading initiative…

Our impact in 2024: A year of growth and innovation
Today we are delighted to share the launch of our 2023-24 Impact Report, showcasing an exciting year of progress for Learning with Parents…

Learning with data – findings from our data dive
Earlier this year, we teamed up with DataKind UK to spend a whole weekend delving into the mountain of high-quality data produced by our learning platform. Here we take a look at some of the key takeaways…