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Letterbox Club

Join hundreds of schools and local authorities using Letterbox Club to bring the magic of reading and numeracy to pupil premium and vulnerable learners age 3–13

A primary school aged boy is opening his purple Letterbox Club parcel while his female teacher watches him.

When enrolling your children for Letterbox Club, you’ll receive six parcels to be used at school or given to your vulnerable children to take home. They can be used flexibly and at a time that suits your school and children, and may be used over the summer holidays to alleviate the reading dip and as transition resources. 

Local Authorities: sign up here
Schools: sign up here

About Letterbox Club

Shown to have a positive impact on children’s reading habits, BookTrust’s Letterbox Club gets children enjoying reading and engaging with numeracy. We know this enables children to access the transformational benefits of reading, whatever their ability or background circumstances. 

Awarded as Highly Commended Resource in the Teach Primary Awards 2024. 

96% of Letterbox Club children like or love it, with 68% reading even more on their own after receiving their parcels. 
  • An 11 year old boy is sitting on a sofa and smiling while he opens his green Letterbox club parcel

    Letterbox Club for Local Authorities

    For Local Authorities, Letterbox Club can be purchased through the Pupil Premium Grant, either directly by virtual schools, or by recommending this to schools at PEP meetings.

  • Two primary school aged children, a girl and a boy, are sitting with a teacher at a table surrounded by the contents of their blue Letterbox Club parcel

    Letterbox Club for schools in England

    For Schools in England, Letterbox Club can be purchased through the Pupil Premium Grant, or other funding used to support pupils experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability.

What’s inside a letterbox parcel?

There are six different parcel sets to choose from – ranging from Early Years Foundation Stage up to Years 7 and 8 – with each one being an age-reference point only to allow you to choose the parcels that suit your children’s abilities and circumstances.

Everything you’ll find in the Letterbox Club parcels has been carefully curated by our experts with an understanding of the needs of children experiencing vulnerability or disadvantage, so you can be confident that all the books and numeracy resources are age appropriate and sensitively chosen to engage children. 

Read more useful information about Letterbox Club

Letterbox Club across the UK