This series of webinars is designed for primary school teachers, English and literacy leads, librarians and headteachers who want to transform their school’s reading culture.
Our webinars for primary schools
Our free Reading for Pleasure in Primary Schools webinar series includes practical tips and the latest research to help get pupils reading. Find out about our next webinar, book your free place and watch previous recordings below.
Webinars for primary schools: watch the recordings
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Discover our latest research and hear practical tips for sustaining a reading habit as children join primary school.
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This webinar explores how social reading experiences can reignite children’s motivation and joy for books, even as independent reading expectations rise.
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This webinar explores the importance of book choice and how building children’s enabling skills in this area can inspire their passion for books and reading motivation.
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Watch our webinar about the importance of book choice for children in primary schools, featuring writer Matt Goodfellow and Debbie Thomas from the Open University.
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Watch our webinar about the role of teachers as key reading influencers, featuring rapper and educational consultant MC Grammar and teachers Jon Biddle and Esther Brown.
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Examining how reading for pleasure can help improve pupils’ mental wellbeing, emotional regulation and self-esteem.
More for primary schools
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Developed with pupils, teachers and librarians, our programmes and support help children to read regularly and by choice and encourage the most reluctant readers.
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Our new Bookbuzz Primary programme supports Key Stage 2 children to develop reading for pleasure and book choice skills.
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Bring an author into your classroom! Schools can register to join our free Virtual Author Workshops with BookTrust Represents, allowing your children to ask authors questions and find out more about the books they love.
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Here are 100 books from 2025–26 that we think are great – and so will children