RWI Fresh Start
Give your struggling older readers a Fresh Start in reading and writing
Give your struggling older readers a Fresh Start in reading and writing
Fresh Start teaches older struggling readers to read accurately and fluently with good comprehension. It is rooted in phonics and uses age-appropriate decodable texts.
Thank you for your patience in booking training. We are upgrading our booking systems to meet the significant demand for Read Write Inc. training.
Before committing to a package, you will need to assess your pupils. Please download the assessment and assessment guide here. The accompanying film shows you how to complete the assessment.
Fresh Start training packages and costs
New Schools Enquiry form (for schools new to Read Write Inc. Fresh Start)
Renewals Enquiry form (including online subscription)
Existing Schools Enquiry form (for schools that had whole school training within the last 3 years, but that don't have the online training subscription)
Multi Academy Trusts interested in special MAT training packages, please complete this form.
Resources
For resources, visit Oxford University Press website.
For other requests
Please email admin@ruthmiskin.com
Our face-to-face training, development days and remote progress meetings motivate staff to work together to get every child reading.
Our online subscription means that pupils can make faster progress – every day.
We keep you up to date with our latest improvements - films are added to the portal throughout the year.
See list of Fresh Start training packages
Fresh Start Mini Blended Package - for schools with a small number of struggling readers in years 5, 6, 7 and 8
Cost: £900+VAT
Students learn the English alphabetic code: the 150+ graphemes that represent 44 speech sounds.
They experience success from the very beginning. Lively stories and non-fiction texts are both age appropriate and closely matched to their increasing knowledge of phonics and ‘tricky’ words and as students re-read the texts, their fluency increases.
9+ year-old pupils
20 to 25 minutes a day
Taught by tutors - teachers or TAs
Individuals or small groups of students taught at the same challenge point
Half-termly assessments
Ipswich
Lincolnshire
Kingston Upon Hull
West London
The EEF reported that Fresh Start shows ‘considerable promise as an effective catch-up intervention for low-attaining readers at the transition phase from primary to secondary school.’
Pupils on Read Write Inc. Fresh Start made 3 months additional progress in reading, measured using the New Group Reading Test, during the five and a half month trial.
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"A thoroughly beneficial, fast-paced, well-delivered training course. I can't wait to start delivering this with our pupils, I genuinely feel I am equipped to make a difference now."
Teacher
North Lanarkshire
"Very useful training that helped explain the programme and how it will work for pupils. The Consultant Trainer made it easy to understand."
Teacher
North Lanarkshire
"The training built my confidence and encouraged me to be an animated and enthusiastic teacher."
Amy Telford, Teacher
Kings Priory School, Tyne and Wear
"It really feels like a genuine 'fresh start' which is really important for our children as they have 'failed' many times previously and have a lot of negative associations. It will build confidence where it is massively lacking. This will impact on everything – all lessons, behaviour, and relationships across the school."
Sarah Andrews, Head of transition phase (KS3)
Chiltern Way Academy, Aylesbury
"The programme is completely new to me and I was given direction right from the start. It is great to know that we can give our children a 'fresh start'."
Kyla Parmley, Vice Principal
Western House Academy, Slough
"The children flourish in the small groups – they have fun and complain if we don’t have Fresh Start lessons. They love the partner work – it’s a powerful feeling when they teach each other to spell."
Anna Chapman, Fresh Start Lead
Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy, Kingston Upon Hull
"Read Write Inc. Fresh Start works! It provides a clear structure to improve both reading and writing for those pupils who need it. It also builds the pupils' confidence. They feel successful."
Mr A Sale, Headteacher
Ermine Primary Academy, Lincoln
"The content was explained in great detail and a clear timetable was shown to demonstrate where each activity applied. There were lots of practical examples and it was great being given the time to practise each aspect."
Teacher
North Lanarkshire
"The delivery by the Consultant Trainer was fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed the variety of tools, the presentation of the information and the chance to practise. The pace was terrific and I learned lots."
Teacher
North Lanarkshire
"A thorough course which covered all aspects of teaching writing and reading in an easy-to-understand manner. The enthusiasm and knowledge of the Consultant Trainer was excellent."
Gemma Spence, Literacy Intervention Teacher
Ferryhill Business and Enterprise College, County Durham
"I feel that my writing is much better and my reading is just superb."
Child in S2 (Year 8)
St Paul's RC Academy, Dundee
"The way Read Write Inc. Fresh Start builds children’s confidence is heart warming. They read modules that correspond exactly to their phonic knowledge. It shows them they can read. Other teachers regularly comment on the difference they see in our Fresh Start children in all areas of the curriculum."
Anna Chapman, Fresh Start Lead
Alderman Cogan's Church of England Primary Academy, Kingston Upon Hull