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Accurate Assessment and Reading for Pleasure at The Mall School

The Mall School, Twickenham, England

The Mall School has been using Accelerated Reader and Star Reading since 2017.

We got in touch with Deputy Headteacher James to find out why the school has continued to include Accelerated Reader as a core component of the school's reading development strategy for the last five years.


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A Key Role in Transforming the Reading Culture at Northcote Lodge

Northcote Lodge School, Wandsworth

Northcote Lodge School has been using Accelerated Reader and Star Reading since 2017 to support the school's reading development strategy. After discovering that the school had carried out the third-most Accelerated Reader quizzes in Wandsworth from August 2020 - November 2021, we got in touch with the school o find out just why the school has carried out more than 5,500  Accelerated Reader quizzes over the last twelve months!


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How we became a reading school

Swans International School, Marbella

Swans International School in Marbella, Spain, educates over 800 children of more than thirty nationalities, from EYFS all the way to Year 13. We spoke to Kate Ling, the librarian at Swans for over seven years – she’s been there for the initial implementation of Accelerated Reader through to its continued use today.


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“Ahead of expectations or well above them” – what Accelerated Reader did for Charlotte House

Charlotte House Preparatory School, Rickmansworth

Charlotte House Prep School is an independent all-girls’ Nursery and Prep School in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, for girls aged 3-11. They’ve been using Accelerated Reader since 2018. Here, Caroline Guise, the school’s Head of English and SENCo, tells us the difference it’s made to their school.


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“Accelerated Reader has proved to be invaluable.”

Ashford School, Ashford, Kent

Leeann Royle is the librarian at the prep school at Ashford School in Kent, catering for ages 3-11. They have been using Accelerated Reader since 2010. Here, she talks about her experience with the programme.