Kickstart reading success in 2025!
The Challenge
Get ready to make 2025 a year of reading progress with our New Year Challenge!
We’re inviting Reading Plus schools to join the challenge and motivate your students to engage and excel in reading. The five schools with the highest number of completed reading lessons (on average) will win exciting prizes.
Prizes
Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 4th of March 2025.
Prizes are awarded as follows:
- 1st place – £200 Amazon voucher
- 2nd place – £100 Amazon voucher
- 3rd place – £75 Amazon voucher
- 4th place – £50 Amazon voucher
- 5th place – £25 Amazon voucher
Timeline
Mark these dates and keep an eye on the leaderboard each week!
Up for the challenge? Register your school here.
Who can join?
This challenge is open exclusively to Reading Plus user schools. Good luck!!
Don’t wait — register now to secure your spot in the challenge!
Why take part?
Here’s how the Reading Plus New Year Challenge benefits your school:
- Boost engagement by starting the year with energy and enthusiasm for reading.
- Foster a love of reading by encouraging students to discover the joy of reading for pleasure.
- Promote collaboration by building a community of readers working together towards a shared goal.
- Create a community of learners passionate about developing their reading skills and confidence.
Whether you’re looking to motivate reluctant readers or challenge advanced learners, this is the perfect way to ignite a passion for reading across your school.
Download the challenge poster to promote the competition around school
How is your school performing?
To keep the momentum going, we’ll share a weekly leaderboard showcasing how schools are performing. Use the leaderboard to track your school’s progress and see how you rank against others nationwide. You can also track your school’s progress with our leaderboard template. Download it here.
We have created a letter to send home to parents, guardians, and carers to inform them that the school is taking the challenge and that they can help from home.