We are finalist at the 2023 Bett Awards!

We are thrilled to announce that, once again, we have been shortlisted as a finalist for Collaboration with a School in the 2023 Bett Awards for our partnership with Derby Research School and Spencer Academies Trust. 

The Bett Awards celebrate the inspiring creativity and innovation found throughout technology for education. 

Being shortlisted as a finalist for this award demonstrates our company’s innovative approach to school collaborations, our desire to improve outcomes for all students, particularly those who are disadvantaged, and our drive to provide an extensively researched, evidence-based EdTech solution to schools. 

We collaborated with the Derby Research School and Spencer Academies Trust to determine the efficacy of our online reading development programme, Reading Plus, and its impact on disadvantaged pupils. Results from the study showed that when used as a reading development programme, on average, Reading Plus supported students to make more significant gains than students who did not have access to the programme. Pupil premium children who used Reading Plus made 96% more progress than their peers who did not have access to the programme. 

Ian Fitzpatrick, Managing Director at Reading Solutions UK, said: 

“We are delighted to be shortlisted again for the Bett Awards this year, which wouldn’t have been possible without the support from the Derby Research School and Spencer Academies Trust, so I’d like to thank them wholeheartedly for their collaboration.

“Unlocking every child’s potential to become curious, confident, lifelong readers is paramount to our aims as a company; this is reliant upon the product we sell. We, therefore, pride ourselves in testing the efficacy of our EdTech product, Reading Plus, to ensure our offering to schools is evidence-based, scalable, and sustainable.” 

Reading Solutions UK has many exciting plans for 2023. We have recently launched our new student initiative Reading Champions, re-launched our successful Reading Plus Awards, and will soon release news of our CPD conference and sessions throughout the year.

The Bett Awards 2023 winners will be announced on 29 March 2023 – so watch this space!

Learn more about our research with Derby Research School and Spencer Academies.