We enable children to grow a love for reading - in turn improving their confidence and well-being, and their attainment across the curriculum. Over the past 50 years, we have developed our expertise in making this happen.
We provide one-to-one, in-person reading support for primary schools to help your school encourage reading for pleasure among your pupils and improve reading attainment. We also deliver training courses for secondary school pupils, known as our Reading Leaders programme – young people supporting young people with inspiring results. We can also provide high quality, impactful specialist training for early years settings, parents and carers, and for corporate groups to enable you to grow your own reading community.
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Staff and student experiences
Coram Beanstalk provides our school with expertly trained volunteers who engage pupils in reading for pleasure activities. It is highly valued by both staff and pupils in motivating children to read and exposes them to a wider range of genres in a safe and non-academically focused session. Deputy Headteacher, Dovedale Community Primary School
Coram Beanstalk provides our school with expertly trained volunteers who engage pupils in reading for pleasure activities. It is highly valued by both staff and pupils in motivating children to read and exposes them to a wider range of genres in a safe and non-academically focused session.
Deputy Headteacher, Dovedale Community Primary School
As part of the Coram family we know that Looked after Children and Children in Need benefit from the consistent, nurturing nature of our service. Find out how we can work with your Virtual School here. Read more
Our early years programmes focus on supporting the people in a child's daily life to feel more confident to share books in a way to develop language and emergent literacy skills. Find out what we offer here. Read more
We bring over 50 years of experience into our Creating Readers programme for primary schools. With only 1 in 3 children saying they enjoy reading in their spare time* we make reading for pleasure our primary focus. Find out more here. Read more
Unlock the hidden capacity within your school by training older students to become reading mentors with Reading Leaders, our proven dual benefit programme. Read more
Coram Beanstalk resources, created especially for schools to encourage reading for pleasure. You'll find everything from downloadable reading activities to a whole school assembly to spark a reading buzz in your school here... Read more
If you find yourself as our key contact in school you will find everything you need here to help get the very most out of our service. There's information for staff and you including how to choose the children and liaising with volunteers. Read more