Reading Comprehension

We understand that good comprehension requires a range of different knowledge and skills – children need a clear understanding of text structures, a broad vocabulary, excellent inference skills, and strong reading stamina.

To help you embed these comprehension skills at key stage 1 and key stage 2, build your children’s confidence in the reading comprehension SATs paper, and develop a real love of reading, we’ve put together a range of resources and practice tests to support your school.

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Find out more about the Teaching Comprehension Pathway

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Oxford Primary Reading Assessment

A whole-school solution to reading assessment and book choice

Based on the Oxford Reading Criterion Scale

Exemplification of expected standards at the end of every year group

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Help parents support their children’s comprehension at home

Oxford Owl For Home

Direct parents to Oxford Owl For Home for expert advice, top tips and activity ideas to help them support their child's reading at home.

BOND Comprehension

Direct parents to BOND Comprehension books for comprehension strategies and techniques and pull-out test papers

Pippi Longstocking

Direct parents to our Pippi Longstocking webpage where they can download reading notes to help their child's comprehension

Reading notes

Direct parents to the reading notes for our Oxford Children's Books. Perfect for developing comprehension.

VIDEO: Coffee and Comprehension

Join OUP publisher Rachel Gibbon and Head of Professional Development Derry Richardson as they discuss comprehension teaching strategies.

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Series	TreeTops Greatest Stories A timeless collection to capture our literary heritage
Series	TreeTops inFact Extend and deepen your juniors' non-fiction experiences
Series	Oxford Reading Tree The magic key to a lifelong love of reading
Series	Project X Origins Effective whole-school guided reading
Series	Project X Comprehension Express Comprehension success in 10 weeks
Series	Nelson Comprehension Master comprehension skills across your whole school
Series	Oxford Reading Tree: inFact Who says non-fiction can't tell a story?
Series	Story Sparks Stories to develop and deepen comprehension skills
Series	Read Write Inc. Literacy and Language Create lifelong readers and writers with exceptional discussion skills
Expert	Ruth Miskin Leading literacy expert and creator of the transforming Read Write Inc. programmes