Resource Library

• 12 October 2026

For multilingual families supporting reading at home can come with additional challenges including language barriers, limited access to resources or different reading expectations. Karen Warwick discusses the challenges they face, and how schools can build a stronger and inclusive partnership to encourage parents to read with children at home.

• 17 September 2026

This blog highlights some of our top blogs, resources, guidance, and webinars to help encourage a love of reading and to support EAL learners to develop their reading skills.

• 14 September 2026

Emily Hanson, Head of Education at First News gives advice for how reading can foster belonging for multilingual learners who are new to English, with ideas for both primary and secondary settings. Much of the National Year of Reading conversation has centred on fiction. Here is the case for non-fiction and current affairs, and five practical ways to bring them into your classroom.

• 30 June 2026

For most prisoners, adjusting to the daily routine of prison life is no small thing. For someone who is new to English or in the early stages of English language learning, who may also be very far from home and potentially in a different country from their family and friends, the impact is even more profound.

• 8 July 2026

This blog highlights some of our top articles, blogs, and guidance – perfect picks to include in your summer reading for 2026.

• 9 June 2026

As part of our Practitioner Voices blog series, we invite our Licensed Practitioners from across the UK to write about their learnings, advice, and thoughts on EAL practice in their setting. Our first guest blog is written by Karolina Piera-Harris, who discusses how a book inspired teaching primary pupils about refugee perspectives.