We are keen to work with schools to support as many students as possible who are eligible for our service. Alongside supporting schools to utilise audiobooks to boost reading attainment, we encourage schools to promote general audiobook use to inspire a love of reading and promote positive wellbeing.
With a key focus on reading for pleasure, we offer support to schools to promote audiobook use to all students who are struggling with reading.
Through a digital resource pack (currently under development), we'll provide leaflet and poster designs and templates containing all the information required to promote audiobooks to students and parents.
We'll also send regular news and updates to a lead teacher for onward sharing to keep engagement levels high.
Research complied by The Reading Agency has shown that guided reading using an audiobook and a printed book together is the most effective at improving reading and comprehension levels, but research also shows that simply listening to the audiobooks is also beneficial.
If recommended reading lists for different year groups or key stages are available, these can be passed to Calibre Audio and we will try to source as many as possible if we don't already have them in our collection.
Extra-curricular school book groups - introducing a structured guided reading group to support students with print disabilities to improve their reading and comprehension.
Formal educational support as part of provision for special educational needs.
If a school would like to discuss either of these alternatives or suggest other approaches to supporting their students, we encourage them to email our team: helen.mee@calibre.org.uk and shanie.noakes@calibre.org.uk.