Product reviews for Opening Doors to Ambitious Primary English

The significance of teachers’ knowledge of high-quality literary and non-fiction texts is widely recognised as critical to the development of a rich literacy curriculum. In this book, professional awareness of old, gold and retold tales as well as new, bold and diverse texts is a foundational principle. With such in-depth knowledge, teachers’ assurance and capacity to promote learning outcomes and high levels of engagement are enriched.

Such high expectations and support are clearly the maxim that Bob Cox and his colleagues stand by. If you are looking to open doors for all young people and to help them appreciate high-quality texts, and produce their own, then look no further.

Inspiring accounts from classrooms across the country whose teachers use challenging texts, and apply the principles of Opening Doors, will reignite your passion for teaching and prompt you to reconsider the depth and breadth of texts and the very nature of reading. Practical ways forward abound to enrich the teaching and learning of English, so read, explore, apply and set the bar high for all your pupils.

This is not an exclusive curriculum, far from it; it is a thoroughly inclusive one which involves teaching to the top.