Schoolreaders, a national children’s literacy charity, has seen a huge surge in new volunteers signing up to its one-to-one reading scheme for primary school children since the first lockdown.
Before the first national lockdown in March 2020, the charity was providing a one-to-one reading support session to over 12,700 children each week in over 650 primary schools.
More than 1,000 new volunteers have since signed up to Schoolreaders which means that once they are able to be in schools, a further 10,000 children can be supported with their reading each week.
The surge in volunteers comes amid a rise in demand from schools with more than 10 per cent of England’s primary schools signing up for support.
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