Testimonials

We have focused on using Launchpad to improve the children’s fine motor skills and writing, we have used the suggested fine motor activities and have noticed a big improvement in the children’s writing skills across both nursery and reception. Reception have achieved 71% GLD for writing.

As part of the Together Learning Trust, Netherton Infant & Nursery School has benefited significantly from engagement with Launchpad for Literacy. GLD Outcomes – Early Years Foundation Stage (GLD) – Our 2026 EYFS outcomes demonstrate strong attainment, with 73.3% of children achieving a Good Level of Development (GLD), exceeding both the national average of 72.3% and the Kirklees local authority average of 70.4%. Children achieved particularly strong outcomes in Communication and Language (86.7%) and Mathematics (90.0%), […]

At Eldwick Primary school we feel Launchpad for literacy has had a significant impact on our ability to identify early need effectively and address it in a much more specific way. It has enabled us to pin point gaps in early play skills, auditory memory and visual perception. Historically, we might have only looked at developing pre phonics skills to support our LA pupils, but now we are upskilled to be able to understand that a […]

Launchpad for Literacy has had a positive impact on our phonics outcomes this year, particularly in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. We found that a number of children who had previously been on the borderline of passing were able to achieve a secure pass. The detailed assessment information enabled teachers to identify individual pupils’ auditory memory strengths and areas for development, allowing them to plan highly targeted next steps and tailor phonics teaching to meet […]

GLD – Launchpad to Literacy has provided our Reception staff with a clear, progressive framework that ensures children develop the essential foundations for reading and writing. The structured sequence enables us to identify and address gaps early, resulting in children entering Key Stage 1 with stronger communication, language and early literacy skills. We have seen increased confidence and independence in children as they progress through the programme when the children have been identified and the area […]

SEND – Launchpad has enabled earlier and more accurate identification of SEND needs, allowing for targeted support and clear progression. This has improved outcomes and accelerated progress for vulnerable groups. GLD – Launchpad for Literacy has supported improved GLD outcomes by strengthening early language and phonics foundations. This has led to increased confidence and improved attainment in phonics and PSC outcomes across the cohort. The Launchpad Toolkit has had a positive impact on writing, with pupils […]

Launchpad for Literacy has had a very positive impact on our school by helping new staff develop greater confidence, consistency, and expertise in the teaching of early language, reading, and writing. The resources and support provided through the programme have strengthened our Early Years provision, supported more effective identification of pupils with SEND, and enabled us to better meet the needs of vulnerable learners which as a school was one of our main priorities this year. […]

GLD -We have used Launchpad over the last 3 years. It has supported a rise in our children’s achievement in GLD to 90% this academic year. 2024-2025 cohort had significant amount of children needing speech and language intervention. Launchpad supported staff to identify and fill gaps in children’s knowledge and skills. Phonics & PSC Data -This has supported identifying underlying barriers which impacted children’s progress. Staff were able to plan activities and interventions using the Launchpad […]

We are still fairly new to using Launchpad as we only bought in earlier this year. One area where Launchpad has had an impact, was for a group of target pupils who were not on track for GLD for Reading and writing. We used the Launchpad Toolkit to deliver some interventions/ add activities into continuous provision following the phonological awareness column and then we targeted these children during play. These 5 children did all achieve GLD. […]

SEND: Identification & Levels of Progression – Launchpad for Literacy is integral in our early identification of SEND needs, but also in developing support plans and assessing children. We now use Launchpad for Literacy to highlight SEND children’s next steps, ensuring we are closing the gaps and really pin pointing the foundational skills required for children to make progress. SEND & Phonics – Launchpad for Literacy is slowly weaving it’s way through our school and is […]

Launchpad has a positive impact on the children in our school. First, the children find Launchpad enjoyable and look forward to taking part in this intervention. We have noticed a significant impact on helping children begin to blend and develop their overall confidence in their phonics and our phonics is developing each year in school. Many of the activities have also been taken on board and used within a full classroom setting – especially developing auditory […]

GLD – Launchpad has a positive impact on our outcomes in EYFS because it supports us to focus on the fundamental aspects of early literacy development. This deepens our children’s understanding and ability to apply those skills across the curriculum. Phonics & PSC Data – Launchpad principles underpin our phonics teaching from the earliest point in our children’s learning journey. As a result we can identify barriers to learning early and adapt teaching and learning accordingly. […]

Launchpad has supported increased outcomes in Phonics: 2026 – 83%, 2025 – 78%, 2024 – 70%,

We have been using Launchpad at Blakehill Primary School (LA) now for a couple of years. We use the Launchpad Skills Framework as a tool to help us to identify and understand gaps in children’s learning especially around Communication and Language and Phonics. Launchpad helps us to identify a point where children have gaps in their understanding and allows us to provide targeted and specific intervention which can take place within provision. Interventions can be easily […]

Our GLD last year was 54.4 and this year is 60%

Launchpad has had a positive impact on both our reading and writing. We felt that our main concern to children achieving the GLD was reading and writing. We found that the Reception cohort had good code knowledge but we were able to identify those children who were struggling with blending. We watched the relevant CPD sessions on ‘How do I get my children to blend?’ and ‘What do I do if I a child can’t blend?’ […]