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Support your English leadership with crackingenglish.co.uk

At crackingenglish.co.uk, I intend to share primary English resources that will support staff development through effective CPD support for teachers. I will continually add resources (mostly free, with additional items available for purchase on the products page) to help develop the knowledge and skills necessary for enhancing English in primary schools, particularly focused on KS1 and KS2 SATs preparation. 


This page is designed to provide subject leaders with key documentation and ideas that support their role and foster staff CPD.

Updated for 2026 - SATs Grammar, Spelling and Reading

Content domain spellings KS1 2016-2026 (pdf)Download
Content domain spellings KS2 - 2016 -2026 (pdf)Download
Key stage 1 Reading papers – distribution of marks and word count – 2016-26 (pdf)Download
Key stage 2 Reading papers – distribution of marks and word count – 2016-26 (pdf)Download

Reading Question Stems - KS1 and KS2

These documents provide essential CPD support for teachers by including all the question starters tested in the reading papers. They focus on the three primarily assessed content domains: 1a/2a - Vocabulary, 1b/2b - Retrieval, and 1d/2d - Inference. The questions are categorized based on whether they pertain to fiction or non-fiction texts. Additionally, the second set color-codes the question wording to help practitioners identify the more commonly tested questions in relation to the relevant content domains and the texts utilized. These resources are invaluable for KS1 KS2 SATs preparation, assisting educators in considering the sentence structures posed throughout the reading curriculum, especially during guided reading sessions with primary English resources.

Up to 2026 KS1 Reading question stems (pdf)

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Up to 2026 KS2 Reading question stems (pdf)

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Cracking Grammar - Addressing writing fluency

At crackingenglish.co.uk, I intend to share primary English resources that will support staff development through effective CPD support for teachers. I will continually add resources (mostly free, with additional items available for purchase on the products page) to help develop the knowledge and skills necessary for enhancing English in primary schools, particularly focused on KS1 and KS2 SATs preparation. 


This page is designed to provide subject leaders with key documentation and ideas that support their role and foster staff CPD.

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Subject Leaders Resources for English Development

Audit for Spoken Language

This simple audit may provide a starting point for schools to discuss how the programmes of study for Spoken Language are developed from EYFS - Year 6. What does it look like in the different year groups and how is it explicitly taught?

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Speaking and Listening posters

These documents provide essential CPD support for teachers by including all the question starters tested in the reading papers. They focus on the three primarily assessed content domains: 1a/2a - Vocabulary, 1b/2b - Retrieval, and 1d/2d - Inference. The questions are categorized based on whether they pertain to fiction or non-fiction texts. Additionally, the second set color-codes the question wording to help practitioners identify the more commonly tested questions in relation to the relevant content domains and the texts utilized. These resources are invaluable for KS1 KS2 SATs preparation, assisting educators in considering the sentence structures posed throughout the reading curriculum, especially during guided reading sessions with primary English resources.

Speaking poster (pdf)Download
Listening poster (pdf)Download
Group discussion poster (pdf)Download
Drama poster (pdf)Download

Writing Opportunities

The writing opportunities map can be used with staff to discuss the variety of writing opportunities that are being provided across the school.

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National Curriculum Writing Progression EYFS - Y6

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National Curriculum Reading Progression EYFS - Y6

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