We capture the changes that occur in schools due to Pop Up Festival. This can include everything from ‘wellbeing’ (enjoyment, confidence, creativity, self expression, resilience) to ‘behaviours’ (independent reading and writing, including at home) and ‘skills’ (reading, vocabulary, writing, illustration, teacher practice) to ‘achievements’ and even ‘attainment’ (where schools participate over three or more years). We collaborate with schools to find the best ways to evidence this change and justify budget spends.
Our Impact (tracking pupils and teachers over 3 years, 2016-2018)
Pupils
- 79% rated their book ‘good’ and ‘excellent’, 91% loved their author workshop & 80% would read another book by the same author
- 85% increased their independent reading and 80% their independent writing frequency
- 16% increase in boys who looked forward to reading ‘often’/ ‘all the time’, closing the original 15% gender gap to just 1% by year 3
SEN Pupils
- In one SEN school the percentage of pupils who made progress above expectation in writing tripled from 29% to 91% over 3 years
- In the same school no English GCSEs were taken in 2016 – but 31 were achieved in 2017, 46 in 2018, and 85 in 2019
Teachers
- 89% learned new skills from the author that would influence their literacy teaching
- 93% wanted to work with another book by the same author
- 89% of teachers saw ‘ reluctant readers’ engage in literacy more than usual
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