How to achieve high-quality writing (primary)

Strengthen your school’s teaching of writing – in a way that really works and is rooted in research. Shareen Wilkinson shares tried-and-tested strategies to support your pupils to make rapid progress and produce sensational pieces of writing. From teaching children to proofread and edit at any age, and the importance of teaching from a whole text, to recommendations of high-quality texts to use to inspire brilliant writing, Shareen sets out the steps to success.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
School types: AllSchool phases: AllRef: 50635
Contents
  1. Watch our on-demand talk 
  2. Resources for this talk 
  3. Shareen's recommended further reading and resources 
  4. Meet our speaker 

Watch our on-demand talk 

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

 

Resources for this talk 

How to achieve high-quality writing (primary): key points PDF, 182.1 KB
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How to achieve high-quality writing (primary): note-taking template DOCX, 57.4 KB
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Shareen's recommended further reading and resources 

Shareen's recommended booklists 

Meet our speaker