We are choosing 130 primary schools to take part in a heavily-subsidised, randomised trial of Literacy Tree’s Writing Roots programme, supported by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).
Half of the chosen schools will be randomly selected to implement Writing Roots in the 2025-2026 academic year. While we believe the programme supports children's writing development, this independent evaluation will help us better understand its impact.
As part of the study, we will measure children's writing progress and levels of engagement.
Schools are eligible to participate if they are:
- A primary school with all year groups from Year 1 to Year 6 (whole primary school)
- Not participating in any other current EEF trials
- Not participating in any EEF whole-school trials (list in email)
- Haven't recruited Social, Emotional & Mental Health (SEMH) provision
- Not currently using Literacy Tree’s Writing Roots programme
- Not participated in any Literacy programme or training for the past 2 years (including individual year group programmes)
- Not used more than two of Literacy Tree’s products over the past 2 years
Key partners:
- Literacy Tree will oversee programme implementation and delivery.
- RAND Europe & University of Leeds will lead the evaluation.
- All organisations are working in close collaboration to ensure a robust and supportive trial experience.
Want to learn more?
Join our upcoming webinar with founders and co-CEOs Lynn and Anthony.
Our next webinar is on Thursday 6th March.
Can't make it? Explore other available dates here.
For further information, please take a look at our School Information Sheet.
If you have questions, please direct these to eef@literacytree.com.
