Project X CODE

Teaching Project X CODE is the highlight of my day – seeing how much the children enjoy their learning and watching their self-confidence grow.

 Teaching Assistant, Belmont Primary School, Bexley.

Project X CODE Training: 

  • provides targeted use of the Pupil Premium
  • supports the new National Curriculum for English
  • develops reading skills and enjoyment
  • develops teaching assistants’ subject knowledge and wider effectiveness
  • provides detailed evidence of progress and impact

How Does it Work?

Project X CODE is a highly motivational series of 3D adventure books, based on a structured progression of phonics, vocabulary and comprehension skills. Teaching and Assessment Handbooks with detailed session notes support a trained teaching assistant or teacher to teach a small group of children for half an hour four times a week. The series of books is available from OUP.

Sessions developed by Edge Hill University to enhance the Project X CODE  reading books  help children to overcome difficulties, develop their skills and enjoy reading.

Click here to find out more about the OUP reading intervention or watch the video below…

 

Impact on Achievement

Over 8,000 pupils in Years 1 to 8 have been supported by trained teaching assistants with Project X CODE in 500 schools.

  • They made an average Reading Age gain of 12 months after 5 months of support by trained teaching assistants – almost 70% more than the gain achieved without training.
  • Their comprehension scores rose by 70% – over twice the gain achieved without training.
  • 96% of them showed more interest and confidence in reading after Project X CODE.

Training

Training by an accredited ECC Trainer enables teaching assistants to adapt sessions to meet children’s needs and develops their reading subject knowledge and pedagogy, not just for Project X CODE but for all their work in school. They can move on to further accredited academic study.

Training for teachers enables them to support, manage and evaluate Project X CODE and embed it in an overall strategy to tackle underachievement in reading.

We offer two training packages to suit your school’s needs :

Option 1 – group training at a local venue

  • 6 half days over 2 terms for your teaching assistant
  • 2 half days for a Link Teacher from your school

Option 2 – in-school training for TAs and Teachers

  • 2 days, one or two months apart
  • tailored to meet the school’s needs

The training hasn’t just helped our teaching assistant to deliver Project X CODE – it has transformed the way she supports children’s reading in class lessons.

 Rachel Crouch, Head Teacher, St Nicholas Primary School, Oxford.

 Resources and Support

 Teaching resources

  • Online guidance and downloadable resources
  • A standardised reading test to measure impact
  • Access to the ECC data system, providing detailed analyses of impact and children’s progress – see sample reports here.
  • Telephone and e-mail support from ECC and the Trainer

Charges:

Each local provider determines their own charges to schools depending on local circumstances.  The charge for 2018/19 for a new Project X CODE teaching assistant, with their Link Teacher, attending group training will be in the region of £770.

An in-school course of two days for your teaching assistants and teachers, tailored to your needs, would be in the region of £2,200

How do I Access the Training?

Schools can access Project X CODE from local ECC providers. Click here to find your nearest provider.

How can schools prepare for and manage Project X CODE?

Download guidance on preparing for Project X CODE before your staff start the training.

Download a flyer about Project X CODE.