Over my last few columns, we’ve been looking at the attainment gap. While there is a weight of evidence suggesting that the early years are critical in this respect, there is an equal number of studies showing that the gap can be bridged well into adolescence, when cognitive abilities continue to develop.
There are a few very simple things that can make a massive difference to cognitive development – and one of these is reading for pleasure. According to research from the Institute of Education, children who read for pleasure make more progress in maths, vocabulary and spelling between the ages of 10 and 16 than those who rarely read.
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