About Us

Who we are and what we do.

Teaching English ​by the Book

A new book by James all about putting books at the heart of great English teaching.

Units of Work

Free-to-download units of work for a host of great books.

Teaching English

Ideas and research for teaching English in the primary classroom.

Curriculum maps

Fully-editable maps to help plan a text-based curriculum for your school.

Great books

Booklists full of wonderful books, old and new.

Reading for Pleasure

How can we get every child to learn to read and choose to read? Read more of James' work on how schools can build a culture of reading.

Teaching Grammar & Punctuation

Wouldn't it be great if the GPS teaching we do that actually helped children to become better writers? Here's how.

Beautiful Picturebooks

Glorious picturebooks to share with everyone from the young to old.

Making Sense of Spelling

Shakespeare & More's James Clements talks about the English spelling system in this short film.

In the Reading Corner

A monthly podcast for teachers about all things reading from the Just Imagine Story Centre, hosted by James Clements. Enjoy interviews, teaching ideas and plenty of books!