About Read-at-home

Our mission
Read-at-home provides parents and carers with clear, practical advice and support for helping children learn to read.

Who we are



Read-at-home has been developed by Pearson Education (formerly Harcourt), the UK’s leading publisher of books for schools.

We publish primary school books in the UK under the names Ginn, Heinemann and Rigby. Here are just some of the schemes that may be used in your child’s school:

Our expert


Read-at-home has been put together with the advice and support of Chris Buckton, MBE.

Chris Buckton was a member of the writing team for the National Literacy Strategy and has written extensively on language and literacy for a range of publishers, including the Basic Skills Agency. She is a member of the advisory group for Sure Start/Step into Learning.

In 2000, Chris was awarded an MBE for services to Family Literacy.
We'd like to thank Chris for her valuable contribution to this site.