Free Resources

• Free Sample Pages  
• Free Teaching Support 
• Free Lessons

Free Sample Pages

Our Reading Books have not only been carefully levelled to meet the exact needs of SEN and struggling readers in KS3, but also designed in a wide range of genres and artwork styles to match the interests of 11-14 year-olds.

Browse through our free samples and trial with your students to get a glimpse of what Rapid Plus has to offer:

• Stage 3a (Reading Age: 6.6)
  Download Threat  (PDF 5.34MB)
• Stage 3b (Reading Age: 6.6)
  Download The Lion's Skin (PDF 314 KB)
• Stage 4a (Reading Age: 7
  Download Desperate (PDF 434 KB)
• Stage 4b (Reading Age: 7)
  Download Scorcher (PDF 325 KB)
• Stage 6a (Reading Age: 7.6)
  Download Hacker (PDF 400 KB)   
• Stage 7 (Reading Age: 8.6)
  Download Haldor and the Drawg (PDF 1.36 MB)
• Stage 8 (Reading Age: 9)
  Download The Girl in the Lake (PDF 776 KB) 
• Stage 9 (Reading Age: 9.6)
  Download Where the Dead Walk (PDF 684 KB)

Free Teaching Support

Ideal for specialists and non-specialists to use, the Rapid Plus Teaching Guides provide step-by-step support for teachers and TAs leading one-to one or group reading sessions and end-of-stage assessments. Below you'll find teaching support to browse through and use in your lessons:

Download sample Teaching Guidance for Threat (PDF 2.23MB)