Reading Scheme

Grasmere Primary School Reading Scheme Levels

The school uses a combination of levelled real books and a selection from different reading schemes which are banded into colours using a national coding scheme.

National Curriculum Level NC level Book Band Reading Ages
Working towards Level 1 W Pink 5.0 years to 6.0 years
Working towards Level 1 W Red 5.0 to 6.0 years
Working towards Level 1 1C Yellow 5.0 to 6.0 years
Working towards Level 1 1C Blue 5.0 to 6.0 years
Working towards Level 1 1B Green 5.0 to 6.0 years
Working towards Level 2 1A Orange 6.5 to7.0 years
Working towards Level 2 2C Turquoise 7.0 to 7.5 years
Working within Level 2 2B Purple 7.5 to 8.0 years
Working towards Level 2 2B Gold 8.0 to 8.5 years
Working towards Level 3 2A White (Silver) 8.5 to 9.0 years
Working within Level 3 3C Lime (Emerald) 9.0 to10.0 years
Working towards Level 4 3A Ruby 10.0 to11.0 years
Working within Level 4 4C Sapphire 11.0 to 12.0 years