Close learning gaps by focusing on the literacy and maths skills known to have the greatest impact on learning.
Focus Skills
Available exclusively from Renaissance, Focus Skills™ are—simply put—the building blocks of student learning. Based on extensive research into how learning progresses in reading and maths from Reception to Year 11, Focus Skills provide a roadmap for closing learning gaps for all students.
Critical
Focus Skills are fundamental to students’ understanding, involving concepts that students must master to advance to the next step.
Impactful
As Focus Skills are pre-requisites for future learning, focusing teaching on these skills provides the greatest impact on student progress.
Standards-based
Focus Skills are identified through a detailed study of the National Curriculum in England and reflect the year-level expectations.
New and updated
Focus Skills Teacher Workbooks now available to download for free
We’re offering all UK schools free access to literacy and maths Focus Skills for the first time. Built by experts at the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) and available from Star Reading and Star Maths assessments, these Teacher Workbooks are available to download as PDFs.
A growing family of assessment, teaching, practice, and data insight solutions
Our suite of solutions for primary schools in the UK offers streamlined assessment, personalised learning, and reduced teacher workload. With products like Accelerated Reader, Renaissance Star Assessments, myON, Freckle, and Nearpod, teachers can quickly identify learning gaps, tailor instruction, and engage pupils. Our solutions promote equity and inclusivity, bridging the achievement gap and unlocking student potential.
StarAssessments
Computer-adaptive Star Assessments for reading and maths are used by over 7,000 schools across the UK and Ireland
Star Reading is a complete online assessment of your students’ reading growth. It shows you the skills they have mastered aligned with the National Curriculum.
Get real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamification, and activities — all in a single platform.
We offer various services, from single-school data insights to whole-trust support. Our mission is to help you implement and embed Renaissance products with success.