Early evidence suggests Reading Reimagined boosts reading fluency and helps more pupils access the curriculum
A year-long evaluation of SHINE Sunderland project has found encouraging evidence that it is improving pupils' reading.
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SHINE: Support and Help IN Education
Empowering teachers to change lives.
SHINE is an education charity that finds and backs exceptional teachers with the ideas to improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.
We fund, evaluate and scale evidence-based innovations that raise attainment and strengthen schools across the North of England.
Innovation
SHINE identifies, evaluates, and scales up the most promising educational ideas.
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Philanthropy
SHINE connects donors with teachers to create new opportunities for disadvantaged children.
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SHINE uses evidence from its work to influence positive changes for children.
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What we achieved over the past 12 months
SHINE's projects have made a significant impact.
In the last 12 months, we have helped more than 100,000 children across nearly 750 schools, while also providing support to over 26,000 parents and 5,220 teachers.
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Opportunities to join our network of successful practice across the North.
Discover our funding opportunities, the support we offer, and ways to participate in our programmes.
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It's easy to make a donation to SHINE. Even the smallest gift could make a big difference to the lives of children in the North.
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SHINE's projects
Find out more about the projects and programmes we support
SHINE backs innovative learning approaches aimed at levelling the playing field for all children.
We fund school-based projects supporting children aged 0-19, addressing a wide range of areas such as reading, maths, science, verbal communication, parental engagement, school transitions, and wellbeing.
Find out moreEducation should unleash life’s potential, but too often, a child’s future is shaped by their background and circumstances beyond their control.
Many from low-income homes start school without key skills, fall behind, and over half leave school without essential GCSEs in English and maths – limiting their opportunities for further education or good jobs.
The divide is particularly acute in parts of the North.
Quick links to our Latest Updates
SHINE maths teaching aid helps schools improve attainment
Three primary schools have reported significant improvements in their maths results after using a SHINE-funded diagnostic assessment to identify gaps in pupils' knowledge and target teaching more precisely.
Let Teachers SHINE, News
SHINE project aims to reach 100 new schools to help tackle teacher workload
SHINE is supporting a teacher-developed platform designed to make marking more manageable while also giving students faster, more personalised feedback.
Let Teachers SHINE, News
A book a month is helping Poppy build a brighter future
How Nicola Crompton's project Reading Champions has made a real difference in Poppy's life
Case studiesInspiring Stories of impact
Lee’s story
Even though he was only 10 years old, Lee would storm out of the house in a rage, refusing to say where he was going or when he would be back
Lee was finding primary school increasingly stressful. The noise of other children and all the questions from the teacher made him anxious and upset. Nobody seemed to understand how he was feeling.
Louise’s story
When Louise started on the programme she had been going through a very tricky time at home. She struggled to concentrate and keep still in class.
Thanks to Ready Let's Read, created by teacher Rachel Ward, Louise is now able to read and her life chances have been transformed.
Lucy and Sara’s Story
We knew the main barriers would be limited resources and teachers being a bit frightened to teach science because of a lack of subject knowledge.
How a Let Teachers SHINE project in Bolton is helping istil a love of science in primary school children from a young age.