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Important update from TheSchoolRun

For the past 13 years, TheSchoolRun has been run by a small team of mums working from home, dedicated to providing quality educational resources to primary school parents. Unfortunately, rising supplier costs and falling revenue have made it impossible for us to continue operating, and we’ve had to make the difficult decision to close. The good news: We’ve arranged for another educational provider to take over many of our resources. These will be hosted on a new portal, where the content will be updated and expanded to support your child’s learning.

What this means for subscribers:

  • Your subscription is still active, and for now, you can keep using the website as normal — just log in with your usual details to access all our articles and resources*.
  • In a few months, all resources will move to the new portal. You’ll continue to have access there until your subscription ends. We’ll send you full details nearer the time.
  • As a thank you for your support, we’ll also be sending you 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep.

A few changes to be aware of:

  • The Learning Journey weekly email has ended, but your child’s plan will still be updated on your dashboard each Monday. Just log in to see the recommended worksheets.
  • The 11+ weekly emails have now ended. We sent you all the remaining emails in the series at the end of March — please check your inbox (and spam folder) if you haven’t seen them. You can also follow the full programme here: 11+ Learning Journey.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for being part of our journey it’s been a privilege to support your family’s learning.

*If you need to reset your password, it will still work as usual. Please check your spam folder if the reset email doesn’t appear in your inbox.

Year 6 English Progress checks

Y6 English Progress checks, TheSchoolRun
From persuasive arguments to punctuation, text analysis to narrative techniques and spelling to sentence structure, Year 6 brings all your child's primary school literacy learning together. Check their progress and identify any areas they might need to revise in the run-up to KS2 SATs with our Progress checks.
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Keystage:  KS2, Year 6

You can use our Y6 English Progress checks, prepared by a KS2 teacher, to help you understand where your child might need extra support and practice with their English work in the last year of primary school.

The tests cover spelling, grammar, punctuation, handwriting and text-level work.


The Progress checks are designed to follow TheSchoolRun's Learning Journey for that particular term. Please note: they cannot and will not necessarily follow what your child’s teacher is doing at school this week / term, as teachers tend to choose to cover objectives in an order that they feel suits their class. Therefore, don’t worry if your child cannot complete certain questions; the point of the Progress checks is to help parents identify where children might need extra help and practice.

Y6 English objectives explained

By the end of the school year children should be confident with the following:

Year 6 reading

  • Reading an increasingly wide range of fiction, poetry, play scripts and non-fiction texts
  • Exploring a variety of texts, both modern and old and from other cultures and traditions
  • Learning, reading, reciting and performing poems and plays, showing understanding through intonation and volume
  • Inferring characters' feelings from their actions and justifying inferences with evidence
  • Recognising figurative language and how authors use it
  • Distinguishing between fact and opinion

Year 6 writing

  • Using prefixes and suffixes when constructing and spelling words
  • Spelling words with silent letters (such as 'knowledge')
  • Spelling homophones
  • Using a dictionary and a thesaurus
  • Recognising synonyms and antonyms
  • Writing with neat, legible and cursive handwriting
  • Using the passive form of verbs in sentences
  • Punctuating with semi-colons, colons, dashes and hyphens
  • Learning to write using correct grammar and a varied vocabulary
  • Describing settings, characters and atmosphere in narratives 
  • Structuring texts with organisational devices including connectives, paragraphs, headings and bullet points

For more information about what your child learns in Year 6 English read our parents' guide to literacy in the last year of primary school; you can also browse all our Y6 English worksheets or follow our Learning Journey for Y6 English or KS2 SATs English.