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Digital Reading Record Revolution
The award-winning digital reading record for UK primary schools. Save teacher time, bring families into reading at home and build a love of reading.
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Why Choose BoomReader?
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Saves Teacher Time and Reduces Workload
Proven to reduce teacher workload and gain significant time savings over paper alternatives.
- Easily manage group books!
- Foster a love for reading with in-built rewards!
- Quick insights at the click of a button
Award Winning Reading Record!
Winner of the best educational app at the Bett Awards, as GoRead, now officially BoomReader.
- Voted by teachers for teachers
- Stands out for its innovation
- Saving teacher time.
Pupils are rewarded for every read!
Every time pupils log their reading they earn Gems, which they can spend on things they love.
- Gems are awarded automatically for reading
- Collect reward cards and build a collection
- Unlock customisations for their very own Boomer character
Cost Effective
Save money. Save teacher time.
BoomReader is a cost-effective digital alternative to paper reading diaries, helping schools reduce costs while giving staff instant visibility of reading engagement.
For a typical two-form entry primary school of around pupils, BoomReader can help save about hours of teacher time a year, worth roughly , on top of around a year on paper reading record books.
With BoomReader, schools can quickly see:
- Which children are reading regularly
- Which parents are engaging
- Which pupils may need extra support
- Which targeted children need follow-up
Plus, every BoomReader school gets access to BoomWriter FREE, giving you two powerful literacy tools in one subscription.
See your whole school's reading at a glance
The Data Dashboard turns every reading log into clear insights for teachers and leaders.
No more collecting paper diaries to find out who's reading. The dashboard gives a whole-school view with year group and class breakdowns, ready for SLT meetings, governor updates and Ofsted.
- Whole-school, year group and class reading overviews
- Compare your reading frequency and book completions with the national average
- Track the groups that matter to you, such as Pupil Premium, EAL, SEND and gender
- See your school's top 20 books
- A monthly Data Insights email for your school admins
BoomWriter - The Collaborative Writing Tool - FREE for all BoomReader Schools!
- Read, write, vote in your own class book.
- Ever-growing library of story starters aligned to the UK curriculum.
- Writing events and competitions through WriteFests.
- Give an audience for your students' writing.
- Get a digitally published book at the end of each writing project.
Get Your BoomHub Subscription
BoomHub has been priced to ensure as many schools as possible can access the benefits of a digital reading record and collaborative writing tool in one package.
Included in your subscription:
- Access to the BoomWriter platform
- Access to the BoomReader platform
How much could BoomReader save your school?
Enter the number of pupils in your school to see what BoomReader costs for a year, and an estimate of what you could save on paper reading records and teacher time.
How we work this out
- Paper reading record book each
- Books needed per pupil a year
- Teacher time handling paper records mins per pupil, per week
- School weeks a year
- Teacher cost per hour
Savings are estimates for guidance only, based on the figures above.
BoomReader for one year
£0
0 pupils × £1.55 per pupil
- BoomReader (£1.55 per pupil)
- £0
- Data Dashboard (£1.00 per pupil)
- £0
What you could save each year
- Paper reading record books
- £0
- Teacher time (0 hours)
- £0
- Total estimated savings
- £0
Bring families into reading at home
Parents log reading in a few taps with the free BoomReader Parents app.
- Your child's reading diary is never lost or left at home
- Every parent or carer can see the diary at any time
- Teachers can like and reply to reading logged at home
Student-led reading mentoring
Turn your confident readers into BoomBassadors
Give selected pupils extra permissions so they can find other children and log reading on their behalf, building a stronger reading culture across your school.
- Confidence and fluency grow through peer support
- BoomBassadors build leadership, empathy and self-esteem
- Every session is logged instantly, saving staff admin time
Free downloads
Classroom resources, ready to print
Certificates, posters, logos and Boomers to bring BoomReader to life around your school.
Quick set-up
Set up your classes in minutes with Wonde
Managing your classes is easy with Wonde integration.
Pull all your staff, pupils and classes straight from your school's MIS into BoomReader, with no spreadsheets to fill in. Changes in your MIS carry across in the overnight sync.
Not using Wonde? No problem. You can upload a CSV file of your teachers and pupils in BoomReader to create their accounts. It's built into the platform and doesn't need Wonde at all.
Securely shares just the data you approve
“BoomReader is a game changer. It has everything we want and could ever need in a digital reading record.”
Ready to start your reading revolution?
Try BoomReader free for 30 days, or book a demo and we'll show you how it could work for your school.