What is GoRead?
GoRead is a digital reading record used by teachers, parents and pupils to log reading.
Go contactless! GoRead™ removes the need for paper copies of reading records. No more back and forward, and no more lost record books!
Reading records can be analysed and staff can use reminders to ensure children are listened to in a timely way.
Educational Impact
 Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13 |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy |
 Requirements | Internet - Low BandwidthInternet - High BandwidthDesktop - MacDesktop - WindowsDesktop - ChromebookMobile - iPhoneMobile - iPadMobile - WindowsMobile - Android Simple login process (outlined on signup). App is web based so any device with a web browser will work. |
 Training | WebinarsDocumentationVideos We have user guides (PDFs) for all stakeholders. Quick 15 minute training is also offered to schools. A 2 minute video is shared with parents on signup to support them. |
 Support | EmailFAQs/Forum Our Facebook page (UKGoApps) is available to support parents/teachers as necessary as well as a dedicated email address. |
 Home Learning | Parent Access |
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GoRead PricingPricing Plans Paid Subscription GoRead pricing starts from £1 / per-pupil GoRead has been priced to ensure as many schools as possible can access the benefits of a digital reading record.  Optimised for a quick response | |
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GoRead Reviews
from 22 Verified Reviews
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Apr 2021
It is a user friendly way of building a record of each child's reading as they go through the school. The children love it as well as the staff and enjoy collecting their gems! For teachers and teaching assistants, it is also a good way of keeping in touch with what each child is reading and how they are progressing through reading bands.
Paula found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Better understanding of words the children find tricky to read aids planning of reading and writing lessons.”
- Slightly saves school money“Similar cost to buying paper based reading records.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents have expressed how much they and their children enjoy using Go Read compared to a paper reading record. They have said that their children are more enthusiastic about reading. They also like to see what the children have been reading at school which helps to build links between home and school.”
Apr 2021
Great system, but needs a way for school leaders to be able to generate some useful data.
Tony McCoy found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Comments can quickly be uploaded when multiple children are read with in a group by a teacher or LSA. Older pupils can engage with the app themselves, giving them ownership. Busy parents can access the app rather than having to write and record in a book. Save on paper!”
- Slightly saves school money“The app is a similar price to purchasing whole school reading records.”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“Some parents prefer the online system, but others prefer to write in a book.”
Apr 2021
Efficient, cheap, innovative, easy to navigate,
Janine found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“App makes it much quicker to monitor reading than paper diaries”
- Significantly saves school money“Cheaper than traditional reading diaries”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“We are only just rolling it out to parents this week so cannot comment yet”
Feb 2021
It's becoming so much more than just a reading record and is taking over some of the monitoring of home reading which used to be done by staff surveys. Also, handing out a lost login is easier and cheaper than a new paper record book.
Miss S Raby found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Being able to monitor who has read and reward them from home has been invaluable recently.”
- Slightly saves school money“It replaced paper reading records this year.”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“During lockdown it has been great to be able to keep track of who's reading and how often. We're looking forward to an alert function on the app to help remind parents to log reading as this is an ongoing issue.”
Jan 2021
The Go Read program is fantastic. It helps to solve many problems with lost/damaged reading diaries, helps parents out who are more likely to have a phone within easy grasp than a pen and the children enjoy using it and feel grown up accessing this. Russell is amazing and is on hand to help resolve any issues as quick as a flash - no matter what he is doing!
Kerry found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It helps provide one to one feedback to children that can be seen by the child, parent and teacher so that everyone is on the same page. You can pose questions to help move the learner on as well as assist should there be any issues.”
- Significantly saves school money“We have not had to buy school reading diaries and by signing up to Go Read it is cheaper than having the physical books that get lost, damaged and need replacing often.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Our parents enjoy using Go Read and we have had lots of positive feedback from parents about how efficient and affective it is. Many parents are pleased we moved away from the physical reading diaries that can get lost, damaged and forgotten at home. By using this we can see if a child has read at home even if they forget their book.”
Jan 2021
I haven't seen a great impact yet but its early, unusual days.
Carolyn found GoRead:
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It's quicker than writing in a reading record”
- Slightly saves school money
- Slightly improves parental engagement
Jan 2021
I have already highly recommended it to everyone I know!
Louise Bradley found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“When hearing 1:1 readers, there is no time lost whilst pupils look for their paper reading records etc.”
- Slightly saves school money“GoRead is a little cheaper than the paper reading records we used to provide, but it is a much better system as we don't have to provide replacements, and the data follows the children through the school so it saves on storage space too.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents find it really easy to log reading using an app on their phone, rather than hunting for a pen that works etc.”
Jan 2021
Easy to use, quick to see who has read in school or at home
Jacqui Stammers found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Quick and easy to use so more time to spend actually reading with the children”
- Slightly saves school money“Sorry I don't know”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“We have only used it a few weeks, but as we are not in school currently we are still able to see which parents are reading with their children and if they are having an issues”
Jan 2021
Excellent value for money as a school, great resource and really user friendly for children, parents and staff, lots of support for the resource & regular updates on feedback given
Natasha found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Easy of logging reads, adding new books, being able to see easily who has read and when, staff being able to access it easily, tracking reads and book bands”
- Significantly saves school money“Saving on cost of reading records and lost reading records. Excellent value for money”
- Moderately improves parental engagement“Parent's logging children reads, engaging with the books chosen and adding new books”
Jan 2021
Easy to use, clear to see who has and hasn't read.
Jo found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“We are able to identify who does not have reading support at home and target them more in school”
- Slightly saves school money“Less paper used for reading diaries.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents are updating the diary more readily and it os easier for them to access. Also, they don't have to worry about the diary being left at home!”
Nov 2020
Go Read is a game changer. It has everything we want and could ever need in a digital reading record. The ease of the day to day use saves so much time. Records are there when you need them at the click of a button. We've found after only using Go Read for a short space of time that we've saved so much time. We also like the ISBN scanner and the way the system keeps a log of the books that the children have read! All in all Go Read is a definite winner all round for us!
James Gartland found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Go Read has changed the way we record our reading. Go Read is both simple and effective to use and as a staff we have found that it saves so much time - we find it so much quicker than the time spent writing in a reading record.”
- Significantly saves school money“The price of £1 per pupil, per year is cheaper than the current reading records that we buy.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“All of our parents fully engage with Go Read. After sending home the information provided by Go Read they all signed up that evening and started using the digital reading log.”
Oct 2020
Go read is really easy to use. You can quickly see which books children have read and how often they are reading in school and at home. The children have also really enjoyed using the reward system attached to GoRead.
Alana found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Go Read allows teachers to log readings progress and targets through the comments section and to share these with parents quickly and easily.”
- Significantly saves school money“Go read is equal to the cost of a reading diary so over the year it will save us the cost of one reading diary per child as our children normally had 2 diary's per year.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents are engaging well with the app as it is quick and easy to use on their phones or electronic device.”
Oct 2020
We feel that the Goread platform has been very well thought out. They are very open to feedback and answer questions/queries promptly.
Samantha Bruton found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It ensures we are not wasting time finding reading diaries”
- Significantly saves school money“No more lost reading diaries, or reading diaries being completed”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“This is something we need to look into and assess”
Oct 2020
I like that it keeps a record of what the children are reading and that I can show the children as a class on the whiteboard which children are reading. I find it takes slightly longer to log reading and check who has read than it would if I was using a paper reading record but I no longer have the issue of children saying that they have forgotten or lost their reading record.
Katie Walker found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Just over half of the children in my class are reading at home at least every other night and are logging their reading through Go Read.”
- Significantly saves school money“We are not wasting photocopying resources producing reading records and replacement reading records.”
- Moderately improves parental engagement“Some of the EAL parents have struggled to access it, however, historically we found that this was also the case with paper reading records.”
Oct 2020
I'm really impressed with the app at present, but also how they are continually trying to make it even better! I also think they are listening to their customers.
Amanda Myers found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Logging how often a child is reading in school and at home.”
- Significantly saves school money“The annual subscription costs less than the hardcopy books.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents can access the reading logs and are not relying on children bringing home reading logs. It's also dead easy! Many parents have signed up and are using the app.”
Oct 2020
It has really improved the engagement of parents with reading and has contributed positively to our school reading culture.
Sarah Walters found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Use of all assessment information in one place”
- Moderately saves school money“The initial cost is less than buying physical reading diaries”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents and children are logging more reading at home than they used to in physical diaries”
Oct 2020
Easily accessible and easy to use. Benefit of logging home books and historical records available at your finger tip.
Umma Parekh found GoRead:
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Less paper work for them. Benefit of what the child is reading at home also available.”
- Moderately saves school money“No need for paper books for each child at a school”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“As the app is available on multiple devices its easily accessible and easy to use. Also able to log details of home books being read.”
Oct 2020
I am also the English Lead at my school and I am able to obtain reading data from each class myself without taking up the time of the class teachers. It was very easy to set up and use and Russell Newman was very helpful and responded quickly to queries or questions that I had. It gives schools the opportunity to use reading at home data to inform planning and for assessment purposes. To do the same using a paper system would require a huge amount of effort and time.
Sarah Dryden found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It helps me when planning as I can review a child's reading progress and decide their next steps. I can also pick up on areas for development.”
- Slightly saves school money“We were previously using paper reading records, I think the cost is about the same.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents are able to share the experience of their child reading to them and the information can be keyed into the system from any location. It isn't reliant upon a reading record being available. I can review whether I'm working in the classroom, at home or in the school office.”
Oct 2020
It’s great value for money, easy to set up and use and genuinely saves lots of time and paperwork!
Charlotte Fellows found GoRead:
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It saves time and allows you to record reading notes electronically as you listen to children read. As it’s online, no printing is needed to keep records!”
- Significantly saves school money“It’s great value at £1 per child. We would normally spend more than that on reading recordings each year”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“We have not yet involved parents due to covid and being unable to send school books home.”
Oct 2020
GoRead has made it easy to communicate between teachers and parents. Before my daughter is home I can see what book she has and how she is progressing through the teacher comments. I also know my comments won’t be lost along with a paper record.
Helen found GoRead:
- Significantly improves attainment“It has increased the excitement around reading as it can be logged on a phone.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“With increased reading comes increased knowledge.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Slightly saves school money
- Significantly improves parental engagement“It’s easier to input into a web browser than find a book to write in.”
Oct 2020
Since the App has been launched at my daughter's school its been easier to record her daily reading with home books as well as school books. The app is never left behind in school. Both myself and my wife can log her reading independently and each can see the results instantly.
Sharaz Mushtaq found GoRead:
- Moderately improves attainment“Nothing specific as yet”
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Being an app it works well with the current Digital era we live in. Children and parents alike like the single point of storage and all historical reading available. It also allows home books to be logged as additional reading.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Books are logged on the app and there are no paper records to pass around.”
- Significantly saves school money“The money spent on paper books for each child can be significantly higher versus the app.”
- Moderately improves parental engagement“Majority of people have mobile phones and it let's and being able to log your child's reading on a app is simpler and easier. It also will help people who's first language isn't English.”
Oct 2020
The idea behind GoRead is excellent. It is a central record of children's home and school reading that cannot get lost (like the paper reading record books).
Verity Graham found GoRead:
- Slightly improves attainment
- Slightly builds student knowledge
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It is quicker to record individual reading with children. GoRead means that there does not have to be a paper folder to flick through and find children's records.”
- Significantly saves school money“A reading record book costs £1 per book (approx.) and some children may go through 3 or 4 books per year (either due to finishing them or through losing them).”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Some parents prefer to type and use technology rather than hand write comments.”