What is LiteracyPlanet?
LiteracyPlanet is a comprehensive literacy program covering Reception/EYFS - Year 10 that combines the best quality education content with high quality graphics, gamification, data and reporting along with easy to use tools for the classroom.
The LiteracyPlanet difference is the comprehensiveness of our content covering phonics, sight words, spelling, reading, comprehension, grammar and writing.
Recommended Usage
50 exercises completed
Educational Impact
Additional evidence
 Company | HQ Location: Australia Founded: 2008 |
| Age Range | 0-4, 5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 |
 Policies |  Terms of ServicePrivacy Policy |
 Requirements | Desktop / Laptop devicesOperating Systems Windows 10 Mac OSX 10.7+ Minimum Screen Resolution: 1024×768 Browsers Windows and Mac: Google Chrome (recommended), Safari, Microsoft Edge (Chromium only, not legacy version) Although we support the browsers listed, we recommend using Google Chrome for the best experience with LiteracyPlanet. iOS 13 OR HIGHER REQUIRED |
 Set Up | Once we receive data from you or your IT Manager, we can have you up and running within 2 working days. Your choice between flat file data integration or data integration via your school or college's MIS will have an impact on the onboarding schedule. Everything will be explained in your first kick-off meeting in which we advise you to include all key stakeholders, including your IT Manager, for maximum success. |
 Training | In PersonWebinarsDocumentationVideos |
 Support | EmailFAQs/ForumPhone Support |
| Home Learning | Parent Access Anyone can create the account. |
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LiteracyPlanet Reviews
from 17 Verified Reviews
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Charlotte Howell
Deputy Head of Senior English
Used LiteracyPlanet weekly for 1-2 years
Oct 2022
I just think it is such a useful tool that benefits both pupils and teachers. Why wouldn't anyone want that?
Charlotte Howell found LiteracyPlanet:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Marking homework - literacy Planet does this for us. Also, pupils can access the platform independently which saves us having to produce extra resources for literacy-based activities.”
- Moderately provides school data“We use the scores to check student performance and help to show areas for improvement.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“It is not usual to have repeated grammar focussed-lessons but Literacy Planet allows this in a fun, entertaining way for pupils.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Especially for Spag, vocab and comprehension.”
Corrin
Teacher
Used LiteracyPlanet weekly for 1-2 years
Oct 2022
I think I have explained. It’s time consuming, and doesn’t benefit our less able students. Our more able students might benefit but if they do it only widens a gap. That’s bad in education.
Corrin found LiteracyPlanet:
- Does not reduce teacher workload“Setting different work for each student is time consuming. Following up on the work is time consuming.”
- Slightly provides school data“The data isn’t consistent or reliable in many cases. Levels attributed to students vary widely to levels attributed to students from other highly rated independent programs”
- Does not improve teaching efficiency“It varies from student to student and thus isn’t efficient. A more able student will engage and progress more. A less able student is often disengaged by some content which is out of their ZPD by the fact it is auditory vs sight spellings- they feel defeated and are reluctant to engage. It also goes against how most vocabulary and spelling is taught. We show them the word, break down its parts, define its parts, understand its spelling, and then learn the word. Your program has a voice read it. It’s difficult for me to understand some of the words particularly as the student may have never encountered such a word before- even at their level- and then they fail and don’t want to do it. In some cases it makes them feel like it’s set for a young child and they feel like people believe they aren’t clever.”
- Does not build student knowledge“They like the arcade. No it doesn’t help knowledge- at least it hasn’t for any of my students. I drag them through it and they are disengaged most of the time reluctantly doing the tasks to avoid a sanction.”
Nov 2021
Laura found LiteracyPlanet:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload
- Significantly provides school data“I use the data to find gaps in my students knowledge and add input sessions which focus on these skills.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves parent engagement“Many parents asked for ways that their child could practice grammar and spelling and have noticed an improvement since using Literacy Planet.”
- Moderately builds student knowledge
Jul 2021
10 would have been given if it had the function of printing of data reports easily, and being able to share data with parents mor efficently. However, this is a superb programme that enable stsudents to develop their literacy skills and can be used in order to differentiate according to the their ability and what they need to improve on. I also love the fact that they can be set missions again and again and this can show how far they have improved on that mission.
Charmain Hull found LiteracyPlanet:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Less marking, as missions are self marking, time freed up to have discussion with students regarding progress etc., lesson planning reduced.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Able to accurately track student progress, quick setting of lessons for all classes if needed. Allows staff the time needed to ensure students are doing the programme correctly.”
- Slightly improves school processes“Have yet to use the programme to the point where it begins to have an impact on school processes, at the moment it is only being used within the English department.”
- Slightly improves parent engagement“Neutral as we have not rolled our the parental engagement of the programme as yet. Though I do feel Lietracy Planet should have a parental portal that shows parentstheir childs data.”
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Build upon, practice or develop their knowledge on all elements of grammar and spelling significantly.”
Jun 2021
I have only briefly used Literacy Planet and would need more experience using it in a class setting.
Siobhan Cameron found Literacy Planet:
- Slightly builds student knowledge
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity
- Moderately reduces teacher workload
- Slightly improves school processes
- Slightly improves parental engagement
Jun 2021
Excellent resource which supports the literacy curriculum across the school.
Yvonne Donaldson found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“improvement of knowledge of sounds in Primary 1”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Consolidation of in class learning”
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Consolidation of in class learning”
- Moderately improves school processes
- Slightly improves parental engagement“Good interaction during online learning”
Samantha Moore
Class Teacher and English Coordinator
Used Literacy Planet for 0–3 months
May 2021
It provides a wide range of English activities which is amazing. Once the activities are set, the children can login and play straight away. The activities are marked which makes the work load easier for teachers. Different activities can be set for different children without them knowing what year group they are working at. The data provided is really useful. I really like that a mission is automatically reassigned if a child does not pass it. Spelling lists can be made which is a great way for the children to practise them each week. An area of improvement would be, I find it difficult to know what activities have already been set - at the moment you need to click on the activity and see if a child has completed it yet or not. It would be easier if the activities had a tick next to them if they have already been set for the children or completed.
Samantha Moore found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Grammar activities, comprehension and spelling games”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“It helps to consolidate a grammar objective after the English lesson.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It has been great for Spelling practise. The children are keen to practise and learn their new words on LiteracyPlanet.”
- Moderately improves school processes“It provides individual data on each child's area of learning in English. Teachers can use this data to help them make a judgement of where a child is and gaps in their learning.”
- Slightly improves parental engagement
May 2021
good student engagement, offers variety of content areas
Paul found Literacy Planet:
- Moderately builds student knowledge“increase in vocabulary, better grammar”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“teacher can focus on high-needs students”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“don't have to prepare all the lesson material”
- Slightly improves school processes“don't know what this means”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“haven't noticed anything”
Mar 2021
Literacy Planet is a great tool, really well thought to help students improve their English skills in a fun, engaging, and challenging way.
Karla Peralta found Literacy Planet:
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Their spelling has improved significantly.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Based on the student's results in the platform, the teacher can focus on what they need more practice with.”
- Does not reduce teacher workload“We have a quite extensive syllabus and so much material to cover.”
- Does not improve school processes“There hasn't been an impact on our school processes.”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“Parents really like to see their kids playing and practicing English.”
Susan Wangechi Muchiri
Deputy Head of Academics
Used Literacy Planet for 0–3 months
Mar 2021
It an excellent and effective tool for all teachers of English. Furthermore, it's interactive and fun making it enjoyable to the learners.
Susan Wangechi Muchiri found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Learners are able to practice answering a variety of both low and high order comprehension questions. They are also able to review different grammar topics.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Teachers are now able to give assignments from Literacy Planet on topics covered during lessons. Learners listening and spelling skills have also greatly improved.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Literacy Planet doesn't require teachers to marking is self-genrated.”
- Moderately improves school processes“It works very well as a follow up session after a lesson and sometimes we use it during lessons.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents are impressed with the tool as they've seen their children's active engagement during lessons. An example is a child with learning difficulty who really enjoys using the app due to its interactive nature. According to the parent, he has a lot of fun while at the same time learning.”
Mar 2021
Activities and lessons are difficult to find in each strand as they are all in a bit list. It would be helpful if they were categorised further either by CfE code, alphabetical or some other way of organising them to help find what you are looking for more quickly.
Andrew found Literacy Planet:
- Moderately builds student knowledge“Grammar work is very extensive and well explained.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Instant data on pupil performance is excellent for assessment and planning next steps for individuals, groups and the class as a whole.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Ready made lessons and activities with no marking.”
- Slightly improves school processes“Still looking at this area.”
- Slightly improves parental engagement“We haven't reached that stage yet.”
Kevin Okonji
Literacy Coordinator and Media Affairs Manager
Used Literacy Planet for 1-2 years
Mar 2021
It is a complete Literacy package and gives room for educators to create content.
Kevin Okonji found Literacy Planet:
- Moderately builds student knowledge“It reinforces lessons taught and gets learners to consciously revisit, review and reflect on lessons”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Creating your custom spelling list helps dyslexic learners to stimulate interests and concentrate on spellings”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It takes away the task of reviewing learning outcomes and importing scores to scoresheets. I mean, scores are generated, progress monitored and leaderboards created.”
- Moderately improves school processes“An administrator can just visit the platform and get relevant information from learners progress to learning frequency and more”
- Moderately improves parental engagement“Parents want to get involved when learners get talking about leaderboards and missions.”
Oct 2020
LP has been fantastic for pupils with core skills
Liz Nightingale found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Better spelling and understanding of grammar”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Fluency of pupils improved”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“It provides activities that teachers don't have to plan”
- Slightly improves school processes
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Very positive feedback over lockdown”
Helen
Head of Early Years and Primary Departments
Used Literacy Planet for 9 months
Oct 2020
LP is amazing value for money as well as being a truly educational tool that is loved by all.
Helen found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Our Y1 students who used LP have definitely improved their English proficiency.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Our students used it weekly during the e-learning from March - June. The teachers noticed a difference in the children’s literacy levels in only this short time.”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“LP marks the children’s work and provides excellent feedback to the teachers.”
- Does not significantly improve school processes
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Parents were reporting back to me how much their children were loving LP. The parents were thrilled that their child/children were hooked on it rather than playing games which were not educational.”
Rishika Nasta
Tech Integrator + Primary Faculty
Used Literacy Planet for 2 years
Sep 2020
It's a great resource as a practice of elements of the English language and has fun games which keeps the learners engaged.
Rishika Nasta found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Grammar knowledge and helps in sight word spellings”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Assigning of tasks to check understanding of concepts”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“No making of worksheets or writing work to be checked”
- Significantly improves school processes
- Moderately improves parental engagement
Aug 2020
The reason being that it is not like other online modules which have no connection with the school's course books. Here the school can customize the modules as per their own board and course material. So teachers do not have to work extra.
Mrs. Hira Prasad found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“Students not only learn their spellings but along with it enrich their vocabulary. To top it all teachers are able to align the course modules to Literacy Planet.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“Teachers were very grateful to Literacy Planet because it helped them a lot in virtual classrooms during these turbulent Covid times. Those teachers who were techno alien , modules of Literacy Planet enhanced their teaching efficiency seamlessly.”
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Most of the English Structure modules present in Literacy Planet are very useful, which saves teachers' time and energy to devise their own.”
- Moderately improves school processes“Students representing the school stands out in the inter-school meet dealing with cross words, spell bee and the like. They bring back laurels to the alma mater which as a unit head we feel great and the management also feels happy that the money invested is enhancing the school process also.”
- Significantly improves parental engagement“Most of the parents are extremely happy that their wards are utilising the devices fruitfully and merely playing games and whiling away time. They also join their wards and involve themselves in the learning process.”
Aug 2020
I have been very impressed with Literacy Planet as a teacher and as a parent. It is something my son will willingly complete as he enjoys it whilst learning from it.
Katie Reynolds found Literacy Planet:
- Significantly builds student knowledge“It has helped my son recap and practise his phonics and sounds”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency and productivity“As a teacher and a parent I can see the benefits for the children and how it is very useful as a teaching aid and can be used as a self/home learning tool”
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“It aids teachers in planning and preparing work which can be set at school and at home”
- Slightly improves school processes
- Significantly improves parental engagement“It helps me see what areas my son may need extra help in”