Guided reading for UK secondary English
Built by a teacher, tuned for the UK curriculum. Paste in a set text, a poem from the anthology, a non-fiction extract or a whole chapter and Smart-Reader turns it into a scaffolded lesson: read-aloud with a natural British-English voice, comprehension and analysis questions, Tier-2 vocabulary in context, and an essay plan pupils can turn into a full response.
Mapped to your specification
Works with AQA, Edexcel, OCR and WJEC English Literature and Language texts. Close-reading prompts target AO1–AO4 style analysis: language, structure, context and comparison.
Fair pricing for UK schools
Individual plans from £7.99/month. Classroom licences from £199/year for up to 180 pupils — roughly £1.10 per pupil, per year. Invoicing in GBP available for MATs and LAs.
GDPR & UK data protection
Pupils sign in and join with a class code — no district-managed roster required. We don't sell data, don't run adverts and don't train third-party models on pupil work. Full DPIA-friendly summary available on request for MATs and LAs.
Popular UK texts on Smart-Reader
- An Inspector Calls — J.B. Priestley
- Macbeth — William Shakespeare
- A Christmas Carol — Charles Dickens
- Jekyll and Hyde — R.L. Stevenson
- Power and Conflict poetry (AQA anthology)
- Animal Farm — George Orwell
- Of Mice and Men — John Steinbeck
- Lord of the Flies — William Golding