Paul Charman

Managing Director, FFT Education

Paul Charman has 20 years’ experience working in educational technology, assessment and data. He joined FFT as a Director in 2012 and was appointed Managing Director in 2014. Before joining FFT, Paul worked for 14 years in senior roles at RM where he led the team which designed and developed education data platforms and services for schools for DfE and Ofsted. Paul has been Chair of Governors at Dyson Perrins CE Academy in Malvern since 2011.

School Improvement

1 Breakout sessions: Series three

FFT: Supporting reading improvement at scale: What one million assessments reveal

This workshop launches FFT's major new national research on reading fluency, drawing on more than one million reading assessments. We will explore what the research reveals about the gap between phonics, fluency, and comprehension, with a particular focus on the pupils most at risk of falling behind. We will discuss implications for trust-wide improvement and practical approaches to identifying need, benchmarking performance, and monitoring progress across your schools. The session includes a demonstration of FFT's assessments, benchmarking tools, and literacy programmes, supporting reading improvement at scale. Ideal for directors of education and trust literacy leaders across primary and secondary schools.