A reading culture platform for primary schools
Make reading
something children love.
Bookflicks helps primary schools build a reading-for-pleasure culture — turning the class library into a beautiful, scrollable experience children actually want to browse and engage with.
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Year 3 Robins
Mrs Patel's class library
Stories & adventures pick
Chosen by Mrs Patel
Stories & adventures
Funny reads
New this week
Reading streak
4 weeks
Trophies earned
6 of 12
Books this year
23
Year 3 Robins · admin
Live checkouts & class insights
Out today
12
Overdue
2
Quiet readers
3
Book of the month
The Wild Robot · chosen by you
Live activity
Just now
Mia left a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review
Class link
Share with families
Currently checked out
- 🦊
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Mia · 3d ago
- 🐼
Charlotte's Web
Arjun · 9d agooverdue
- 🐝
The Wild Robot
Lola · Today
Most popular
The Wild Robot · 14 borrows
Nudge quiet readers
3 haven't borrowed in 4 weeks
Class analytics
Active
86%
Read
142
Avg/child
4.7
Weekly checkouts
Peak 18 · this wk
Top genres
Year 3 Robins · admin
Live checkouts & class insights
Out today
12
Overdue
2
Quiet readers
3
Book of the month
The Wild Robot · chosen by you
Live activity
Just now
Mia left a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review
Class link
Share with families
Currently checked out
- 🦊
The Boy at the Back of the Class
Mia · 3d ago
- 🐼
Charlotte's Web
Arjun · 9d agooverdue
- 🐝
The Wild Robot
Lola · Today
Most popular
The Wild Robot · 14 borrows
Nudge quiet readers
3 haven't borrowed in 4 weeks
Class analytics
Active
86%
Read
142
Avg/child
4.7
Weekly checkouts
Peak 18 · this wk
Top genres
Pre-loaded with the books your class already loves
Year 6 shelf
Year 5 shelf
Year 4 shelf
Shown here: Years 6, 5 and 4 — every year group from Reception to Year 6 comes pre-loaded with its own set of popular books.
35+
Schools already using Bookflicks
9+
English regions represented
25+
Local authorities represented
Bookflicks now reaches teachers in every region of England — from a village primary in Northumberland to an academy school in Bradford.
Reading for pleasure,
built into the school day.
Bookflicks helps primary schools increase reading for pleasure by turning reading into a culture — not just a classroom task.
We help schools create classrooms where reading is visible, social, exciting, and driven by genuine enjoyment rather than obligation.
Visible
Class libraries become a place children scroll, browse and talk about — not a shelf they walk past.
Social
Children see what classmates are reading, loving and finishing. Reading becomes a shared identity.
Exciting
A Netflix-style experience makes picking a book feel like picking a film on a Friday night.
Enjoyed
Choice, ownership and celebration — so children read because they want to, not because they're told to.
How it works — three steps
1. Set up your school
Sign up, add your school and create a class for each year group.
2. Stock your library
Pre-loaded with popular primary books — add your own with a few taps.
3. Children browse & borrow
Share the class link. Kids pick their name and check books out.
Reading at home,
finally visible.
The paper reading record moves online. Families log every read from their phone, sign it digitally, and teachers see the whole class's home reading in one live view — streaks, minutes, gaps and all.
A diary that fills itself in
Children and parents log a read in seconds — book, minutes, pages and a quick comment. No more lost or forgotten reading records.
Digital parent signatures
Grown-ups sign each entry on their phone, so teachers can see at a glance who is reading at home and who needs a nudge.
Two-way teacher messages
Teachers reply to entries, praise effort and share next-step suggestions — and can hold a private one-to-one conversation with a child's parents or carers, so concerns and encouragement stay between the adults involved.
Secure by design
Parents join with a private magic link and a 4-digit PIN. No accounts for children to manage, and no family sees another child's diary.
Every home read feeds straight into class analytics and pupil reports — so parents' evening conversations are backed by real data.
Reading at home, logged in seconds
Mia's reading diary
Year 3 Robins · this half term
Nights in a row
9
Minutes this week
112
Signed by adult
8 of 9
The Boy Who Grew Dragons
SignedLast night · 20 minsRead with Mum · pp. 44–61 · Last night · 20 mins
"Read really fluently tonight and explained the story back to me."
The Wild Robot
SignedTuesday · 15 minsRead on my own · pp. 12–28 · Tuesday · 15 mins
"Loved the bit with the fair. Tricky word: 'salutations'."
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
AwaitingMonday · 25 minsRead with Dad · pp. 1–20 · Monday · 25 mins
"Chose this one himself after seeing it on the class shelf."
Parents log in with a secure link and PIN — no app, no accounts, no paper diary to lose.
Everything you need behind the scenes
A teacher's admin space that's as friendly as the children's library.
Bulk add by ISBN
Paste a list — covers and blurbs auto-fetch from the API.
Live checkout board
See who has what, overdue flagged, return many at once.
Shelves & categories
Group books your way, per class, with drag-and-drop ease.
Quiet readers spotted
We surface children who haven't borrowed in a while.
Top readers leaderboard
Celebrate the class's most curious bookworms.
One link per class
No child logins. Share the link, kids do the rest.
Ready to start improving your school's reading culture?
Set your school up in minutes, create a class for each year group and share one link with your children. Free to get started.