TheSchoolRun.com closure date
As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.
As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.
In particular, we suggest downloading:
- Learning packs
- All the worksheets from the 11+ programme, if you are following this with your child
- Complete Learning Journey programmes (the packs below include all 40 worksheets for each programme)
You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.
We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.
Word puzzles

Who doesn't love a puzzle? The beauty of the word puzzles you'll find in this section is that they are a great way of getting your child to revise key literacy skills, without them even realising it!
Test your child's general knowledge, reading, and spelling with our teacher-made word puzzles. Ready to download in one click, use them with confidence, knowing that they are all aligned with the National Curriculum.
Word puzzles and games to play at home
We've got a fun selection of word puzzles for children in EYFS, KS1 and KS2, including word searches and crosswords. Each puzzle focuses on a core skill from the National Curriculum for English, such as suffixes, homophones, plurals, and homonyms.
Plus, there are lots of seasonal crosswords to keep them busy in the holidays, as well as a KS1 word puzzle pack and KS2 word puzzle pack to download and recommendations for great word games and word puzzle apps. Engaging in these English word games will inspire your child to get stuck into a language-related task, bolstering their overall literacy skills. A game format also removes the pressure from learning about spelling, while giving your child with a fun objective to chase.
Your child will love completing these English puzzles with you and you'll be happy knowing you are boosting your child's reading, spelling and grammar skills too (but you don't have to tell them that bit)!
Worksheets
Witches, foxes, earthworms and more – they're all wonderful characters from Roald Dahl's books. See if you can spot the names of 20 children, villains and creatures from The BFG, Danny the Champion of the world, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and other Dahl classics in this wordsearch. How quickly can you complete it?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.

Word puzzles for KS1 English
Take a break from homework and spelling drills with this collection of word puzzles for Key Stage 1! Each one covers a different concept that your child will learn in English lessons, but presents it as something to solve by remembering what they've been taught in class.

Word puzzles for KS2 English
Are you and your child tired of the same old English revision and practice sessions? Try something completely new and give them these fun English word puzzles instead! They'll review everything from connectives to apostrophes, using what they learn in class to solve codes, crosswords and wordsearches.