Make It Write: New Action Plan to Boost Student Writing

19 August 2025

Today the Minister of Education, Hon Erica Stanford, announced Make It Write, a targeted action plan to lift student writing achievement.

The plan responds to the 2024 Curriculum Insights and Progress Study, which shows that we need to support more students to develop the fundamental writing skills and core knowledge they need as they move through primary school. 

The plan focuses on four key areas to turn around our writing achievement:

1.    Curriculum delivery

2.   Enhanced supports for students

3.   Focused professional development for teachers

4.   Focused monitoring of student progress and achievement

Some of the key initiatives in the Make It Write plan include:

•    Targeted PLD for specialist literacy teachers in intermediate and secondary schools in Structured Literacy Approaches (SLA) – Term 1, 2026
•    A new digital writing tool for Years 6-8 to support targeted instruction – Term 1, 2026
•    An updated handwriting resource for Years 0-8 - now available.

The full package of initiatives builds on our wider literacy work, including the refreshed English curriculum, phonics checks, and Structured Literacy PLD.

We’re supporting teachers with practical, evidence-based tools to help every student become a confident, capable writer.

We’ll continue to share updates as each new support becomes available, so you know what’s coming and when.

You can explore the full details of the Make It Write action plan in this fact sheet: Make It Write Fact Sheet