7+ Assessment Recommended Reading List (2025 Entry)

Read well.

Read often.

Build vocabulary.

Understand well.

Answer questions with accuracy.

These are the 5 pillars of Reading success in the 7+ Assessments. Be able to do all 5 of these and you are golden.

So which books should your child be reading?

Here is my updated 7+ Assessment Reading list for children sitting entry in 2025.

I haven’t just picked these out of thin air.

I have analysed and studied the Assessments in the last 3 years and compiled a list based on the level and content of what has previously come up at a variety of schools.

These books will also help you, as parents understand the reading level expected from your child when they sit their 7+ Assessments. It’s usually higher than you think that it will be!

Fiction

Michael Bond - Paddington Series

Enid Blyton - Famous Five Series

Jennifer Gray - Atticus Claw Series

The Hodgeheg - Dick King Smith

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate Di Camillo

Roald Dahl Series - My favourite is ‘The Minpins’ to support story writing!

David Walliams Series

Charlottes Web - E.B White

How to Train Your Dragon. - Cressida Cowell

Non Fiction

Survivors - David Long

How to be a doctor and other life saving jobs - Dr Punam Krishan

Histories biggest show offs - Andy Seed

Kay’s Incredible Inventions - Adam Kay

Women in Sports - Rachel Ignotofsky

You are History - Greg Jenner

Expose your child to a variety of genres.

Keep reading!