Multi-publisher Book Band Overview KS1

This is an overview of the KS1 Book bands and some of the more common reading schemes from the major publishers.

I have included the Oxford Reading Tree, various Usborne Schemes, Collins Big Cat and Pearson Schools and Colleges New Reader 360.

The list also links NC Levels and Ages. All of these are approximate and to be used with care.

NC Level	Age	Book Bands	Oxford Reading Tree	Usborne Very First Readers	Usborne First Reading	Collins Big Cat	New Reader 360
Working Towards NC 1						0 – Lilac (Wordless)
	4-5	1 – Pink	Stage 1	Very First Reading 1-4/		1 – Pink	1
			Stage 1+
		2 – Red	Stage 2	Very First Reading 5-7/	First Reading  Level One	2 – Red
NC Level 1C		3 – Yellow	Stage 3	Very First Reading 8-9/ Phonics Readers		3 – Yellow	2
NC Level 1C – 1B	5-6	4 - Blue	Stage 4	Very First Reading 10-13	First Reading  Level Two	4 - Blue	3
NC Level 1B		5 - Green	Stage 5	Very First Reading 14-15	First Reading  Level Three	5 - Green
							4
NC Level 1A		6 - Orange	Stage 6		First Reading  Level Four	6 - Orange
							5
NC Level 1A – 2C	6-7	7 - Turquoise	Stage 7		First Reading  Level Five	7 - Turquoise
2C		8 - Purple	Stage 8			8 - Purple	6
2B/2A		9 - Gold	Stage 9		Young Reading Series One	9 - Gold
2A	7-8	10 - White	Stage 10		Young Reading Series Two	10 - White	7
3C		11 - Lime	Stage 11			11 – Lime