For use at school or at home, this edition of the Oxford School Spelling Dictionary is easy-to-use and comprehensive. It contains over 25,000 words, in alphabetical order, in a clear and accessible design. There are extra guides at the top of the pages to help users navigate their way around tricky spellings. Tinted panels throughout the text give supporting information on spelling rules and their exceptions. Footnotes help to highlight any easily confused words and help to build up a broad spelling knowledge. The dictionary is carefully prepared to fulfil the vocabulary requirements of KS2, Yr 3-6 and P4-7 in Scotland, and the DFEE NLS Spelling Bank.

 

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 288 pages in this book. This is a reference book. This book was published 2005 by Oxford University Press .

Robert Allen was Editorial Director of Mensa Publications for ten years and a founder of Carlton Books' puzzle list. Published around the world, he has more than two dozen puzzle books to his credit. He lives close to Cambridge.