Practical guides, tips, and resources to help parents and teachers support children with phonics and the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.
Phonics is a method of teaching children to read by connecting sounds (phonemes) with letters and groups of letters. This guide explains how phonics works, the six phases, and how parents and teachers can support children.
The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check is a short assessment taken by children in England at the end of Year 1. Learn what to expect, how it works, and how to help your child prepare.
A guide to the main phonics programmes used in English schools, including Read Write Inc, Little Wandle, Jolly Phonics, and more. Compare DfE-validated systematic synthetic phonics programmes.
Sound buttons are dots and dashes placed under words to show individual sounds. Learn how teachers use sound buttons in phonics, with examples for every phase.
A complete list of the 44 phonemes (sounds) in English, organised by phonics phase. Includes consonant sounds, vowel sounds, digraphs, and trigraphs with example words.