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Phonics

Trusted phonics support from Oxford

Primary Teachers

Whatever your phonics needs, we have an all-in-one phonics solution for your school. Whether you’re looking for a new systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme, or need help with matched decodable books, Oxford has all the resources and latest guidance you need to teach every child to read.

Explore each of our DfE validated SSP programmes below and view additional support and resources.

An essential phonics programme for getting all children to read well, quickly

Developed for teachers, by teachers, ELS is an affordable and easy-to-implement phonics programme designed to ensure that all children learn to read well and make speedy progress. The programme provides a simple, consistent approach to phonics, through front-of-class interactive whiteboard presentations, while keeping routines simple to reduce cognitive load and maximise the chances of success. High-quality teacher training is available, ranging from virtual core training to face-to-face or virtual bespoke training. ELS works with a wide range of decodable books from Oxford, as well as a dedicated series of ELS Essential Phonic Readers.

Rigorous synthetic phonics teaching for reading and writing success

Floppy's Phonics is a rigorous, easy-to-use synthetics phonics teaching programme that engages children from the outset and enables them to learn to read quickly. Developed with Debbie Hepplewhite MBE, it's perfect for schools that want high-quality resources and professional development for effective and consistent phonics teaching. The well-loved Oxford Reading Tree characters Biff, Chip, Kipper and Floppy bring phonics to life through engaging print and online resources. Floppy’s Phonics can be used with a wide range of decodable books from Oxford that offer children reading practice that matches their phonic knowledge.

Reading and writing right from the start

Developed by Ruth Miskin CBE, Read Write Inc. provides a whole-school approach to teaching literacy that ensures consistency across a child’s primary years. It is a rigorous and dynamic teaching programme, proven to create fluent, enthusiastic readers, confident speakers, and willing writers by the age of six or seven. Extensive, high-quality, personalised professional development is provided by Ruth Miskin Training. A large range of fiction and non-fiction decodable storybooks are available, matched to the sounds children know, to help them read accurately and grow fluency.

Get in touch

If you would like help choosing the best phonics solution for your school, contact your local Educational Consultant and find out more about our phonics programmes, professional development and supporting resources.