Please click below for documents referred to in the Moving Forward with Phonics Webinars - September 2021
Government Accelerator Funding for Phonics
Publishers of Systematic Synthetic Phonics Programmes must complete a self-assessment process based on criteria, which are then reviewed by independent evaluators.
There is no statutory requirement for schools to choose one of the SSP programmes on the validated list. However, validation status indicates that a programme has been self-assessed by its publisher and judged by a small panel with relevant expertise and that both consider it to meet all of the DFE criteria for an effective systematic synthetic phonics programme.
A complete systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme is one that provides:
The following is the list of validated SSP programmes, updated 30 January 2023:
Click on any of the links to learn more:
ACET Phonics
A Flying Start with Letters and Sounds
ALS Phonics: Letters and Sounds
Anima Phonics: Letters and Sounds Updated
Dramatic Progress in Literacy
Extend Letters and Sounds
Fishing for Phonics
Junior Learning Letters & Sounds
LearnPhonics!
Lesley Clarke's Letters and Sounds
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
Pearl Phonics[footnote 1]
Phonics Steps
Pip and Pap
RoboPhonics
Schofield & Sims My Letters & Sounds
Smart Kids Letters and Sounds - The Code
Snappy Sounds
Sound!Start Phonics for Letters and Sounds
Programme (based on Letters and Sounds)
Wand Phonics with Phonics International and/or No Nonsense Phonics
Footnote 1 -this programme has been validated by the Department for Education in the September 2022 validation exercise. The footnote will be removed as soon as final evidence of the decodable material is received and reviewed. This programme is validated and funding for the Hubs programme (and Accelerator Fund) can be used to purchase this phonics programme.
For more information on the phonics validation process go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/choosing-a-phonics-teaching-programme/list-of-phonics-teaching-programmes
Please click below for documents referred to in the Moving Forward with Phonics Webinars - September 2021
Government Accelerator Funding for Phonics
Publishers of Systematic Synthetic Phonics Programmes must complete a self-assessment process based on criteria, which are then reviewed by independent evaluators.
There is no statutory requirement for schools to choose one of the SSP programmes on the validated list. However, validation status indicates that a programme has been self-assessed by its publisher and judged by a small panel with relevant expertise and that both consider it to meet all of the DFE criteria for an effective systematic synthetic phonics programme.
A complete systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programme is one that provides:
The following is the list of validated SSP programmes, updated 30 January 2023:
Click on any of the links to learn more:
ACET Phonics
A Flying Start with Letters and Sounds
ALS Phonics: Letters and Sounds
Anima Phonics: Letters and Sounds Updated
Dramatic Progress in Literacy
Extend Letters and Sounds
Fishing for Phonics
Junior Learning Letters & Sounds
LearnPhonics!
Lesley Clarke's Letters and Sounds
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
Pearl Phonics[footnote 1]
Phonics Steps
Pip and Pap
RoboPhonics
Schofield & Sims My Letters & Sounds
Smart Kids Letters and Sounds - The Code
Snappy Sounds
Sound!Start Phonics for Letters and Sounds
Programme (based on Letters and Sounds)
Wand Phonics with Phonics International and/or No Nonsense Phonics
Footnote 1 -this programme has been validated by the Department for Education in the September 2022 validation exercise. The footnote will be removed as soon as final evidence of the decodable material is received and reviewed. This programme is validated and funding for the Hubs programme (and Accelerator Fund) can be used to purchase this phonics programme.
For more information on the phonics validation process go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/choosing-a-phonics-teaching-programme/list-of-phonics-teaching-programmes