Students at R. Brown McAllister Elementary School use exercises in phonemic awareness—the ability to recognize and manipulate the sounds in English—during literary instruction on March 19, 2025, in ...

New research has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers (age 4-5) learn to read. The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in ...

Education Secretary Damian Hinds reveals a new phonics roadshow that will aid a thousand teachers to boost their skills PRIMARY school kids will benefit from a reading and writing “blitz” to drive up ...

New research at Aston University has shown that extra practice in blending printed letter sounds can help struggling beginner readers in reception classes learn to read. The paper is published in the ...

The use of synthetic phonics to teach reading to children in reception classes has improved attainment Children who struggle with learning to read are often given extra help with learning letter ...

Thousands of young children in Birmingham are falling behind when it comes to basic literacy. Nearly one in five Year 1 pupils in the city - 19% - are failing their phonics tests, new figures show.