Guides
Phonics, explained plainly
Short guides for parents and tutors. They explain what the terms mean and what actually helps — they are not a phonics programme, and they do not replace a school's own guidance.
What is synthetic phonics?
Blending, segmenting, and why schools teach reading this way — explained without the jargon.
Understanding phonics phases
What each phase covers from Nursery to Year 2, why Phase 4 catches people out, and why the ages are guidance rather than targets.
Which phase is this spelling?
Short reference pages for single spellings — what phase 'igh' is, whether 'ow' is Phase 3 or Phase 5, when split digraphs arrive.
Check the spellings in a phonics text
Paste a short text and compare its spelling-sound correspondences with the Letters and Sounds progression.