Essential Letters and Sounds

Getting all children to read well, quickly. 

Essential Letters and Sounds is an affordable, easy-to-use, DfE validated phonics programme that gets all children reading quickly. Developed by teachers from Knowledge Schools Trust, Essential Letters and Sounds helps schools deliver effective phonics teaching based on Letters and Sounds (2007):

•    Works with the decodable books you may already have in your classroom

•    A structured approach to teaching phonics that gives children and teachers consistency and security

•    Supports children to keep up so they don’t have to catch up

Essential Letters and Sounds Teaching Subscription — The online teaching subscription is available to purchase directly from Oxford University Press. You can find details of the ELS teaching subscription at www.oxfordprimary.com/essentiallettersandsounds

Essential Letters and Sounds Teaching — Training is delivered by the experts from Knowledge Schools Trust. You can find details of the ELS training programme at www.essentiallettersandsounds. org/els-training-package

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