Phonics Scheme used in school: Bug Phonics and Rapid Phonics Pearsons validated by DFE

Implementation: Enabling all children to become a competent writer

• Whole school (Teachers and support staff) CPD to access resources and implement Quality first teaching

• Word of the day in each class and explicit teaching of vocabulary and language
• Teaching of specific and ambitious vocabulary and language across school
• Direct teaching of writing occurs daily for all children from letter formation to words to sentences and beyond in all classes throughout school
• Writing Curriculum workshops for Parents to support learning at home
• Book monitoring provides whole school overview and shows progress in writing
• Responsive marking ensures children receive specific individual feedback in writing
• Phonics interventions across school
• NTP programme 30 sessions for 63 children – gains of +3 to +9 points in writing
• Literacy interventions to narrow gaps (Family learning, REAL project, Talk boost, NTP rise up)
• Writing targets for all children
• Access to Literacy Planet for spellings across the school both for home and school
• Spag.com online resource for grammar both for home and school
• Soft start: Write Wednesday
• Whole school moderation of writing year group, cross-phase termly and end of key stage, borough and cross borough
• Pupil progress meetings half termly
• Additional support provided in year group
• Pupil voice
• Extended writing Y1 to Y6
• Downsizing during extended writing for years 2 to 6
• Writing across the curriculum

Impact: Making a lasting difference to children and families.

Data: Sustained outcomes in Phonics in Early Years, Y1 and Y2 phonics checks and KS1 data

Year

% at Age-related

R

77%

1

77.5%

2

73.6%

3

68.9%

4

68.8%

5

72.4%

6

73.0%