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 pre cursive letter formation to words to sentences in cursive handwriting.
• 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
• Literacy interventions to narrow gaps (Family learning  and the REAL project)
• Writing targets for all children
• Access to spelling shed
• 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
• Weekly Extended writing Y1 to Y6
• Downsizing during extended writing for year 6
• Writing across the curriculum

Impact: Making a lasting difference to children and families.

% of pupils achieving GLD profile scores

School

Brent

National

2022-2023

80%

66%

67%

2023-2024

76%

66%

67%

2024-2025

76%

66%

65%

2025-2026

80%