Reading Interventions

Reading in Lessons & Vocabulary 

Phonics Programme: Sounds-Write

We use Sounds-Write, a Department for Education (DfE) validated systematic synthetic phonics programme grounded in the science of reading. This structured, linguistic approach teaches children how the spoken sounds of English map onto written letters, providing them with a clear understanding of how our alphabetic code works. Through explicit instruction, pupils master the essential skills of blending sounds to read, segmenting sounds to spell, and manipulating phonemes to navigate alternative spellings and pronunciations with confidence.

Designed to support learners at every stage Sounds-Write ensures all pupils build fluent, automatic reading and accurate spelling habits. By pairing classroom learning with fully decodable books matched to their exact phonetic knowledge, children develop strong reading comprehension, independent writing skills, and a lasting confidence in their literacy abilities.

Reading Support & Acceleration: Lexia

We use Lexia to provide personalized, adaptive reading instruction that supports, consolidates, and accelerates literacy development for our pupils. Backed by extensive research and aligned with the science of reading, Lexia adapts automatically to each child's individual strengths and areas for growth, ensuring every learner receives the precise level of instruction and practice they need to succeed.

Through interactive, engaging learning pathways, Lexia targets foundational reading skills across six core areas: Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Structural Analysis, Automaticity/Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension. As pupils work through the online program independently, teachers receive real-time data and actionable insights, allowing them to deliver targeted, teacher-led intervention and paper-based extension materials whenever extra support or challenge is needed.

Pupils achieve systematic development across all core strands of reading, bridging gaps in foundational knowledge while stretching higher-attaining pupils. Increased automaticity in word recognition, allows children to read age-appropriate texts with greater speed, expression, and confidence. Students gain a deeper understanding of complex words, sentence structures, and academic texts across a variety of genres and subject areas. High pupil engagement driven by self-paced progress, clear goal-setting, and interactive feedback builds a positive reading mindset.

Target Literacy Support: Precision Teaching

We use Precision Teaching as a highly structured, evidence-based intervention designed to build speed, accuracy, and confidence in core reading skills. Delivered through short, frequent 1:1 or small-group sessions, Precision Teaching pinpoints specific, individual learning gaps—such as high-frequency words, specific phonic sounds, or tricky vocabulary—and provides the targeted practice needed to achieve total mastery.

Unlike traditional interventions, Precision Teaching uses brief, timed practice activities combined with daily visual progress charts. This immediate feedback loop allows children to see their own growth day by day, boosting motivation and self-belief. By focusing on micro-steps and high-repetition practice, pupils move from simply knowing a skill to executing it automatically and effortlessly.

Pupils develop effortless recall of targeted sight words, sound-spelling correspondences, or subject vocabulary, removing hesitation during reading. Gaps are closed quickly as students gain mastery of specific, individual reading barriers through focused, micro-targeted practice. Visual charting allows pupils and teachers to track clear, quantitative growth over short timeframes.Students gain increased self-esteem and reduced anxiety around reading, driven by daily personal achievements and visible success leading to greater independence and stamina when decoding and comprehending texts during whole-class lessons.