Primary EYFS, KS1 & KS2 Reading and Phonics Intervention Programmes Compared
This page compares intervention strategies that are ideal for phonics or reading recovery catch-up. Many can be run in small groups and by teaching assistants, and several are dedicated to KS2 phonics intervention. Some are specifically designed for Pupil Premium budgets.
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Also see: Primary Reading Schemes, Secondary Reading Intervention, Reading Assessment Tools, Primary Reading CPD
All Aboard Phonics Plus
All Aboard Learning
Years Reception - 2
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All Aboard Phonics Plus is an intervention programme designed to identify the cause of difficulty for a child and apply the right solution each time. It includes baseline assessments and end-of-stage assessments to help you guide each learner through to a positive outcome. [read more].
Word Aware
Routledge
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
Now in a fully updated second edition, this comprehensive and practical book outlines the theoretical underpinnings for vocabulary and acts as a ‘how to’ guide to developing word learning across the school and curriculum [read more].
Toe by Toe
Keda Publications
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
Toe by Toe is a highly structured phonics-based reading manual to help anyone who finds reading difficult. It requires only 20 minutes of coaching a day and you'll see immediate improvements in your child's reading confidence [read more].
60-Second Reading Intervention
Twinkl
Years 1 - 2
Subscription
Perfect for daily 1:1 intervention sessions, our new 60-Second Reading Intervention Programme is designed to increase speed, fluency and comprehension skills with KS1 pupils who need an extra boost [read more].
Better Reading Support Partners
Edge Hill University
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
A trained Better Reading Support Partner provides a 10- week programme of three 15-minute one-to-one sessions per week for pupils who have fallen behind at reading. The Partner uses simple assessments to select three texts for each pupil to read in each session [read more].
Catch Up® Literacy
The Caxton Trust
Years 1 - 6 +
One-off Purchase
Catch Up® Literacy is a structured one-to-one intervention for learners who find reading difficult. It enables struggling readers to achieve more than double the progress of typically developing readers [read more].
Fast Track Phonics
Lancashire Professional Development Service
Year 2
One-off Purchase
Fast Track Phonics has been developed to support children in Year 2 who did not achieve at the expected level in the Year 1 Phonics Check. It is designed to address gaps in learning. It is not intended to take the place of the daily phonics session, but would ideally be run in addition. It is not for pupils who have identified special needs and a more intensive one to one programme may be more appropriate for these children.
Five Minute Box
Five Minute Box
Years 1 - 6 +
One-off Purchase
The Five Minute Box is the multi-sensory phonics programme which enables the early identification of potential specific learning difficulties. The Box provides secure basic skills for reading, spelling and writing thus maintaining self-esteem and a more positive attitude [read more].
Phonics Rescue
The Education People
Years EYFS - 3
One-off Purchase
This resource provides support to Reception, KS1 and Year 3 teachers in conducting informal phonics assessments to identify gaps caused by school closures [read more].
Phonics Screening Survival
Twinkl
Years 1
Subscription
A range of easy-to-use, engaging and interactive materials that are designed for hassle-free planning, teaching and assessing in the run-up to the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check. Ideal for whole-classes, group booster interventions and 1:1 tuition sessions for pupils who simply need that extra boost to reach their potential [read more].
Precision Teaching Plus
EdPsychEd
Years 1 - 6 +
Subscription
A complete, straightforward and rapid online intervention program to boost children's learning [read more].
Project X CODE
Oxford University Press
Years 2 - 4
One-off Purchase
Project X CODE is a proven reading intervention programme with an integrated online subscription, for children in Years 2–4 (P3–5) who are a year or more behind in their word reading. CODE combines phonics and comprehension development in an exciting and motivational character adventure series [read more].
RWI Fresh Start
Oxford University Press
Years 5 - 6 +
One-off Purchase
Read Write Inc. Fresh Start is a catch-up and intervention programme with proven results, for 9 to 13-year-olds still learning to read. It offers a simple but powerful solution to accelerate reading progress in just 25 minutes a day [read more].
Rapid Phonics
Pearson
Years 2 - 6
Annual Subscription or One-off Purchase
Thousands of schools up and down the country use Rapid to help their struggling learners, including children from disadvantaged backgrounds and those with SEN, catch up in phonics – and the results speak for themselves. A Rapid Phonics trial in Neath and Port Talbot found children quadrupled their expected reading progress and doubled their expected spelling progress!
Rapid Reading
Pearson
Years 3 - 6
Annual Subscription + One-off Purchase
Thousands of schools up and down the country use Rapid to help their struggling and disadvantaged children, in mainstream and those with SEN catch up in reading – and the results speak for themselves. [read more].
Reading Plus
Reading Solutions
Years 3 - 6
Annual Subscription
Reading Solutions UK is the home of Reading Plus – the online reading development programme that engages pupils and makes it easy to evidence impact. Improve reading speed and fluency, increase vocabulary – and accelerate reading comprehension [read more].
Reading Wise
IdeasWise
Years EYFS - 6
Subscription
ReadingWise is an effective online literacy intervention for primary and secondary schools [read more].
Ready Steady Intervention
Literacy Counts
Years 1 - 6
One-off Purchase
Ready Steady Intervention is a 1:1 reading intervention delivered by Teaching Assistants. It is suitable for Years 1-10. The intervention encourages the love of reading, helps develop children into effective readers, and ensures that all children are able to read easily, fluently and with good understanding.
Red Rose Bounce Back Phonics
Lancashire Professional Development Service
Years 2 - 4
One-off Purchase
Catch up phonics lessons for Years 2, 3 and 4 based on the Letters and Sounds Programme. This document offers a series of phonics lessons aimed at helping children in Years 2, 3 and 4 who may have missed, or not fully understood, some of the crucial stages of systematic synthetic phonics teaching in the early years.
Rockerbox News
My Rockerbox
Years 1 - 6 +
Subscription
With the Rockerbox News non-fiction reading platforms every learner – no matter their learning level, style or setting – will be motivated to learn and empowered with knowledge that will help them reach their full potential [read more].
Shine Reading Skills
Rising Stars
Years 1 - 6
Subscription
Deliver targeted individual and group intervention activities to directly address areas of weakness identified in your pupils’ diagnostic test results and plug knowledge gaps [read more].
Time for Phonics Intervention Programme
Time for Phonics
Years EYFS - 6
Annual Subscription
Help children catch up with phonics with two ready-made structured programmes for EYFS/KS1 and KS2. The programmes consist of detailed, clear and planned sessions to support pupils who require additional support, either 1:1 or in a small group if children are at a similar level. These can be delivered by a teaching/support assistant, class teacher, or specialist phonics teacher [read more].
WordBlaze
Rising Stars
Years 3 - 6
One-off Purchase
Bridge the gap from phonics to fluency with powerful multi-sensory intervention [read more].
