A phonics expert in every classroom
OUR TRAINING
Exceptional teaching starts with knowledgeable teachers, which is why tailored training for every member of staff is included in our membership.
Our training covers…
How learning to read happens
Our courses give educators a strong understanding of how children learn to read and spell, and how the alphabetic code works.
How to deliver Sounds-Write lessons
Our training provides lesson demonstrations, scripts and planning tools to help educators deliver the programme with confidence.
How to assess and monitor progress
You’ll learn how to use our diagnostic and assessment tools, keep track of your students’ progress and plan your lessons according to students’ needs.
How to deliver effective interventions
You will learn how to plan, structure and deliver one-to-one and group intervention sessions for children who need extra support.
How it works
Training for every member of your team
Annual membership prices starting from £400
WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS
“The most effective teachers have deep knowledge of the subjects they teach.”
Coe, R., Aloisi, C., Higgins, S. & Major, L. E. (2014).
What makes great teaching? Review of the underpinning research.
With you every step of your career
Our extensive CPD offering provides you with the training you’ll need for every step of your career. From leading phonics in your school to working with students with additional needs, you can keep learning with Sounds-Write’s Specialist Courses.
Your commitment to excellence
For schools and educators new to Sounds-Write, membership begins with a 6-week online training programme (20–27 hours per staff member, depending on role). This commitment ensures your whole team can deliver the programme effectively and see real impact in classrooms.
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What’s covered in our training?
- Understand how to teach the phonics skills, concepts, and code knowledge students need to master to become competent readers and spellers.
- Learn how to introduce students to the Initial Code in the first year of school, moving from CVC words to words with a progressively more complex structure, and then transitioning to learning the Extended Code, alongside polysyllabic words in Y1.
- Learn how to teach all the different Sounds-Write lessons (or activity types), and have ample opportunity to practise them yourself.
- Learn how to plan your Sounds-Write sessions and respond to formative assessment.
- Find out how to teach Sounds-Write to groups of different sizes, so you can work with the whole class, small intervention groups, or one-to-one.
- Learn how to teach through errors—one of the cornerstones of the Sounds-Write approach—and how to conduct formative assessment and use differentiation effectively in your teaching.
- Understand how to use diagnostic tools to determine where new students should start the programme.
Ready to start training?
Unlocking teacher potential
At Sounds-Write, we believe that teachers are the true catalysts for change in every child’s literacy journey. The most powerful tool in a classroom isn’t just the curriculum—it’s a teacher’s deep understanding of how phonics works. By equipping teachers with expert-level knowledge and the confidence to apply it, we empower them to create a profound impact on literacy outcomes.
Crafted by teachers, backed by research
At Sounds-Write, our programme has been crafted by teachers, for teachers, drawing on 20+ years of experience and expertise in the classroom. Rooted in the latest research on the Science of Learning, our approach blends cutting-edge cognitive insights with proven, practical teaching techniques that have been rigorously tested in real classroom settings.