Education Endowment Foundation:Phonics
Phonics
High impact for very low cost based on very extensive evidence
Phonics is an approach that develops pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the relationship between written symbols and sounds.
Implementation costThe cost estimates in the Toolkits are based on the average cost of delivering the intervention.
Evidence strengthThis rating provides an overall estimate of the robustness of the evidence, to help support professional decision-making in schools.
Impact (months)The impact measure shows the number of additional months of progress made, on average, by children and young people who received the intervention, compared to similar children and young people who did not.
+5
months