Validated SSP Programmes
Phonics should be taught as part of the main approach to developing early reading in primary schools, as part of an SSP – a Systematic Synthetic Phonics Programme. ‘Systematic’ refers to the carefully planned order in which it is taught to build progressively and ‘Synthetic’ refers to the synthesis or ‘building up’ and ‘combining’ of letters and sounds to read words.
On this page you will find the details of all SSPs who have been ‘validated’ by the Department for Education, meaning they have been through a robust assessment process against the DfE’s validation criteria.
There is no statutory requirement for schools to choose one of the SSP programmes on the validated list, but schools must ensure that they take an approach that is rigorous, systematic, used with fidelity (any resources used should exactly match the Grapheme Phoneme Correspondence (GPC) progression of their chosen SSP approach), and achieves strong results for all pupils, including the most disadvantaged.
In order to receive funding from the English Hub programme, schools must demonstrate that they are using an SSP from the DfE’s validated list.
To find out more about the DfE's validation process, please click here.
The following is the current list of DfE validated SSP programmes:
All Aboard Phonics
ALS Phonics: Letters and Sounds
Anima Phonics: Letters and Sounds Updated
Bug Club Phonics
Essential Letters and Sounds
FFT Success for All Phonics
Floppy's Phonics
GES Simply Letters and Sounds
Jolly Phonics
Junior Learning Letters and Sounds
Lesley Clarke's Letters and Sounds
Letterland
Jolly Phonics
Junior Learning Letters and Sounds
Lesley Clarke's Letters and Sounds
Letterland
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised
McKie Mastery Power Phonics
Monster Phonics
No Nonsense Phonics
Phonics International
Phonics Shed
Read Write. Inc
Reading Planet Rocket Phonics
Schofield and Sims My Letters and & Sounds
Smart Kids Letters and Sounds- The Code
Song of Sounds
Sound Discovery
Sounds Together
Sounds-Write
Supersonic Phonic Friends
THE Partnership Phonics Programme (based on Letters and Sounds)
Twinkl Phonics
Unlocking Letters and Sounds
Wand Phonics with Phonics International and/or No Nonsense Phonics
The DfE Validated Programmes
English Hub Knowledge Schools Trust
West London Free School Primary
Cambridge Grove
Hammersmith, W6 0LB
0203 096 6016