Essential Letters and Sounds (ELS) from Oxford

Essential phonics programme for getting all children to read well, quickly!
Welcome to Essential Letters and Sounds. Developed for teachers by teachers from Knowledge Schools Trust, this programme is designed to ensure that all children learn to read well and make speedy progress.

Why use Essential Letters and Sounds?
DfE validated – Validated as an effective systematic synthetic phonics teaching programme by the Department for Education, designed to improve literacy levels.

Affordable – Because ELS follows the Letters and Sounds 2007 progression, it works with the decodable books you may already have. Expand your existing provision with front-of-class whiteboard presentations, classroom posters and activity books.

Easy to use – A daily, same structure approach to teaching phonics that gives children and teachers consistency and security.