Rapid Phonics
No impact
for Secondary reading
Not evaluated
for Primary reading
Intervention description
Rapid Phonics is a phonics catch-up programme aimed at Years 1 to 6, and is disseminated by Pearson. The intervention includes age appropriate books, snappy lessons to reinforce the basics of phonics in small steps and interactive activities designed to build confidence and fluency.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING
Pearson offer online and face-to-face professional development courses to support the intervention.
Evidence Summary
The Education Endowment Foundation recently ran a project investigating the effectiveness of Rapid Phonics, which did not show it to be effective. The study found a mean effect size of -0.05 for secondary reading.
No impact
for Secondary reading
Key research
The Education Endowment Foundation study did not evaluate the impact on primary reading comprehension.
https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/rapid-phonics/
Key stages
Targeted groups
Practices
Cost
Resources sold individually on Pearson website