Following the national seminar of 17 March looking into the effective teaching of phonics in the National Literacy Strategy, an independent report has been published as well as seven papers presented at the seminar and the response to the report's recommendations from the Department of Education and Skills.

By following the link you will be able to access the papers listed below

Phonics seminar 2003

Fine tuning the National Literacy Strategy to ensure continuing progress in improving standards of reading in the UK Dr Morag Stuart

Accelerating Reading and Spelling with Synthetic Phonics: A Five Year Follow Up Professor Rhona Johnston

DfES Response to the March 2003 Phonics Seminar and Professor Greg Brooks' Report

Literacy programmes Ruth Miskin

Sound sense: the phonics element of the National Literacy Strategy Report by Professor Greg Brooks

Systematic Phonics Instruction: Findings of the National Reading Panel Professor Linnea Ehri

Teaching Phonics in Context - A Critique of the National Literacy Strategy Dr Jonathan Solity

Why all teachers should be trained to use the THRASS 'periodic table of phonics' Alan Davies

Teaching phonics in the NLS