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A one-to-one £25 phonics assessment helps identify your child's current phonics stage and the most appropriate next step.
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Live online phonics for early readers
Choose carefully sequenced Phase 2-5 programmes, a £25 one-to-one assessment or structured digital workbooks for purposeful phonics practice at home.
Led by Fozila Akhtar - a qualified teacher and former SENDCo with more than 10 years' experience.
Not sure which phase is right? Start with a one-to-one assessment to identify your child's current phonics stage and most suitable next step.
Choose your next step
You do not need to understand every QFE pathway before getting started. Choose the route that best reflects what you know today.
Start with clarity
A one-to-one £25 phonics assessment helps identify your child's current phonics stage and the most appropriate next step.
Book a phonics assessmentCompare live teaching
Compare the current live Phase 2-5 programmes, complete programme details and published class times before choosing a group.
View live programmesPractise at home
Use structured digital phonics workbooks to revisit sounds, blending, reading, spelling and writing at a pace that suits your family.
Browse phonics workbooksA parent's perspective
“Our daughter now looks forward to her sessions and has made enormous progress both academically and personally.”
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Read more parent experiencesCurrent live phonics programmes
Compare the complete programme, teaching format and next available groups before deciding which programme is right for your child.
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Phase 2 Phonics
Help your child build the confidence to blend, read and write their first words through a structured, teacher-led phonics programme.
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Phase 3 Phonics
Help your child secure new sounds, read longer words and sentences, and apply phonics with growing fluency and independence.
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Phase 4 Phonics
Strengthen blending and fluency so your child can tackle longer words and read with greater confidence and independence.
How a live lesson works
Each live phonics lesson is designed to help children focus on one carefully sequenced step without unnecessary pressure or overwhelm.
Children join their published Zoom class and learn with direct guidance from a qualified teacher.
Each 25-minute lesson builds phonics knowledge step by step through clear modelling and guided practice.
Children practise through blending, reading, spelling or writing in a small, supportive group.
Where a workbook is included, it provides structured practice to revisit and consolidate the lesson at home.
Meet the founder
Fozila Akhtar created Quality First Education to give children carefully structured teaching that builds secure foundations and confidence before speed.
The programmes are informed by child development, evidence-based teaching, classroom experience and clear progression - helping children understand what they are learning and feel secure enough to apply it.
Digital phonics workbooks
Choose a downloadable workbook for purposeful practice, consolidation and confidence-building between lessons or as a home-learning route.
Build early sound recognition, blending, reading and writing through structured practice at home.
Practise new sounds, digraphs, trigraphs, blending and spelling through carefully sequenced activities.
Strengthen blending, reading fluency and confidence with longer words and consonant clusters.
Frequently asked questions
Clear information about assessment, live groups, workbooks and joining from home.
If you are unsure whether your child needs Phase 2, 3, 4 or 5, the £25 one-to-one phonics assessment is the clearest starting point. It explores your child's current phonics knowledge so you can make a more informed programme choice.
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