Quality First Education

QFE

Programmes & Enrolment

Build confident readers through structured, teacher-led learning.

Quality First Education combines systematic phonics teaching, small live groups, carefully sequenced learning and high-quality resources to help children build secure foundations, confidence and independence.

Teacher-led live lessons

Small groups (maximum 10)

Structured progression

Home-practice support

Quality First Education

Hatchling · Phonics

Phase 2 Phonics

Hatchling

Phonics

10 spaces available

Phase 2 Phonics

Help your child build the confidence to blend, read and write their first words through a structured, teacher-led phonics programme.

This programme may be suitable if your child is ready to begin learning letter-sound relationships and blending simple words.

Teacher-ledSystematic phonics

Programme at a glance

Starts: 26 October 2026
Live lessons: 25 live lessons
Duration: 5 weeks
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Group size: Maximum 10 children
Workbook: Included
Teaching: Teacher-led live
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Available spaces: 10 available

Complete programme

£625

For the complete 25-lesson programme

£25 per live lesson

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Hatchling · Phonics

Phase 3 Phonics

Hatchling

Phonics

10 spaces available

Phase 3 Phonics

Help your child secure new sounds, read longer words and sentences, and apply phonics with growing fluency and independence.

This programme may be suitable if your child recognises many Phase 2 sounds and can blend simple words.

Teacher-ledSystematic phonics

Programme at a glance

Starts: 4 January 2027
Live lessons: 30 live lessons
Duration: 6 weeks
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Group size: Maximum 10 children
Workbook: Included
Teaching: Teacher-led live
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Available spaces: 10 available

Complete programme

£750

For the complete 30-lesson programme

£25 per live lesson

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Hatchling · Phonics

Phase 4 Phonics

Hatchling

Phonics

10 spaces available

Phase 4 Phonics

Strengthen blending and fluency so your child can tackle longer words and read with greater confidence and independence.

This programme may be suitable if your child recognises Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds and is ready to blend longer words.

Teacher-ledSystematic phonics

Programme at a glance

Starts: 4 January 2027
Live lessons: 25 live lessons
Duration: 6 weeks
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Group size: Maximum 10 children
Workbook: Included
Teaching: Teacher-led live
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Available spaces: 10 available

Complete programme

£625

For the complete 25-lesson programme

£25 per live lesson

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Hatchling · Phonics

Phase 5 Phonics (Part 1)

Hatchling

Phonics

10 spaces available

Phase 5 Phonics (Part 1)

Build confident reading and spelling as your child learns new graphemes and split digraphs through carefully sequenced teaching.

This programme may be suitable if your child has secure earlier-phase foundations and is ready to learn new graphemes and split digraphs.

Teacher-ledSystematic phonics

Programme at a glance

Starts: 4 January 2027
Live lessons: 25 live lessons
Duration: 5 weeks
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Group size: Maximum 10 children
Workbook: Included
Teaching: Teacher-led live
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Available spaces: 10 available

Complete programme

£625

For the complete 25-lesson programme

£25 per live lesson

View programme detailsChoose a class time

Quality First Education

Hatchling · Phonics

Phase 5 Phonics (Part 2)

Hatchling

Phonics

10 spaces available

Phase 5 Phonics (Part 2)

Develop flexible, fluent reading and accurate spelling as your child explores alternative spellings and advanced phonics patterns.

This programme may be suitable if your child has worked through the first part of Phase 5 and is ready to explore alternative spellings and pronunciations.

Teacher-ledSystematic phonics

Programme at a glance

Starts: 4 January 2027
Live lessons: 35 live lessons
Duration: 7 weeks
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Group size: Maximum 10 children
Workbook: Included
Teaching: Teacher-led live
Delivery: Online via Zoom
Available spaces: 10 available

Complete programme

£875

For the complete 35-lesson programme

£25 per live lesson

£875

£25 per live lesson

Suitable starting point: This programme may be suitable if your child has worked through the first part of Phase 5 and is ready to explore alternative spellings and pronunciations.
Main learning focus: Alternative spellings, pronunciations, fluency and accurate spelling
Duration: 7 weeks
Live lessons: 35 live lessons
Lesson length: 25 minutes
Workbook: Included
Recommended next step: Continue practising fluent reading and accurate spelling

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Comparison of QFE live phonics programmes
Compare	Phase 2 Phase 2 Phonics	Phase 3 Phase 3 Phonics	Phase 4 Phase 4 Phonics	Phase 5 Part 1 Phase 5 Phonics (Part 1)	Phase 5 Part 2 Phase 5 Phonics (Part 2)
Suitable starting point	This programme may be suitable if your child is ready to begin learning letter-sound relationships and blending simple words.	This programme may be suitable if your child recognises many Phase 2 sounds and can blend simple words.	This programme may be suitable if your child recognises Phase 2 and Phase 3 sounds and is ready to blend longer words.	This programme may be suitable if your child has secure earlier-phase foundations and is ready to learn new graphemes and split digraphs.	This programme may be suitable if your child has worked through the first part of Phase 5 and is ready to explore alternative spellings and pronunciations.
Main learning focus	Early sounds, blending and reading and writing first words	Additional sounds, longer words and simple sentences	Longer words, secure blending and growing reading fluency	New graphemes, split digraphs, reading and spelling	Alternative spellings, pronunciations, fluency and accurate spelling
Programme duration	5 weeks	6 weeks	6 weeks	5 weeks	7 weeks
Live lessons	25 live lessons	30 live lessons	25 live lessons	25 live lessons	35 live lessons
Lesson length	25 minutes	25 minutes	25 minutes	25 minutes	25 minutes
Complete programme	£625	£750	£625	£625	£875
Per-lesson equivalent	£25 per live lesson	£25 per live lesson	£25 per live lesson	£25 per live lesson	£25 per live lesson
Workbook	Included	Included	Included	Included	Included
Recommended next step	Continue to Phase 3 when Phase 2 knowledge is secure	Continue to Phase 4 when Phase 3 knowledge is secure	Continue to Phase 5 Part 1 when blending is secure	Continue to Phase 5 Part 2 after completing Part 1	Continue practising fluent reading and accurate spelling

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