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Curriculum

Phonics available now. A wider curriculum planned for the future.

QFE's current teaching is focused on helping early readers through structured Phase 2-5 phonics. The broader curriculum remains a long-term educational vision.

Available now

A clear Phase 2-5 phonics curriculum.

Current live programmes help children develop sound recognition, blending, segmenting, reading and spelling through carefully sequenced teacher-led lessons.

  • carefully sequenced Phase 2-5 phonics
  • live teacher-led online lessons
  • small groups with a maximum of 10 children
  • focused 25-minute sessions
  • structured practice and workbook support where listed

Not sure where to begin?

Start with a £25 phonics assessment.

The one-to-one assessment helps identify a child's current phonics stage and gives parents a clearer recommendation before choosing a programme or workbook.

Book a phonics assessment

Coming in the future

The wider curriculum is a roadmap, not a current catalogue.

These areas express where QFE may grow over time. They are not currently available to purchase as live QFE programmes.

Reading

Future vision

A future curriculum area for fluency, comprehension, vocabulary and increasingly independent reading.

Writing

Future vision

A future curriculum area for expression, composition, sentence development and purposeful communication.

Maths

Future vision

A future curriculum area for secure foundations, reasoning, fluency and problem-solving.

Science and humanities

Future vision

Future wider learning designed to connect knowledge, curiosity, evidence and understanding across subjects.

What remains consistent

Clear teaching before unnecessary complexity.

QFE's philosophy is to build secure understanding through clear modelling, guided practice, structured review and an appropriate pace. Today, families can see that approach in the current phonics offer.

Learn about the QFE approach

Next steps

Explore the phonics support available today

Compare live Phase 2-5 programmes, browse structured workbooks or begin with an assessment if your child's phase is unclear.