This is just a reminder that the Phonics International resources can be used with secondary children to great effect if it is code-based learning and practice they need whether for spelling or reading and spelling. They can also provide great resources for practising fully joined handwriting which ...

The best places to 'hear' the sounds are via our 'audio' Alphabetic Code Chart here:

https://syntheticphonics.com/the-englis ... ith-audio/

And the 'HEAR THE SOUNDS' page of our PI site here:

https://phonicsinternational.com/hear-the-sounds/

FURTHER UPDATE: All three of our phonics programmes are now validated by the Department for Education.

The 'No Nonsense Phonics' programme is no longer published by Raintree, Phonics International Ltd has now taken over that role in its entirety and below is the one-page online catalogue which ...

UPDATE: All three of our phonics programmes have been 'DfE-validated'.

Having said that, the process was very unsatisfactory - and probably very ill-advised because now that the DfE has, in effect, 'rubber-stamped' 45 SSP programmes, officials are unlikely to admit if any of them are not getting ...

For a good introduction to my rationale and the Phonics International programme, you could start with watching the embedded video near the top of the PI homepage:

https://phonicsinternational.com

The embedded video complete with 'course notes' via the link below delves deeper into the 'Simple ...

UPDATE 2026: I've just re-read the posts above and they are so heartwarming for me - really inspiring to be honest!

There are some developments to report about our nursery resources - we have now designed and provide more hard copy resources for the two consecutive 'Phonics and Talk Time' books ...

UPDATE: In 2025, Phonics International Ltd was winner of the 'Welsh Enterprise Awards' as the 'Best Phonics Education Company'.

Originally, we were approached by the South of England Enterprise Awards organisation to enter for this award, but as David and I had moved to West Wales, the South of ...

PLEASE NOTE: I am no longer using the Crowdcast video platform.

I cannot express strongly enough how heartwarming it is to receive feedback about our https://phonicstrainingonline.com self-study course and any of our phonics resources -whether provided free and online, or whether our hard-copy purchasable resources. Thank you to all those people who have sent me ...

The following question has been asked a couple of times regarding access for deaf student-teachers to our Phonics Training Online course:

Good Afternoon,

As a University we have purchased Phonics International for our trainee teachers and have used this successfully over the last few years ...

This comment was shared via the DDOLL network May 2023 - I was really pleased about this as you can imagine!

One of my best learning experiences with respect to reading intervention was Debbie Hepplewhite's Phonics International training in phonics instruction.

We're building up a range of Phonics Reading Books to complement our phonics programmes - No Nonsense Phonics and Phonics International (Units 1 to 6), and we have received various positive comments about our reading books as well as our No Nonsense Phonics Skills Pupil Books series.

Here is a ...

I received this interesting question from a course participant:

Hello, I am enjoying the course quite alright, but I have a little issue. I was trained as EFL/TESOL teacher and therefore I am very familiar with the IPA system for the 44 sounds of the English language, but not the SSP. Now, to help ...

Well, we've seen a quick turnover of Prime Ministers in England this year (2022) - Boris Johnson, followed by Liz Truss, followed by Rishi Sunak!

At the time of writing this post, the current Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak of the Conservative Party, has reinstated Nick Gibb:

https://www.gov.uk ...

We received this query and great feedback from a lady in New Zealand:


May I ask when the NNP Book 2+ and Book 5+ will be available in Amazon? I tried purchasing these in your shop but there is no shipping to New Zealand. I really like your books and I have completed the Phonics International ...