What you should be able to do
- Develop secure grapheme–phoneme correspondence with highly supported practice.
- Develop increasingly independent decoding with highly supported practice.
- Develop applied word building with highly supported practice.
- Develop confident automatic recognition with highly supported practice.
- Apply Phonics skills through structured practice appropriate to ages 13–15.
- Reflect on progress, explain strategies used and identify a clear next step.
Course journey
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.
Learn, practise, apply and reflect through activities adapted to ages 13–15.
How learning is evidenced
Practice evidence
Short activities, reading responses, writing tasks, discussion or applied practice depending on the pathway.
Completion task
A final age- and level-appropriate task demonstrating the key course outcomes. Successful completion can generate an RCI certificate of completion; it is not presented as a regulated qualification.
Who this pathway is for
This pathway is designed for Teen learners (ages 13–15) who want to develop grapheme–phoneme correspondence, decoding, word building, automatic recognition at Starter level.
Progression
After completion, learners can move into a higher-level pathway within Phonics, apply the skill in another literacy domain, join a Reading Ambassador pathway, or continue through the Reading Passport and Literacy App.