Testimonials

We have used LP to support phonics and fine motor interventions for our targeted children

Launchpad has had a clear and measurable impact on our attainment data. We have seen a notable increase in the number of children achieving a Good Level of Development (GLD) at the end of Reception and improved outcomes in the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.

Launchpad is included our literacy and communication policy

The impact of LP ensured we participated in the KS2 training which was on our School development Plan this year.

LP is implemented fully in EYFS to ensure that best practice is fully delivered to all the children so that early pre-reading and writing skills are developed.

We realised very quickly that there was a group of children whose auditory memory was actually the barrier. Rather than doing any blending interventions, we stopped and took the time to put the auditory memory provision in place first. After blending interventions, children flew! It was amazing to see the pace of progress for this group and this has impacted on their early writing outcomes.

The clear progression and granular steps mean that our planning for children with SEND is more precise and targeted. We use the small steps for their learning journeys, which is proving to be very successful in developing their early writing skills.

LP is used in Nursery, Reception and Year 1 to ensure there is consistency and clear progression in pre-phonics.

The LP approach gives very clear evidence of children’s next steps, which is vital for staff planning and for showing Ofsted the progression of learning.

The assessment data helped us to have clearer conversations with Ofsted about children’s progress.

We have implemented LP across our EYFS and into Year One. This has given us consistency in our teaching of pre-phonics and phonics skills and has closed gaps at the end of Reception.

We use LP across our whole setting and this has given us consistency in our teaching and learning.

Our focus children in Yr 1 have developed their auditory and visual skills. It has made Phonics so much more meaningful for them with some of the group now able to read and write simple CVC words as well as orally segmenting and blending words – a huge improvement from their starting points.

We found that our Nursery children are already beginning to blend and they have retained more sounds than in the past.

Children leaving Nursery are more “flashcard ready” for Reception & we can hit the ground running with Synthetic phonics, due to our strong, consistent teaching using the LP skills framework.

Our Speech and language, PSED and literacy data have all increased compared to previous years.