Chapter One – Early Literacy Intervention

Resource type: Catch-up intervention

Price band: £££

Key stage: KS1

Region(s): England, Scotland

The Chapter One Early Literacy Intervention programme provides tailored, one-to-one phonics support for children in Reception and Year 1 who are at risk of falling behind with phonics teaching.

The intervention is provided by a fully trained Early Literacy Interventionist (ELI) who is employed by Chapter One. The ELI works with each child 3-5 times a week in short, targeted sessions that are designed to enable pupils to keep up with the whole-class phonics teaching. Sessions are delivered using an interactive platform that provides access to reinforcement activities and decodable texts that align with any DfE approved systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) scheme.

ELIs work independently but the bespoke platform allows them to monitor and record progress and make notes on their sessions to feed back to class teachers.

Cost: £900 per child with subsidised packages available.

About Chapter One: Chapter One is a UK literacy charity that provides one-to-one reading support to children facing disadvantage at the time they need it most. Chapter One offers tailored support for the entire primary reading journey and currently supports nearly 3500 children in 12 areas across the UK through its three programmes.

Literacy Hive Likes:

Early Literacy Interventionists work closely with class teachers to ensure that their sessions follow the whole-class progression.
ELIs can also offer support in phonics assessment and supporting learners with EAL and SEND needs.
The dedicated, one-on-one time builds pupils’ confidence and improves whole-class engagement and participation.
The intervention is designed to be flexible, allowing children to be swapped out when they no longer need the additional support.