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		<title>Post-16 Phonics Toolkit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From 2019 - Introducing phonics to the post-16 sector]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Better than decodables</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[What works better than decodables for struggling readers in high school? ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Downside of Decodables</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For older students, the downside of decodables is they could slow progress. Read more in this guest post from psychologist, Georgina Mavor. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Phonics Resources for ESOL</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some ideas for using phonics for ESOL to update old favourite activities and align them with the logic of English. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Structured Phonics for Adults</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 12:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What happened when an experienced literacy teacher in a large adult learning service tried a structured phonics program with his learners?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Supporting Reading in Secondary Schools</title>
		<link>https://thatreadingthing.com/supporting-reading-in-secondary-schools-ofsted/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This advice about supporting reading in secondary schools is an excellent starting place for any high school wanting to help their older struggling readers.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>School to Prison Pipeline (or not)</title>
		<link>https://thatreadingthing.com/school-to-prison-pipeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is there really a school to prison pipeline for struggling readers? ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Literacy and Behaviour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tricia]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, working with young people living chaotic lives, you only get a very short time to make a difference. Here's what only 4 hours of That Reading Thing can do.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Phonics Results for Secondary Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2025 13:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What kind of results can you expect from an age-appropriate linguistic phonics programme in a large urban secondary school?]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;I don&#8217;t do education&#8217;</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A woman from the Basic Skills Agency insisted, 'You can't just sit a young offender down at a table and teach them to read.' ]]></description>
		
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