Independent review of the teaching of early reading (Rose Report 2006)

The Independent review of the teaching of early reading was an influential report by Sir Jim Rose, former HMI director of inspection at Ofsted, into the teaching of reading in primary schools in England.^[1]

Another report^[2] was published in April 2009, with the name Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum: Final Report, after additional evidence was received from the Cambridge Primary Review.^[3]

Both reports recommended that high quality systematic phonics "should be taught as the prime approach in learning to decode (to read) and encode (to write/spell) print". Phonics should be taught systematically and discretely, however, it should be set within a "broad and rich" "multisensory" curriculum. The reports stressed the importance of language development (including speaking and listening). The reports also recommended that the "searchlights" model of reading should be replaced with the simple view of reading.^[4]

See also

• Politics portal
• United Kingdom portal

• The National Strategies
• Phonics
• Primary National Strategy
• Reading
• Synthetic phonics
• Rose, Jim (2006). "Independent review of the teaching of early reading" (PDF). Department for Education and Skills. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

References

1. "Independent review of the teaching of early reading, 2006" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
2. "Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum: Final Report, DCSF-00499-2009, nationalarchives.gov.uk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
3. "Cambridge Primary Review, University of Cambridge, UK 2009" (PDF).
4. Dombey, Henrietta. "The Simple View Of Reading - Explained". United Kingdom Literacy Association. Teaching Times. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.