How does Monster Phonics support children who need extra help?

No child should fall behind in learning to read. Monster Phonics has built-in intervention programmes to keep every child on track.

Monster Phonics supports all children to succeed in reading and writing through a clear Keep Up and Catch Up approach.

Keep Up 
Formative assessment is embedded in every lesson, enabling teachers to identify children who need extra practice straight away. Keep Up support includes repeated practice and Same Day Interventions that focus on specific graphemes, blending, or segmenting skills. These short, targeted sessions help children secure understanding before new content is introduced. Teachers are supported with clear guidance and ready-to-use intervention resources to maintain progress and consistency across the class.

Catch Up 
For children who need more sustained or targeted intervention, the Catch Up strand provides a full Rapid Intervention Programme. This is informed by comprehensive summative assessments and includes:

• Detailed planning and training for teachers
• Structured resources covering grapheme–phoneme correspondences, high-frequency and tricky words
• Flexible delivery options for whole-class, group, or individual sessions

The Online Assessment Tracker helps teachers identify gaps quickly, with heatmaps and flowcharts guiding decisions on the most effective intervention pathway.

With this combined Keep Up and Catch Up approach, Monster Phonics ensures that every child receives the right level of support at the right time — so no child falls behind in their early reading journey.

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