Children will develop a range of spelling strategies, coordinating phonemic, orthographic, and morphemic knowledge in order to spell words accurately. Previous knowledge of words and spelling patterns will be retrieved in order to spell unfamiliar words with accuracy.

The school follows the National Curriculum expectations for spelling. Progression of spelling is outlined in the spelling LTPs below. The school does not follow a scheme but rather teaches rules based upon National curriculum guidance. It is expected that teachers explicitly teach spelling and that teachers use diagnostic assessment to focus effort of spellings children find difficult