Delivery of Letters and Sounds Programme Update by Gordon Askew

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Department for Education awarded a contract to Francis Gordon Askew for subject matter expert services to provide quality assurance and delivery oversight of the Letters and Sounds project update.

The contract, valued at £12,500 (exc VAT) for 25 days (not concurrent days) over a six-month period from 11 August 2020 to 31 March 2021, was signed on 7 October 2020.

It was subsequently extended by 2.5 days with an increase of £1,250 (exc VAT) on 25 March 2021, bringing the total value to £13,750 (exc VAT).

The extension addressed additional work required from stakeholder feedback, leading to a review of the original scope from a full Systematic Synthetic Phonics programme based on the 2007 Letters and Sounds to a limited update in the form of non-statutory guidance.

Revised deliverables included providing guidance on subsequent revisions to the Letters and Sounds programme (2007), addressing alterations to the ordering of phases and progression.