Chris Davis, chair of the 10,000-strong National Primary Headteachers'
Association, said, 'We think that one method of teaching children to read, particularly a formulaic route to learning, could be dangerous.'
He said that in a recent online poll of the association's members on the most effective way to teach reading, just over 2 per cent had voted for synthetic phonics alone. Just under 34 per cent voted for 'a planned blend of phonics, real books and "look-say"', and 58 per cent voted for 'the method or blend of methods that best suited the individual child'.
Teachers' unions also warned against using a 'one-size-fits-all approach'.
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