More DfE funding heading to Little Wandle?
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Is England’s second-most popular phonics teaching programme about to win another contract from central government, despite its recently-filed accounts having revealed that it has been carrying out an “investigation into its tax status”?
The question arises, after the Department for Education sent news of an upcoming “procurement opportunity”. Rivals in the sector wearily speculate that it might be heading the way of the organisation behind Little Wandle, which has moved from start-up to 10-figure player in the phonics market in under five years through sales to schools and was last year controversially awarded a central contract by the DfE.
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By Warwick Mansell for EDUCATION UNCOVERED
Published: 10 February 2025
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