Get Reading Right works with every type of school. Our resources are designed to be flexible enough for any setting — and structured enough to deliver results everywhere. Here’s a look at the different kinds of schools we support.
Government Schools
The vast majority of schools using Get Reading Right are government primary schools — state schools in New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and beyond. These are mainstream classrooms where teachers are looking for a reliable, evidence-based phonics program they can implement without years of specialist training.
Our materials give classroom teachers everything they need: clear lesson sequences, decodable texts matched to the teaching order, and assessment tools to track progress. Many government schools start with a single enthusiastic teacher and then expand to a whole-school adoption as results become clear.
In Fiji, we’ve taken this further — working with the Ministry of Education to roll Get Reading Right out across more than 650 government primary schools in a national literacy initiative. Read more about our work in Fiji →
Faith-Based Schools
Catholic systemic schools, Anglican schools, Christian colleges, Jewish day schools and Islamic schools — we work with schools from many faith traditions across Australia and internationally. Faith-based school systems are often early adopters of structured literacy, recognising the importance of giving every child a strong foundation in reading.
Many Catholic diocese school networks in particular have embraced synthetic phonics, and Get Reading Right is a popular choice within these systems for its clarity, structure, and ease of implementation across multiple schools with varying levels of teacher experience.
Independent Schools
Independent and private schools — from large grammar schools to small alternative schools — use Get Reading Right to underpin their early literacy programs. These schools often have the flexibility to adopt evidence-based approaches quickly, and many have been early champions of the science of reading in Australia.
Whether it’s a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, a progressive Montessori-inspired school in the Blue Mountains, or a small independent school in regional Western Australia, the need is the same: a systematic program that actually teaches children to decode — and our resources deliver.
Remote & Regional Schools
Some of our most important work happens in the places that need it most. Get Reading Right is used in remote Indigenous schools in the Northern Territory, tiny rural schools in far north Queensland, isolated communities in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, and outback schools where a single teacher might cover multiple year levels.
In these settings, structured synthetic phonics is particularly powerful. Many students are learning English as a second or third language. The systematic, cumulative nature of our program gives them — and their teachers — a clear, achievable path to reading fluency. No guesswork, no gaps.
From Katherine in the Top End to Murray Island in the Torres Strait, we’re proud that Get Reading Right reaches the children who benefit from it most.
International Schools
Across Asia, Europe, the Middle East and beyond, international schools and bilingual programs use Get Reading Right to teach English reading to students from diverse language backgrounds. In Hong Kong alone, over 60 schools use our resources. In the UK — where synthetic phonics has been mandated for over a decade — more than 40 schools have chosen Get Reading Right.
Our systematic approach works particularly well in multilingual settings. Students don’t need to already speak fluent English to begin — the structured, sound-by-sound approach builds reading skills from the ground up. See our full international reach →