WriteWell
Guide pupils from their first pencil movements to fluent, legible joined handwriting. WriteWell is a structured programme that reflects the DfE's 2025 Writing Framework, providing consistency and progression across all primary year groups.
WriteWell is a systematic, evidence-informed programme designed to support handwriting mastery from Reception to Year 6. Supporting the Department for Education's 2025 Writing Framework, it reflects national expectations and best practice in teaching transcription, the essential foundation for fluent, effective writing.
Drawing on the Simple View of Writing, which identifies transcription skills (handwriting and spelling) and composition (vocabulary, grammar and punctuation) as the two key components of writing, WriteWell helps pupils develop automatic, legible handwriting so they can focus their working memory on the higher-level demands of composition.
1. Systematic and developmental approach – WriteWell follows a clearly sequenced, cumulative progression from Reception to Year 6, based on the National Handwriting Association's 'S Factors for Success' arranged in order of developmental demand.
2. Physical readiness and foundational skills – WriteWell recognises the physical demands of handwriting with Ready-to-Write Routines that assess posture, pencil grip, paper position and pressure.
3. Correct progression from unjoined to joined – pupils master individual letter formation, spacing and sizing before moving to joined handwriting, preventing the reinforcement of incorrect formations.
4. Daily teaching methodology – the series provides structured lessons with teacher demonstration, error correction and kinaesthetic activities to embed movements in muscle memory.
5. Built-in assessment and intervention – every teaching unit includes formative assessment opportunities, while Ready to Go assessments at the end of each stage determine whether pupils are ready to progress or need further consolidation.
This Stage begins with writing patterns and boosting pencil control in Book 1, before introducing correct letter formations for lowercase letters, in Books 2 and 3, and for capital letters and numbers in Book 4.
Once letter formation is secure, children learn how to arrange their writing and to form letters of the correct size. They also learn about spacing letters within words and leaving appropriate spaces between words.
The most detailed Stage, in which children are systematically introduced to the basic diagonal and horizontal joins. Throughout this Stage children also build confidence by using joins to join longer words and to develop a consistent joining style.
Once joining is secure, the focus shifts to developing a personal style that is fast, fluent and legible and can be adapted for different purposes and tasks. Children are encouraged to adopt a slanted style and to experiment with changes to their joined style, such as looping.
The WriteWell series provides a complete handwriting programme from Reception to Year 6. With eleven carefully structured pupil books and comprehensive teaching support, the scheme guides pupils from their first pencil movements to fluent, legible joined handwriting.
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