My suspicion is that in Wales there is an insufficient grasp of the findings of international research - in particular of the need for the systematic synthetic phonics teaching principles to be taken really seriously.About 26,000 children are at risk of leaving Welsh primary schools unable to read well over the next five years, a campaign group has claimed.
The Read On. Get On. coalition said "decisive action" must be taken by which ever party triumphs in May's assembly elections.
It claimed 10,000 of these children would be from poor backgrounds and must be allowed to fulfil their potential.
The Welsh government said literacy would be central to a new curriculum.
I worry that in Welsh medium schools, insufficient time and attention is given to the English language and spelling system.
In addition, Wales embraced fully progressive early years education with a play-based approach up to the age of 7.
