Welcome to Jolly Learning

Helping Every Child Discover the Joy of Reading

Learning to read is one of the most important milestones in a child's life. At Jolly Learning, we create joyful, structured and practical literacy resources that help teachers, families and children build confidence from the very first sounds.

For more than 30 years, our programmes have supported classrooms, homes and communities around the world.

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  • 150+ countries

    Trusted globally

  • 30+ years

    Supporting literacy

  • Millions

    Of children reached

  • 10M+ downloads

    Across our apps

Our Journey

Every milestone tells the story of children, teachers and schools discovering the power of literacy.

  1. 1992

    Jolly Phonics is first published.

  2. Expansion

    Literacy, grammar and English language learning.

  3. Digital

    Digital learning begins.

  4. 10M+

    10 million app downloads.

  5. Growth

    Recognition from teachers and schools.

  6. Training

    Professional development expands internationally.

  7. Classroom

    Launch of Jolly Classroom.

  8. Today

    Supporting over 150 countries.

Our Purpose

Everything we do begins with one purpose: to help every child become a confident reader and writer.

We believe literacy changes lives. When children learn to read and write with confidence, they gain access to every part of education and a lifelong love of learning.

Our purpose is to make that journey clearer, more joyful and more achievable for children, teachers and families.

Our Values

Our purpose shapes what we do. Our values shape how we do it.

We Believe Every Child Can Succeed

Every child learns differently. That's why we create engaging, multi-sensory programmes that help children build confidence while discovering the joy of reading and writing.

Multi-sensory phonics

We Believe Great Teachers Deserve Great Resources

Teachers change lives every day.

Our role is to support them with practical resources, professional development and innovative digital tools that make literacy teaching enjoyable and effective.

Professional development tools

We Believe Literacy Has No Borders

Every child deserves access to high-quality literacy education.

Today our programmes are used in classrooms across more than 150 countries, supporting learners from a wide range of cultures, languages and educational settings.

Used in 150+ countries

We Believe in Continual Innovation

Education is constantly evolving.

From trusted classroom resources to digital learning platforms like Jolly Classroom, we continue to develop new ways to support educators while staying true to the teaching principles that have guided us from the beginning.

10M+ App downloads

We Believe in Working Together

The best educational outcomes come through collaboration.

We work closely with schools, ministries, distributors, literacy organisations and educators around the world to create lasting impact for children.

Global partnerships

Jolly Futures

Transforming literacy through sustainable, large-scale education projects.

Jolly Futures is our social mission programme, working in partnership with Universal Learning Solutions (ULS), governments and education partners to bring effective literacy teaching to children in communities around the world. Through teacher training, locally supported implementation and access to Jolly Phonics resources, these projects are designed to create lasting change within education systems.

 

From initial pilots to large-scale government programmes reaching thousands of schools, Jolly Futures demonstrates what can be achieved when evidence-based teaching, committed educators and strong partnerships come together to give more children the opportunity to become confident readers and writers.

 

More Than Books

From classroom resources and decodable readers to apps, online training and digital teaching tools, Jolly Learning supports phonics and literacy practice across school and home.

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