It's been successful in Scotland: https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/schools/making-an-impact/research-summaries/clackmannanshire-report.html https://www.pear

It's been successful in Scotland: https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/schools/making-an-impact/research-summaries/clackmannanshire-report.html https://www.pearson.com/uk/educators/schools/making-an-impac... This article compares Scotland with England: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jan/19/phonics-child-literacy https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jan/19/phonics-ch... One thing I've never seen addressed is the difference in accents between Scotland on the one hand, and England and Wales on the other. Scottish pronunciation of Standard English is in general closer to English spelling (e.g. "good" and "food" rhyme, and "r" is always pronounced).