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Clear spelling help for the questions parents actually ask

Find a manageable home routine, choose an activity, understand the words for your child's year or prepare for Year 6 SATs. Every guide is free. When you want the app, basic ten-word practice is free too; the optional Family Pass is £9 for 12 months.

Have a teacher invitation? Follow the parent setup guide

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Join your child's class, step by step

Start with the private invitation link from your child's teacher, not a public class code. Parents do not need Family Pass to receive work assigned through an active Class Licence. Your adult account, consent and the teacher's confirmation are still required.

  1. Open the teacher's private invitation link

    Use the link in the school's usual private message. If you do not have it, ask the teacher; do not guess a code or use another class's invitation. Teachers can follow the class setup guide.

  2. Sign in as yourself

    Enter your own email address and choose Continue. For an existing account, enter your password. For a new account, choose a password, fill in Repeat password and choose Create account. If asked, choose Continue parent setup and read the consent step. Do not use a child's email address or the teacher's login.

  3. Choose the right child and school

    Use your child's existing profile if they already have one; do not create a duplicate. For your ordinary free child space, follow the setup step to add a profile. Check the first name, year group and last initial; never enter a full surname. Select the correct official school. If the invitation says no child is linked, choose the school for that child, then reopen the original invitation.

    For a child who does not have a profile, open their own paid class invitation. Choose Add a child for a funded class if your account has no child profiles, or Add another child for a funded class if it already has a profile. Spellito checks the class has paid cover before showing the form. Repeat this from the correct invitation for each additional child, not one sibling's invitation for everyone. Your account can hold five child profiles in total.

  4. Ask to join the named class

    Check the school address, class and teacher names on the invitation. For an existing profile, select the child and enter their last initial, then press Ask to join followed by that class's name. Look for Request sent safely. For a new class-funded child, complete their first name, school year and last initial, read and tick the sharing confirmation, then choose Add child and ask to join. This returns you to your family page while the teacher reviews the request. If anything is wrong, stop and ask the teacher before submitting.

    The request shares only your child's first name, last initial and school year with the registered class teachers. Do not enter a full surname or send pupil documents.

  5. Wait for the teacher to confirm

    No practice progress is shared while the request is pending. The teacher checks each request before confirming or rejecting it. Without Family Pass, an additional class-funded profile needs teacher confirmation and current paid class cover before it is available as an extra player. School homework still requires a confirmed class link and active class funding. If you are waiting or the invitation is unavailable, ask the teacher to check; making another account will not speed this up.

    To cancel a pending request, open your family page. Choose Find their class for that child, or Manage class request if a class is already shown, then Withdraw pending request. You can do this even if class funding has ended. This only cancels the pending request; it does not delete the profile or refund a payment.

  6. Open the assigned words

    Once confirmed, with active class funding and a set sent by the teacher, open Spellito practice while signed in and select the correct child. Look for New from with the teacher's name, then choose Practise this set. On another device, sign in with the same adult account. On a shared device, use account controls to sign out when finished.

A missing list does not mean you need to pay

Check the selected child, teacher confirmation and whether the set has been sent. The teacher's class must have active funding. Family Pass buys separate private home features, such as parent-created lists, buddies and full parent progress; it is not a requirement for the teacher's licensed work.

One ordinary child profile is included with a free parent account. A profile added through a paid class invitation does not use up the ordinary free child space, but the five-profile account limit still applies. Class funding does not activate Family Pass. Use Spellito support for account help; keep passwords and pupil documents out of support messages. Basic ten-word practice remains free while you wait.

What if you want Family Pass for home?

Family Pass is optional: £9 for 12 months for up to five children. You can buy a code without signing in; after payment is confirmed, the activation code is sent to the email address entered at checkout. Open Family Pass in Settings, sign in to your own adult account, complete parent consent if needed and redeem the code there. The 12 months start from first redemption. Keep the activation code private; it is not a sign-in code and does not confirm a school request.

No automatic renewal. Existing purchases keep their original dates. The full-refund window is 14 days from purchase, not redemption; see the purchase terms. Check your existing access in Settings before buying again.

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Start with your child's next small step

School invitation

Join your child's class, step by step

Open your teacher's private invitation link, choose the right child and wait for confirmation before opening assigned school work.

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Words that sound alike

There, their and they’re

Work out which spelling fits the sentence, then try six examples with answers and explanations.

Read the guide

September: Year 3

Year 3 spellings for Autumn 1

Follow your school's first-half-term list, explore three worked examples and build a manageable first-fortnight routine.

Read the guide

Free printable

Letter cards and a parent guide to sounds

Download seven A4 pages with lowercase and capital letters, blank letter-group cards and simple activities using sounds already taught at school.

Read the guide

Reception

Reception spelling and phonics practice at home

There is no statutory Reception spelling list. Follow the school's phonics sequence with a short hear, stretch, build and read-back routine.

Read the guide

Start here

How to help your child learn spellings at home

A calm five-step routine for weekly school spellings, with short practice, useful word patterns and a delayed-recall check.

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Weekly list

How many spelling words should a child learn each week?

There is no fixed National Curriculum number. Use a transparent 5–10 word starting range, then adjust it from your child's independent recall.

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School tests

Are weekly spelling tests useful?

Understand what a Friday score can show, what it cannot prove and how short home practice can support recall without pressure.

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UK English

British vs American spelling for primary children

Know which form to use for UK schoolwork, which British alternatives are valid and when proper names keep their American spelling.

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Activities

15 spelling games for kids to play at home

Choose a short game that matches the skill your child is learning, from phonics and patterns to word parts and recall.

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Familiar method

Look, say, cover, write, check

Use the familiar method without turning spelling into copying, with a worked example and one extra step for lasting recall.

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School list

Weekly spelling list practice online

Included with Family Pass: add this week's exact school spellings, check the sentences, then hand over for listen-and-type practice.

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Before paying

Best spelling apps for kids in the UK

Compare current UK spelling apps by use case, platform and price, with a practical checklist for choosing what fits your child.

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Years 1 and 2

Common exception words explained

See the official Year 1 and Year 2 words and use a phonics-friendly routine for the spellings that do not follow the simplest patterns.

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Years 1 and 2

Ten common exception word activities

Try practical home activities that keep the word visible, spoken, built, written and checked without making the routine too long.

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Years 3 and 4

Years 3 and 4 statutory spelling words

Read the shared statutory list, understand why 100 official entries become 109 individual practice spellings and start free practice.

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Year 5

Year 5 spelling words: the full statutory list

See the complete list shared by Years 5 and 6, learn the main patterns and practise the individual spellings for free.

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Year 6

What to practise for Year 6 spelling

Understand the shared statutory list, curriculum patterns, weekly school words and when released SATs papers are useful.

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Year 6 SATs

Free Year 6 SATs spelling practice

Practise 20-word tests built from officially released KS2 papers, with every word read in a sentence before the answer is entered.

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See the fictional family dashboard

Explore sibling profiles, tricky words, practice history and curriculum progress before deciding whether the £9 annual Family Pass would help at home.

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Try basic ten-word practice free

Choose a year and begin without entering a child's name, making an account or adding payment details.

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Clear annual pricing

Start free. Pay only when the family extras help.

A child can practise ten built-in words without entering their name, making an account or paying. Family Pass is the optional complete home product.

Basic practice

FREE

No child name or account needed

  • Ten-word curriculum practice
  • Hear each word in a sentence
  • Clear correction and another try

Complete home tools

£9

per family per year

  • Up to five child profiles
  • Buddies, hints and private progress
  • School lists, SATs papers and cross-device sync

12 months. No automatic renewal.

The guides and basic ten-word practice are free. Family Pass is an optional home product for up to five children and never renews automatically.

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