Jolly Learning was founded in 1987 and started selling the first of the Jolly Phonics products five years later. It uses the synthetic phonics method of teaching the letter sounds in a way that is fun and multi-sensory, enabling children to become fluent readers.

Since then we have been part of the remarkable transition that has made this kind of teaching mainstream around the world.

We not only publish materials for the teaching of literacy, but also for teaching music skills. They are used in over 100 countries around the world with some adopting Jolly Phonics as government policy.

Jolly Vision

To be a world leader in creating quality educational programmes that accelerate learning so all children achieve their potential for a brighter future.

Jolly Mission

To provide the most engaging and effective educational programmes that enable outstanding achievement for all.

The company now sells over 2 million publications each year.

Jolly Values

Quality Driven: we aim to provide best in class programmes for teachers and pupils
Evidence Based: we ensure our programmes work
Pioneering: we innovate to find new ways for children to learn more and learn faster
Ethical: we always seek to do the right thing
Enabling: we provide excellent support to teachers and educators to implement our programmes
Transformational: we aim to transform children’s lives through enhanced opportunities
Ambitious: we strive for product and service excellence
Global: we believe all children should have opportunities, whatever their country of origin

Jolly Learning is an independent, family owned British publisher.

Although our founder Chris chose the name of the company, the name Jolly Phonics was the choice of the authors!

Meet the creators of Jolly Phonics

Chris Jolly is the founder and Chairman of Jolly Learning Ltd. He founded the company in 1987, initially publishing boxed reading games. He published the first part of Jolly Phonics in 1992 and has spent over thirty years working on our mission to educate children across the world.

Our learning programmes are developed by experienced educators and specialists in early years education, language development, and music. With a passion for making learning engaging and effective, they’ve created multi-sensory, child-centred approaches that are used and trusted in classrooms around the world.