What is Sir Linkalot?
Sir Linkalot is an award-winning spelling resource that is revolutionising how students learn to spell hundreds of 'Common exception words' from Was and They up to Accommodation and Onomatopoeia.
The combination of beautifully crafted brief, fun animations with catchy tunes and Sir Linkalot's voice-overs ensure that spellings are committed to memory. Other material include vocabulary, homophones, punctuation, grammar, rules and patterns with regular updates. The cherry on top is having Countdown's Susie Dent on the app as Susie Lexicographer telling you the etymology of certain words. A game-changer.
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Founded: 2019 | |
5-7, 8-10, 11-13, 14-16 | |
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![]() | Can be used as a desktop application, via PC, tablet, smartphone, or projected onto a whiteboard. Schools receive a membership login to access via all these methods, and which they can give to parents for student at-home revision. |
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Sir Linkalot Reviews
from 15 Verified Reviews
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Aug 2021
It is fun and enjoyable, easy to use and the children love it!
Steph Apps found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“The video clips for the children to watch.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Children spelling words correctly in their writing.”
- Significantly improves attainment“Scores in spelling tests improve!”

Jul 2021
Works well and the children enjoy it. Would be nice if there was an option to see words grouped in the same way as the National Curriculum.
ross found Sir Linkalot:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“the words are all there so time is saved”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“adds a valuable and fun tool to help children learn tricky words”
- Moderately improves attainment“children learn and remember the words. Whether they can then apply that to their writing is yet to be seen consistently.”

Jul 2021
Children enjoy the videos, they are quick and easy to use and having adopted the concept (and been our own version of Sir Linkalot) my spelling club have drastically improved their spellings and enjoyed it too!
Lilly Tanton found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Having ready made links to help children with some key spellings saves having to think of your own.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Quick and easy to use.”
- Moderately improves attainment“Weekly spelling scores.”

Jul 2021
The children love it and they can all make progress.
Candice Cooper found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Not copying sheets or looking for good resources it's all there.”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“It is structured, short and snappy”
- Significantly improves attainment“Children are becoming more familiar each year so embedding their knowledge.”

Emma Gower
Teacher and English Lead
Used Sir Linkalot weekly for 7–12 months
Jul 2021
Fantastic resource that can support everyone from your GDS children to SEN - boosting confidence in children with their ability to spell
Emma Gower found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Easy to use bank of spelling words - the use of visuals and easy to remember ways of spelling. Reduces time of thinking "how do I teach them to spell that?!" in a creative fun way!”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Moderately improves attainment“KS1 - 20% spelling more than 60% of their 50 Key Words correct before Sir Linkalot KS1 - 55% spelling more than 60% of their 50 Key Words correct after Sir Linkalot KS2 - 24% spelling more than 60% of their 50 Key Words correct before Sir Linkalot KS2 - 70% spelling more than 60% of their 50 Key Words correct after Sir Linkalot”

Chris
Class teacher/ phase leader
Used Sir Linkalot daily for 0–3 months
Jul 2021
I like the differentiated sets. Chn love the rhymes and watching clip
Chris found Sir Linkalot:
- Does not significantly reduce teacher workload“IWB link quick to use”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Chn watch a memorable spelling pattern, quick to embed”
- Moderately improves attainment“Spelling test scores are improving”

Michelle Holdsworth
Teacher
Used Sir Linkalot weekly for 0–3 months
Jul 2021
Easy to use, kids love it, I love it, colourful, interactive , simple but effective
Michelle Holdsworth found Sir Linkalot:
- Slightly reduces teacher workload“Video clips/tests already there so saves you having to prep them yourself”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Enables me to see links I wouldn’t have necessarily otherwise making it easier to teach the kids to remember it”
- Slightly improves attainment“Haven’t had long enough to measure this but can see huge potential”

Jul 2021
It’s amazing. The proof is in the pudding. Results are amazing
Charlotte found Sir Linkalot:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Planning of spag and spelling lessons. Prep for spelling tests”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Helps me make links for other areas of the curriculum”
- Significantly improves attainment“Children will often go from 3/20 in spelling tests to about 16/20 it’s amazing”

Jul 2021
Children love the videos, parents on board and can see an improvement at home too!
Rielly Smith found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Less planning for spellings within English lessons, bundles prepared and easy to follow!”
- Moderately improves teaching efficiency“Children love the videos and lessons, still remember the links now after months of learning! My Year 4’s can spell manoeuvre!!”
- Moderately improves attainment“Children are remembering links and I have seen an improvement in spelling when writing, which used to be an issue!”

Jul 2021
The videos do tend to buffer and need restarting a couple of times.
Emily found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“No planning required. Videos easy to access and play on the board.”
- Slightly improves teaching efficiency
- Significantly improves attainment“We test at the start of each section and at the end. Every time, all children have improved, some drastically.”

Jul 2021
It’s good to use however would be good to be able to select words in groups when teaching
Spenser Brown found Sir Linkalot:
- Moderately reduces teacher workload“Children able to watch videos to enable their learning allowing others to challenge themselves with different levels and challenges”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Spelling correctly”
- Slightly improves attainment

Harriet Somerville
Class teacher
Used Sir Linkalot daily for 4-6 months
Jul 2021
fun and exciting and impactful
Harriet Somerville found Sir Linkalot:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“planning making powerpoints sorting spelling words”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“children love it they think it is fun and they remember their words”
- Significantly improves attainment“they remember the spellings”

Jul 2021
I really like the fact that the spelling bundles are pre-prepared, and there are videos teaching areas of SPAG that need to be taught on the National Curriculum. The teaching style is extremely fun and engaging for children.
V. Graham found Sir Linkalot:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Spellings are prepared in bundles, and methods are ready to teach.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“The videos and bundles are pre-prepared so it saves preparation time.”
- Slightly improves attainment“Parents need to be onboard.”

Jul 2021
Very satisfied with the impact it is having on all children from 5 years to 11 years.
Suzie Hall found Sir Linkalot:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“The links are all there for the children to access immediately. Also a great tool for home learning.”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“Great fun ways of teaching spellings”
- Significantly improves attainment“Children achieving 10 out of 10 in spellings and before 0 out of 10.”

Julia Fleming
Teacher- Senior Leader-English Co ordinator
Used Sir Linkalot daily for 4-6 months
Jul 2021
I am passionate about children learning in a fun way. It really engages the most vulnerable and children with low self esteem . Makes them believe in themselves.
Julia Fleming found Sir Linkalot:
- Significantly reduces teacher workload“Takes away time consuming planning and makes interventions more inclusive and PERSONAL”
- Significantly improves teaching efficiency“More pupils per adult and personalised learning- less adult support needed”
- Significantly improves attainment“Dyslexic children have accelerated progress as have general class as it appeals as a visual and auditory learning tool.”
