Wordshark has been producing learning games for reading and spelling for 25 years, revising and updating continually to reflect best educational practice. Wordshark has remained a small company, staying within its area of expertise.

The early days:

Wordshark and Numbershark were ground-breaking in their approach to teaching children with SEN using computers, developed in the days before PCs had high-powered graphics. Wordshark was released first with Numbershark coming out a few years later, using the same format. Both programs were (and still are), heavily discussed and debated, to find the very best ways to help children learn.

Ruth Savery, an experienced SEN teacher and mother of 2 dyslexic children started co-writing Wordshark in the early nineties with Roger Burton, an accomplished computer programmer. Roger developed Wordshark from a bedroom, living off savings while Ruth worked as the Education director part time whilst teaching as a SENCO in a North London primary school.