Phonics

Teaching and assessing phonics, phonics performance data.

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Guidance and regulation

• Key stage 1: phonics screening check administration guidance
  • Guidance
  • 21 March 2022
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Phonics screening check: 2019 materials
  • Guidance
  • 7 September 2020
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Preparing to administer the phonics screening check
  • Guidance
  • 31 March 2022
  • Standards and Testing Agency
• Choosing a phonics teaching programme
  • Guidance
  • 23 June 2022
  • Department for Education
• Systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) teaching programme validation
  • Guidance
  • 17 June 2022
  • Department for Education

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News and communications

• Free schools leading the way with top primary school results
  • 26 September 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Press release
• More children on track to be fluent readers in primary school
  • 27 September 2018
  • Department for Education
  • News story
• Nick Gibb: reading is the key to unlocking human potential
  • 5 December 2017
  • Department for Education
  • Speech
• Primary education
  • 19 October 2016
  • Standards and Testing Agency and Department for Education
  • Written statement
• Thousands more primary pupils on track to be excellent readers
  • 29 September 2016
  • Department for Education
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2019
  • 20 December 2019
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2018
  • 25 October 2019
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017
  • 26 July 2018
  • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
  • National statistics
• Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016
  • 11 May 2018
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics
• 2015 Maladministration report
  • 9 November 2016
  • Standards and Testing Agency
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Reading: supporting higher standards in schools
  • 5 March 2015
  • Department for Education
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Curriculum fund programme pilots: list of lead schools
  • 16 October 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• English Hubs: list of primary schools
  • 30 May 2019
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency
• Phonics screening pilot at year 3
  • 2 February 2017
  • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
  • Transparency
• Phonics: year 1 screening check statistics
  • 25 September 2014
  • Department for Education
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Department for Education
• Standards & Testing Agency