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Phonics

Teaching and assessing phonics, phonics performance data.

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Services

• Phonics self-assessment form: Sound Discovery

  Information about the Sound Discovery programme and how it fulfils the department’s core criteria.

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Guidance and regulation

• Letters and sounds

  Guidance

  1 April 2007

  Department for Education

• Phonics screening check: 2018 materials

  Guidance

  25 June 2018

  Standards and Testing Agency

• Phonics screening check: 2017 materials

  Guidance

  26 June 2017

  Standards and Testing Agency

• Letters and sounds: principles and practice of high quality phonics
  • Guidance
  • 18 September 2008
  • Department for Education
• Key stage 1: phonics screening check administration guidance
  • Guidance
  • 25 June 2018
  • Standards and Testing Agency

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News and communications

27 September 2018 — News story

More children on track to be fluent readers in primary school

Department for Education

1. Nick Gibb: reading is the key to unlocking human potential
   • 5 December 2017
   • Department for Education
   • Speech
2. STA assessment update: 13 December 2016
   • 13 December 2016
   • Standards and Testing Agency
   • Correspondence
3. Primary education
   • 19 October 2016
   • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
   • Written statement
4. 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 2018
  • 1 October 2018
  • 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
• Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2015
  • 12 May 2016
  • Department for Education
  • National statistics

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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

• English hubs: list of primary schools
  • 2 October 2018
  • 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

1. Department for Education
2. Standards & Testing Agency