Phonics

Teaching and assessing phonics, phonics performance data.

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Services

1. 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

1. Phonics screening check: 2017 materials

   Guidance

   26 June 2017

   Standards and Testing Agency

2. Letters and sounds

   Guidance

   1 April 2007

   Department for Education

3. Phonics screening check: 2016 materials

   Guidance

   28 June 2016

   Standards and Testing Agency

1. Key stage 1: phonics screening check administration guidance

   • Guidance
   • 26 June 2017
   • Standards and Testing Agency

2. Phonics screening check: 2015 materials

   • Guidance
   • 29 June 2015
   • Standards and Testing Agency

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News and communications

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

5. Government drive to help more children become confident readers

   • 3 March 2016
   • Department for Education
   • Press release

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Policy and engagement

1. Reading: supporting higher standards in schools

   • 5 March 2015
   • Department for Education
   • Policy paper

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Transparency

1. Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

   • 14 December 2017
   • Department for Education
   • National statistics

2. Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2017

   • 14 December 2017
   • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
   • National statistics

3. Phonics screening pilot at year 3

   • 2 February 2017
   • Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
   • Transparency

4. 2015 Maladministration report

   • 9 November 2016
   • Standards and Testing Agency
   • Research

5. Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2015

   • 12 May 2016
   • Department for Education
   • National statistics

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Organisations

1. Department for Education

2. Standards and Testing Agency