Phonics

Services

Phonics self-assessment form: Sound Discovery
Information about the Sound Discovery programme and how it fulfils the department’s core criteria.

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
Phonics screening check: sample materials and training video
- Guidance
- 23 April 2018
- Standards and Testing Agency

5 December 2017

Department for Education

Speech

STA assessment update: 13 December 2016
- 13 December 2016
- Standards and Testing Agency
- Correspondence
Primary education
- 19 October 2016
- Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
- Written statement
Thousands more primary pupils on track to be excellent readers
- 29 September 2016
- Department for Education
- Press release
Government drive to help more children become confident readers
- 3 March 2016
- Department for Education
- Press release

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

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
Phonics screening pilot at year 3
- 2 February 2017
- Department for Education and Standards and Testing Agency
- Transparency
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