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Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2016

Provisional information on the 2016 phonics screening check and assessments at key stage 1, including breakdowns by pupil characteristics.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 29 September 2016
• Last updated: 11 May 2018
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  1. 11 May 2018

     Phonics tables: updated 2012 to 2015 data for Gateshead and Northumberland in table 6.

  2. 14 December 2017

     Updated table 15 of 'KS1 national tables: SFR42/2016' to correct data for unclassified first language.

  3. 19 December 2016

     Updated tables to include data on disadvantaged pupils.

  4. 29 September 2016

     First published.

Documents

Main text: SFR42/2016

PDF, 801 KB, 16 pages

Phonics tables: SFR42/2016

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 2.37 MB

KS1 national tables: SFR42/2016

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 651 KB

KS1 local authority tables: SFR42/2016

MS Excel Spreadsheet, 701 KB

Methodology document: SFR42/2016

PDF, 664 KB, 38 pages

Characteristics methodology document: SFR42/2016

PDF, 604 KB, 16 pages

Underlying data: SFR42/2016

146 KB

Pre-release access list: SFR42/2016

Plain Text, 1.62 KB

Details

This statistical first release (SFR) provides information on the achievements of pupils in the 2016 phonics screening check and at key stage 1.

It also includes information on attainment for the phonics screening check and key stage 1 teacher assessments by different pupil characteristics, specifically:

• gender
• ethnicity
• first language
• eligibility for free school meals (FSM)
• special educational needs (SEN)

Primary attainment and RAISE online statistics team

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