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Phonics screening check and key stage 1 assessments: England 2019

Provisional information on the 2019 phonics screening check and national curriculum assessments at key stage 1.

Applies to England

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Phonics tables

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Key stage 1 tables

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Underlying data

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Statistics which show provisional 2019 phonics and key stage 1 (KS1) results for pupils in schools in England at different levels, including:

  • national
  • regional
  • local authority
  • local authority district

The results are grouped by pupil characteristics which include:

  • ethnicity
  • disadvantage
  • free school meal eligibility and special educational needs provision
  • school characteristics

The publication includes phonics results in year 1 and by the end of year 2, and KS1 teacher assessment for:

  • reading
  • writing
  • maths
  • science

Please note that 2019 KS1 results in reading, maths and science are not comparable to 2018 due to changes to the teacher assessment frameworks. Results in writing are only comparable to 2018 and not previous years.

Published 26 September 2019
Last updated 20 December 2019 + show all updates
  1. Updated underlying data to include 2019_PHONICS_NAT_CHAR_UD_1_Dis, 2019_KS1_NAT_CHAR_UD_1_Dis and 2012_TO_2019_PHONICS_Y1_NAT_CHAR_UD_Dis

  2. Updated disadvantage statistics to include children looked after (CLA) data.

  3. First published.